Tag: coarse fishing
World hopes for Scottish coarse fishing water
James Dornom from Currie near Edinburgh won silver in the Celtic Cup coarse fishing match organised by Dunfermline-based Gus Brindle at Strathclyde Loch, and vastly experienced angler Ben Roberts firmly believes that the water...
Scotland aiming for gold in second day of Celtic Cup
Scotland go into Day 2 of the Celtic Cup coarse fishing match at Strathclyde Park in joint top position with Team Wales A after a tremendous opening day.
Both teams are tied on eight points...
Fish failed to come out to play
The sun split the clear blue sky and there was a light breeze, chilly, yes, but ideal for cycling, running, walking the dog of pushing a pram around an open space. It was a...
Popular Drumtassie back open after pipe burst
Drumtassie Coarse fishery bosses have confirmed that they will re-open on Saturday, September 6 at 8am after being closed because of a burst water pipe.
Scottish Water have taken a week to repair the damage...
Drumtassie coarse fishery temporarily closed plus news of fly and sea fishing
Drumtassie Coarse Fishery near Blackridge is closed and bosses are unsure when it will re-open. A burst water pipe on the road is understood to have caused the damage which has also flooded the...
Lake of Menteith ‘fishing at its best’
Water clarity remains excellent at Linlithgow Loch, but it has been hard for anglers with the changing weather and atmospheric pressures.
Visitors included East Kilbride AC, fishing the loch for the first time, and they...
Brindle regains Canal title, but it was tough
Gus Brindle has won the Scottish coarse fishing canal championship for the third or fourth time, but he had to work hard to claim the title on this occasion.
The Scottish international outfished nine other...
Trueman debut as Euro Scots bounce back
Scotland finished 18th in the 28th European Coarse Angling Championships at Spannenburg on the Prinses Margriet Kanaal in The Netherlands.
The Tartan Team (pictured courtesy of the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling with support staff...
Edinburgh duo in Euro action for Scotland
Two Edinburgh-based anglers are competing for Team Scotland in the two-day European Championship for coarse fishing on the Prinses Margriet Kannal near Spannenburg in The Netherlands.
Dave Corcoran from Davidson's Mains and James Dornom (pictured)...
Scotland women’s carp team look to the future
Scotland's ladies carp team is still recruiting despite naming a new captain and vice-captain and adding two new members to the squad.
Catherine Robertson is the new captain after Joanne Barlow stepped down and Eleanor...
Fly, sea and coarse fishing updates
Millhall near Polmont report that the second of their weekend sessions took place in arctic conditions but those who did take part reported good sport from both The Shallows and the deeper water off The Dam.
Defrosting and removing the...
Scale down your bait choice for winter success
Anglers still want to cast a line, even if we are heading into winter, and top coarse angler Rob Wootton provides some hints and tips for those who fish small commercials, particularly for F1 and carp, and...
Scots world carp teams learned a lot in France
Scotland's men's - including Ewan Roberts from Uphall Station - and women's carp fishing teams both said they learned a huge amount from their appearance in the world championships in France.
They both fished the...
Lowe stands down after 30 years at the helm
Geoff Lowe joined South Queensferry Angling Club 30 years ago and his drive helped develop a small club into the popular Edinburgh and Lothians Coarse Angling Club which hosts regular summer matches at Orchill near Gleneagles.
The...
Carp attraction at Eliburn, but there is so much more
Alastair Wicksted had been bankside for four hours from 7am waiting for a bite at Eliburn Reservoir. He had even started tying some rigs to pass the time then his alarm sounded.
Seconds later and...
Bowden Springs closed for a week
Popular Bowden Springs Fishery near Linlithgow will be closed on Monday, August 14 until it re-opens on Monday, August 21, owner Jim Gargaro has confirmed.
Meanwhile, Drumtassie Coarse Fisherey near Blackridge has re-opened after being...
Free tasters bid to get people hooked on fishing
Let's Fish! aims to encourage young people, and those possibly not so young, to be hooked on angling and sessions have started at The Kelpies and at the Claypits, Glasgow's only inner-city nature reserve.
Gus Brindle,...
Fishing – Bass Rock league starts, Docherty wins at Orchill
Torness worker Alan Brown (pictured) from West Barns is the new chairman of the Bass Rock Shore Angling League. The former club secretary steps up after previous chairperson, Craig Ogilvie, stepped down.
The appointment was...
Silver for Scottish women in inaugural carp tri-nations
The last 30 seconds waiting for the hooter to end seemed like an eternity for Scotland's six-strong ladies carp team. They had landed one fish between them during a 48-hour marathon and were clinging on to second place...
Drumtassie Coarse Fishery gearing up for busy summer
Drumtassie Coarse Fishery is getting back to normal after the cold snap and anglers are catching in the three ponds available within yards of the extensive car park.
The fishery at Blackridge Heights near Armadale...
Scots disappointed with world result in Croatia
David Corcoran (pictured) from Edinburgh was Scotland's second top angler in the 68th world coarse angling championships in Croatia, but the Tartan team finished a disappointing 26th out of 33 nations.
Corcoran finished in 100th...
Edinburgh duo in Scotland’s world championship angling squad in Croatia
James Dornom (pictured) and David Corcoran are currently practicing in Croatia with Scotland's men's coarse fishing team ahead of the World Freshwater Angling Championships on Saturday and Sunday.
Also on the banks are James Woodrow (Cumbernauld),...
Allandale Tarn re-opens after temperature checks and Scotland ladies carp team enjoy 42-hour training...
Popular fishery Allandale Tarn near West Calder has re-opened after being shut temporarily because of high temperatures and owner Iona Allan reminds customers of the current fishing times.
They are Saturday 9am to 9pm, Sunday...
Scotland quartet Hungary for more after debut in world-class event
Two Edinbugh-based anglers, James Dornom from Currie and Davie Corcoran from Davidson's Mains, have just returned from the WalterLand Masters in Hungary, featuring "world-class" anglers.The quartet, which also included James Woodrow from near Cumbernauld...
Currie angler wins bronze
Currie-based angler James Dornom earned a bronze medal as Scotland A claimed third place in the Sensas Challenge, one of the leading coarse fishing competitions in Europe against a quality field from Britain, France...
Lothians angler wins bronze
Scottish angler James Woodrow hooked second place in a field of over 160 of the best coarse anglers in Britain, France and the Channel Islands and he declared: "That's my best ever result."
The Cumbernauld-based fisherman...
Fishing – Tommy defies tradition to claim victory
Tommy Lauriston (pictured) won the eighth round of the Summer Series organised by Edinburgh and Lothians Coarse Angling Club.
Experienced Lauriston drew Peg 22 at Orchill near Auchterarder which is traditionally poor. He started...
Fishing – new date for Scottish Canal Championship
The Scottish Canal Championship has been re-arranged for Sunday, August 29 on the Forth & Clyde Canal at The Stables, Kirkintilloch.The match will be combined with the Angling Trust & Canal River Trust UK...
Fishing – boss urges anglers to have their say on the future
Angling Scotland has reached a key decision point according to board member Gus Brindle. In its current format as an umbrella structure with no independent income stream, he claims it is simply not financially...
Fishing – Angling Scotland post new lockdown rules
Anglers have been told they can continue to fish under the new Scottish Government COVID-19 regulations, but no competitions are allowed. An interim statement on the Angling Scotland website said there were strict conditions.Anglers...
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