Angling: RODS READY?Byline: By SILVER WILKIE THE search to find Scotland's top trout trout: see salmon. trout Any of several prized game and food fishes of the family Salmonidae, native to the Northern Hemisphere but widely introduced elsewhere. Though most species inhabit cool fresh waters, a few (called sea trout; e.g. angler angler, common name for a member of the family Ceratiidae, European and American bottom-dwelling predacious fishes. The angler lies on the bottom and lures its prey with a long, wormlike appendage that extends forward and dangles over its mouth. and angling team is on again. May 5 sees the opening heat of the trout angling calendar's most prestigious competitions - the Scottish Club Championships and the Champion of Champions. It's the Daily Record's ninth year sponsoring both events, which attract the very best of Scotland's anglers. Although there is space for 250 plus angling clubs in the 14 heats, many places have been filled already. So club secretaries please take note - get your applications in as soon as possible. As usual, the venue for both competitions will be the lovely 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. , which has been fishing out of its skin over the last few years, with ample stocks of cracking, hard-fighting, fully finned finned adj. Having a fin, fins, or finlike parts. Often used in combination: single-finned; multifinned. rainbows. Here's how the competition works: The Club Championships - for three-man club teams - is run by the country's ruling game angling body, the Scottish Anglers National Association. Clubs can enter A and B teams for the 14 heats, which are staged on the Lake from May 5, and three anglers from each heat go through to two semi- finals in September. Two semi- finals will be staged on September 21 and 28, and the final is on Friday, October 5. The Daily Record Champion of Champions title will then be fought for on Friday, October 19, among the anglers who caught the four heaviest bags of trout during every SCC SCC - strongly connected component heat. This year, prize money again totals pounds 2000 for the Club Championships, with the winning team getting a cheque for pounds 500. The Champion of Champions will receive the same amount. There will also be exciting tackle prizes courtesy of Martin Grantham of the Angling Centre in Stirling, who is once again co-sponsoring the competitions. SCC competition secretary 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. said: "Applications are coming in, but there is still plenty of room available. "What makes the Scottish Club Championships much more exciting nowadays is the fact that virtually every club is capable of getting into the final. "Club secretaries used to say they would compete despite the fact they thought their team didn't have much of a chance. "Nowadays, anglers are getting better and better. They fish more competitions and use better rods, a wider variety of lines and have the ready availability of innovative fly patterns. "It used to be that clubs specially formed for competitions by top anglers were competition favourites - but not any more. "We are now seeing what you would call 'normal' clubs reaching the final and doing very well." Club secretaries should already have application forms, but those who don't can contact Kenny in writing at Dryflat Farm, Coatbridge Road, Glenmavis, Airdrie ML6 0PJ, or call him on 01236 764063. |
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