Fishing – Cramond deadline looms on season saver offer

The clock is ticking on Cramond Angling Club’s (CAC) early bird season ticket offer which ends on February 1.

Adult anglers can buy a season for £35 before the price goes up to £45. Seniors can buy their permit for £25 instead of the new price of £35.

Joe Arndt, the club’s secretary, said the club had 150 members last season and the £10 price increase was to cover the increased price of the lease.

Cramond open their salmon season on Saturday, February 2, with a breakfast BBQ at Fair-a-Far weir from 9am. Members and non-members are welcome.

Club officials stressed they are keen to see an end to works on the £500,000 fish pass improvement package being delivered by The City of Edinburgh Council and the Forth Rivers Trust.

Arndt said: “We have been told that the work on the weir at Fair-a-Far will be completed by the end of February.”

Elsewhere, Bob Perrett and Ian Whyte will use their experience of fishing overseas to demonstrate saltwater fly patterns at the Edinburgh Fly Dressers Club at Slateford Bowling Club, 28 Lanark Road, Edinburgh EH14 1TH from 7.30pm on Wednesday. Non-members are welcome to attend to learn more about the club.