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Lake of Menteith 21st Aug

6ft Water Temperature 18.5 , Clarity (Secchi disc) 1.90m.

BIG LIFT FOR JAMES!

BAYNE’S TACKLE (OF CALLANDER) MENTEITH BOAT LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS

Isla (Roger’s Dog) on left congratulates League winner James Fairlie (left), middle Roger
Drapper of Bayne’s Tackle Callander and right George Whyte who finished in 2nd place.

The final heat
of the Baynes
Boat League
was won by
James Fairlie
with George
Whyte coming
second and
Sandy Boag
third. James
got his 5 fish
on five
different flies
at Gateside and
in the East
Basin. The 22
anglers caught
28 trout. When
all the results
were tallied
and the best of
the angler’s
eligible nights
totalled, James Fairlie best 9 nights gave him the League Title with 33pts (1 pt for first place, 2pts for 2 nd place
etc) and a cash prize of £500. In 2nd place was George Whyte from Crieff with 33pts who received £100, and third
equal on 39pts and receiving £50 were Sandy Boag and Brian MacKenzie. To cap it all the Alan Ronald
Memorial prize for the most sociable angler (calculated by dividing the angler’s counting score by the number of
different boat partners involved in the counting score) was won by James as well, and he received a tackle
voucher for £100 from Roger Drapper of Baynes Tackle as well as the fish trophy. Modest James of Houston
denied he was the best angler in the league – most observers would disagree as the boat league is about
consistency not luck. His secret this year? “Don’t know, trying different things”. 2012 was generally considered
to be one of the best boat leagues – due to the anglers choosing different boat partners each night. The fantastic
sponsor ship of Baynes Tackle who gave out £500 worth of tackle vouchers went down well! Davie Stewart of
Taste of the Trossachs generously donated the burgers and rolls on the night as well as £150 of meal vouchers for
his Callander Restaurant. The Lake this year contributed £260 in prize money (thanks for all the catch and release)
and £60 for the final night for refreshments. Big thanks to all the anglers who took part and paid their £20 entry
fee which totalled £620. The remaining amount left in the kitty after substraction of £400 of final night prize
money is £220. This amount will be donated to a charity of James Fairlie’s choice.

Some Stats: Taking all the heats, James average heat position was still top at 5.38th. In second place with an
average heat position of 7.64 was George Whyte. 1003 fish were caught and release over the 15 weeks and the rod

average for the whole competition was 3.29.

NOTABLE CATCHES
The Lake is fishing in all areas but perhaps Gateside Bay might be picked out as the “if all else fails spot”. Tactics
have been the usual sink tip line with buoyant fly on the point (Candy Booby or Fab) and subtler flies further up
the cast (crunchers, diawls, buzzers). Apparently the Red Devil (supplied by Peter Batchelor – we are sold out but
I will orders some more) was working yesterday, according to Andy Rough of Central Scotland Police who was
fishing a match against Strathclyde Police (6 boats 39 fish with 3 over 5lbs). I had a grilse this morning on a silver
ayrshire red devil – thanks to John Milne who gave it to me. Longannet had 3 boats and caught 11 fish for 36lbs
– including one of 7lbs 3oz. Tam Ward of Cumnock had 6 for 24lbs and returned 11. Quite a few people didn’t
mark in on Sunday e.g. Leslie LLanlar, Rothes Oak, Lame Ducks, Andy Dunn. Grizzlecats 8 boats 32 fish 85lbs
and 38 rtd. Thack AC 6 boats 39 fish for 120lbs plus 6 returned, Gartmore AC 4 boats 13 fish plus 6 released,
Cove and Kilcreggan 6 boats 36 fish 96lbs, West of Scotland AC 10 fish 37lbs 6oz versus Western AC 19 fish
63lbs with 7 boats, Jim Horne Tillicoultry 7 fish for 23lbs, LLTTNP 5 boats 9 trout for 20lbs 10oz, TAC 5.5 boats
41 trout 123lbs, Bothwell and Blantyre 8 boats 36 fish for 111, Bell and Mackenzie of Alexandria 14 fish 30lbs
8oz.

On Monday we
hosted the Terrex-
Addidas Team
Challenge (3 men
and a lady). These
guys started from
Stirling, ran to the
Wallace monument
and back, then
pedalled to the Lake
where they rowed to
the Island and back.
Then they cycled
over the hills behind
Gateside and up past
Loch Finglass to
Killin, paddled down
Loch Tay via the
summit of Ben
Lawers……….
anyway you get the

picture. Lots of strong thighs. They are somewhere over on Deeside now.

More to the point was that they reckoned on 10 minutes average to the Island. So next time you have a break
down – you have a target – if you want the exercise.