Angling: FINAL CHANCE.Byline: By SILVER WILKIE THE final act in what has been a competitive angling season takes place at the Lake of Menteith The Lake of Menteith (Scottish Gaelic "Loch Innis MoCholmaig"), or, until the 20th century, the Loch of Menteith, is a loch in Scotland, located on the Flanders Moss, the flood plain of the upper reaches of the rivers Forth and Teith, upstream of Stirling. today. Sixty six of Scotland's top trout anglers will nose out with only one thing on their minds - the Daily Record Champion of Champions title. At the end of the day, one of them will be crowned Scotland's top trout fly fisherman one who fishes using natural or artificial flies as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in that manner. - Walton. See also: Fly . The final is the culmination of 13 heats of the Scottish Club Championships. The four anglers with the heaviest bags from each heat automatically qualified to fish in the final. Over the season, a handful of anglers, even though they had limit bags of five fish, didn't qualify for the final, because they were beaten, in some cases by just a few ounces. But this year a decision was taken to give them a place. Kenny Miller Kenneth "Kenny" Miller (born December 23 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Derby County and the Scottish national team. He is a centre forward. of SANA, who organises both the Champions and the Scottish Club Championships, said: "We felt it was unfair that an angler who bagged up early in the evening and had to stop fishing didn't make it to the final because his boat partner got his fifth at the last gasp at the point of death. - Addison. See also: Gasp to beat him by weight." This year's final should be exciting, with the Lake fishing remarkably well. Defending Champion Peter Auchterlonie of Crieff is up against some really tough opposition. The Change B angling team trio of Willie Leach, Jim Crawford and Jim McBride, who took the Scottish Club Championships final earlier this month, will be there. Some of the anglers are past and present members of the Scottish international angling squad. Two of them, Davie Downie and Donald Forbes, have been picked to represent Scotland in the World Fly Fishing Championships, which will be hosted by Scotland next year. The winner will be presented with a cheque for pounds 300, a top of the range rod courtesy of co-sponsor Martin Grantham, of the Angling Centre, Stirling, and a bottle of The Famous Grouse grouse, common name for a game bird of the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. There are about 18 species. Grouse are henlike terrestrial birds, protectively plumaged in shades of red, brown, and gray. Whisky. The runner-up and the third-placed angler will receive cheques for pounds 200 and pounds 100 respectively, plus top of the range tackle prizes, again courtesy of Martin. There are still places left in the charity competition at the Lake in aid of CHAS on October 21, and the last day of the season outing in aid of the local kirk and school. Contact Quint Glenn at 01236 764063 or Elma Nisbet at 01877 385664 for further details. |
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