Angling: Lord of the lake.
Byline: By SILVER WILKIEFALKIRK angler Peter Thomson, of the Sunburst club, reckons he had the Lake of Menteith sussed out for heat nine of the Scottish Club Championships and its parallel competition, the Daily Champion of Champions. He believed that, because of a combination of an earlier very hard fished competition and warm water, Menteith's ample stock of rainbows were going to be a bit wary on the night, and might even have temporarily migrated away from the shallows into the deeps.
So instead of chosing the prime areas to fish, Peter opted to drift right in the middle of the lake. It was a good move, because his catch of five fish was the heaviest bag of the night.
Peter's catch now propels him into the final of the Champion of Champions and also helped his club into the semis of the Scottish Club Championships.
'The fish were right out in the middle in deep water,' said Peter.
'It was about 8.30pm before I got my first, and the rest followed quickly after.
'They were definitely wary, because I had a lot following my flies, but not taking.'
Peter used a slime line and flies like a Doobrie, Diawl Bach and a Booby Cat to get his bag.
Most of the takes were just a couple of feet down and he also dropped a few. The total bag forthe night was 55 trout weighing 110lb 7oz, and the biggest, a nice one of 3lb4oz, was caught by William Fulton.
Every week during the heats, the winning club, winning individual and the captor of the heaviest fish receive a bottle of Glen Garioch Single Highland Malt Whisky, courtesy of Bowmore distillers.
In both finals, anglers will be competing for cash prizes, Glen Garioch and top of the range tackle prizes courtesy of Martin Grantham, of the Angling Centre Stirling.
WINNING CLUBS: 1 Sunburst A, eight trout for 17lb 6oz.
2 Pinkertons A, seven trout for11lb 12oz. 3 Beith St Inans, five trout for 11lb 10oz. These three clubs go through to the semi-final on September 23INDIVIDUAL CATCHES: 1 Peter Thomson, Sunburst A, five trout for 11lb 14oz. 2 Grant Gibson, Newton St Boswell, five trout for 9lb 4oz. 3 Jim Andrew, Beith St Inans, three trout for 7lb 9oz. 4 Steve Bett, Pinkertons A, three trout for 6lb 4oz. These four anglers go forward to the final of the Champion of Champions on October 7Clubs fishing heat nine tomorrow: A.B.C &D Angling Club B, Alder Fly Fishers, Alloa Angling Club, Bank of Scotland (East) Angling Club, Caley Liners Angling Club A, Carradale Angling Club, Caurnie Angling Club, Clunes Angling Club, Craufurdland Fly Fishers B, Edinburgh Civil Service Angling Club, Falkirk Fly Dressers A, Irvine Water Sports Club A, Johnstone Fly Fishers, Norbet Angling Club, Milngavie Angling Club, SANA, St Mungo Angling Club B, Thack Angling Club A, Vale of Leven and District A
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| Title Annotation: | Sport |
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| Publication: | Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Date: | Jul 8, 2005 |
| Words: | 487 |
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