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Monthly Reports 2010

December 2010

This month consisted of four fishing days,frozen for the remainder of the month.

Best Catches for December


J Christie Wick 3lb 8oz
J McLauchlan Wick 3lb 8oz
L Crawford Reay 2lb 9oz

 

November 2010

The month started well with some good catches,G Harper wick caught eight fish in a two hour session.unfortunately the last ten days we were frozen over.

Best Catches for November


G Purthero Wales 4lb 9oz
S Evans Doncaster 4lb 6oz
M Bailey Thurso 3lb 12oz

 

October 2010

 This has been a busy month,with the RNLI and Harpsdale open completions which were both very well attended.Ian Cormack Wick landing a tag fish during the Lifeboat completion.

Best Catches for October


R Langley Halkirk 3lb 13oz
J Laing Thurso 3lb 12oz
C Sutherland Orkney 3lb 8oz

 

September 2010

Conditions remained changeable this month, we still had some nice catches with L Crawford from Reay landing ten fish in terrible conditions torrential rain and wind.
A Robertson from Mull landed seven fishin a two hour session.

Best Catches for September


B Brindad Spittal 3lb 4oz
J Christie Wick 3lb 2oz
R Grant Perth 3lb

August 2010

August Report.
   The dismal weather continued for the most of the month with the rain and wind never far away, this made fishing conditions difficult with no fly pattern dominant,Best catch this month was fourteen fish in four hours for Colin Sutherland Orkney.

Best Catches for August


B Brinded Spittal 4lb 8oz
C Sutherland Orkeney 3 lb 12oz
R Bain Thurso 3lb 8oz

July 2010

The weather has been very disappointing this month with only a few dry days,fortunately this did not affect the fishing with some of the best catches of the year landed.B Brindle Spittal caught one of the £100 tag fish.
Best catches George Shone Thurso had sixteen fish in two hours.

 

Best Catches for July


A Waters Halkirk 11lb 14oz
J McLauchlin Wick 10lb 2oz
M Shone Kinbrace 9lb 12oz

June 2010

This month has seen brighter spells of weather with dry flies doing very well.
Best catches Steve Davenny Glasgow who had eight fish in two hours and Ian Hutchision Kirkwall had nine.

 

Best Catches for June


G Pope Dunnet 6lb 2oz
A Macdonald Thurso 4lb 10oz
A Gillespie Glasgow 3lb

May 2010

Weather was very mixed this month,although the fishery remained busy with some nice catches.
Best catches Peter Clarke Crewe with eight fish in a two hour session.

 

Best Catches for May


C Campbell Wick 5lb 12oz
M Shone Kinbrace 4lb
J Christie Wick 3lb 12oz

April 2010

This was a very busy Month with some nice catches,the troutmasters qualifier was won by Toby Bracey Watten who went on to do very well in the final in England finishing in top quarter.
Best catches Mark Shone,Kinbrace with nine fish in a two hour session.

 

Best Catches for April


D Miller Wick 4lb 6oz
R Langley Halkirk 4lb 4oz
C Sturrock Wick 4lb 2oz

March 2010

This month has seen some nice catches and a big improvement in the weather. Jim Christie landed eleven fish and John Barr landed eight, both in four hour sessions.

Best Catches for March


J Christie Wick 6lb 1oz
S McColl Thurso 4lb 8oz
P Smith Thrumster 4lb 1oz

February 2010

Fishing was excellant the first two weeks of February but the fishery was frozen ofer for the remainder of the month.

E Beattie and D Miller both from Wick each caught five fish in a two hour session.

Best Catches for February


D Miller Wick 9lb
L Crawford Thurso 4lb 8oz
G McCallum Thurso 3lb 8oz

January 2010

The fishery remained frozen up to the 22nd when we got five days fishing before freezing over again. G McCallum from Thurso had five fish in a two hour session.

Best Catches for January


G McCallum Thurso 4lb
B Evetts Halkirk 3lb 10oz
G McCallum Thurso 3lb