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Scotsman
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Dynamic angling duo wrap up Glencorse win
Jock Kettles and Mike Connet once again made short work of winning a heat of the Fastmail Pairs at Glencorse. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The duo had already qualified for the final on Sunday, August 17 at Llyn Clywedog Trout Fishery near Powys in Wales due to their success in the first heat at the Midlothian water, taking only 26 minutes to win the scheduled seven-hour heat at the same venue in late April. On this occasion, Edinburgh-based Connet and Kettles (Bonnyrigg) won comfortably, returning to the boat jetty with eight fish at 10.33, only 93 minutes after the start of the popular event. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Their bag totalled 28lb 9oz on the scale and they also earned a time bonus of 10lb 8oz for a total weight of 39lb1oz. Glencorse Reservoir Ross and Nicola Carnegie were second. They returned to the harbour with eight fish at 10.58 and their bag weighed 26lb14oz. The time bonus was 10lb for a total weight of 36lb 1oz. Kenny Hunter and Brian Brown were third and also qualified for the final, returning to the boat jetty with eight fish at 11.56. Their bag was 26lb2oz with a time bonus of 8lb for a total of 34lb2oz. David Wright and Keith Renton also qualified for the final, coming back to the boat jetty with eight fish at 15.13. They hooked the heaviest bag off the day at 31lb 3oz with a time bonus of 1lb 8oz giving them a total weight of 32lb 11oz. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Elsewhere, Millhall near Polmont will remain closed for bank fishing until July 15 due to weed growth around the platforms. Weed cutting is booked for July 14. Anglers can boat fish. Kenny Knox (left), fishery manager at Glencorse, with Mike Connet (centre) and Jock Kettles Elsewhere, Gus Brindle, who recently won the Scottish Canal Championship, maintained his recent form by winning the first leg of the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling (SFCA) float only series at Strathclyde Park. Only 11 fished and Brindle, who was also the organiser, said the low numbers were undoubtedly linked to the fact that the loch hasn't been fishing so far this year. Sadly, match day was no different. He added: 'The fish simply aren't across on the West Bank at the moment, with 10 of the field failing to register a single bite.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Lothians-based David Corcoran and James Dornom, both Scottish internationals, were also in the field but Brindle was the only angler to catch and he only hooked into three roach on the slider/waggler in the first hour before adding two more on the pole in the remaining four hours. The Dunfermline-based angler ended with 185g for the match and the section win from Peg 1 at the far end of A Section. As there were no catchers in B Section, the £50 pools money with be put in the prize pot for the series winner. A reminder that the float only matches are being run as individual open matches so there is no requirement to commit to all of them and Round two will take place on Sunday, July 20. Pegs to be confirmed nearer the date. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad On to sea fishing and Ian Campbell praised the junior and women's team for winning gold in the Home Nations in Northern Ireland. Falkirk-based Campbell, retail manager at the Edinburgh Angling Centre, was a member of the men's team which finished fourth in the three-day event fished in tough conditions at Coleraine. He was making his second appearance for the Tartan Team and admitted: 'Loads of gear to get cleaned up and what seems like half of Benone Beach now resident in the boot of my car. The grand-children will be able to build a castle with the sand in there.' However, he added: 'Sadly, we weren't able to bring back a medal this year with a disappointing last day after sitting with only two points between the four teams after two matches. The guys all put in a tremendous amount of effort, but it just wasn't to be. 'Once again, it was a honour to represent Scotland, especially alongside such a great bunch of guys.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He also praised his long-standing fishing buddy Stewart Falconer from Arbroath, a man making his debut for Scotland. Campbell said: 'He showed us all how it was done when it comes to catching garfish while winning his zone on day one. 'Stewart then followed it up with a second place on day two. A cracking Scotland debut.' Campbell had personal success, but he said: 'I suppose I should be happy with two zone wins, but this is a team event and only the team result means anything so I am gutted we couldn't quite do enough for a medal.' Now he hopes for a good qualification series leading to possible selection for the squad for next year's event in England.
Edinburgh Reporter
24-06-2025
- Climate
- Edinburgh Reporter
Fisher is top rod at Millhall
Millhall Reservoir bosses confirmed mixed results at the loch, some anglers had a field day while others struggled for a few fish. Successful tactics ranged from dry flies to diawl bach and buzzer to damsels and other lures and Bill Sutherland confirmed that weed in the loch has 'exploded'. It has restricted fishing to the deeper parts of the water (pictured by Nigel Duncan), but he said there will be a major weed cutting operation in the near future to mitigate this problem. Anglers who have done well at the Polmont-based water included A Burns and B Dewar who returned 14 and 13 fish respectively on FAB and buzzer. T Sharp and R Skillen had seven fish each on dry flies, while W Turnbull and D Frater returned nine fish each, again on dry flies. S Ross managed nine fish on an orange wormit, while J Kelly returned 15 fish, again on dry flies. However, the best return for the week went to M Fisher who had 23 fish on a damsel pattern on an ntermediate line. Nearby, Bowden Springs at Linlithgow have restocked with Tiger and rainbow trout and Linlithgow Loch's top recent rod was Nigel Muckle with 15 fish. Boats are available most days. Allandale Tarn at West Calder closed their bait pond because of the high water temperature but their fly pond is open from 9am to 10.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday 9am to 8pm. Pottishaw near Whitburn report that Kark Phsteven had nine fish in his session and Morton Fishings have also restocked while Glencorse say they have boats available at the time of writing this. In East Lothian bosses of Newlands Tweeddale say Chris Kerr (Tranent) hooked into ten fish on Fab and buzzer. Finally, the Scottish Canal Championship is on Sunday, June 29 on the Forth and Clyde Canal between Wyndford and Dullatur, fishing 11am to 4pm. Contact Gus Brindle for details on 07812 241816. Like this: Like Related
