Barry McEwan was buzzing after winning the Iain Reid Memorial Match over two days this weekend in Fife.
The self-employed carpet fitter from Port Seton pocketed £500 after a tough weekend of fishing on beaches at Kirkcaldy and Leven.
McEwan, a Scotland international, who recently competed in the world shore angling championships in Portugal, beat 57 other anglers, including several Scotland team-mates to take the award.
He is a regular angler in the Bass Rock Shore Angling Club’s winter and summer league matches and McEwan won Zone Three on Kirkcaldy beach on Day One with five fish for 134cms and six fish on Day 2 for 133cm.
Second was Falkirk-based Ian Campbell, also a Scotland international and retail manager of the Edinburgh Angling Centre. He had two fish for 54cm at Kirkcaldy but came good on Day Two with six fish for 108cm and took home £300.
Third was Kirkcaldy-based angler Chris Horn, also a Scotland angler, who won £200 after hooking into four fish on the first day for 127cm and having three in the second session for 91cm.
The longest flat fish landed during the popular annual event was a 37cm flounder. Andy Pasfield was the angler and it was landed at Kirkcaldy.
The junior winner was George Fraser who beat a number of senior anglers during the event over four hours each day. Best lady was Gill Coutts from Largs, a member of the Scotland Ladies Sea Fishing team, who finished sixth overall.
Chris Horn, one of the organisers, said it had been a hard weekend of fishing. He added: “Leven would normally have produced much more in those conditions but somebody forgot to tell the fish.”
ALL SMILES: Barry McEwan on the harbour wall at Dunbar. Picture Nigel Duncan
