BLUE HEAVEN.Byline: By SILVER WILKIE CRAIG McKean had more than his fair share of the blues at the end of Heat One of the Scottish Club Championships. In his limit bag of five were two blue trout, one of which was the heaviest fish to be landed. That earned Craig, of East Kilbride, a bottle of whisky, but there was more. When the blues were combined with the three rainbows Craig also tempted from 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. , the catch proved to be the heaviest individual bag of the night. It resulted in Craig, who fishes for East Kilbride Angling Club, automatically qualifying for the final of the Daily Record Champion of Champions and helped his club into the semi of the Scottish Club Championships. Craig, 25, said: "This was my best night of the season." He tried the Rookery drift and within an hour saw fish beginning to move. But the rising fish did not take. The ones that did either took during the first couple of pulls or on the hang. Craig said: "I was using a midge midge, name for any of numerous minute, fragile flies in several families. The family Chironomidae consists of about 2,000 species, most of which are widely distributed. The herbivorous larvae are found in all freshwaters; the larvae of some species live in saltwater. tip line with a Booby booby, common name for some members of the family Sulidae, large, streamlined sea birds. Tropical and subtropical members of the family are called boobies; those of northern waters are called gannets. on the top dropper drop·per n. A device that produces drops, especially a small tube with a suction bulb at one end for drawing in a liquid and releasing it in drops. Also called instillator. dropper 1. , a Cormorant cormorant (kôr`mərənt), common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea but also on inland waters. in the middle, and a Diawl Bach on the point which took most of the fish. "For the whole night I had five offers which produced five fish. I had a smash take which broke me, and I lost a small one." Craig's two blue trout tipped the scales at 3lb and 2lb 10oz and according to him were "cracking". The best club bag of the night, eight fish for 15lb 11oz, was taken by Ayrshire's Middleton Angling Club. Both events are run by SANA, the ruling body for game angling in Scotland, and sponsored by the Daily Record with co-sponsor Martin Grantham, of the Angling Centre, Stirling, putting up magnificent tackle prizes. SCOTTISH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. 1. Middleton AC, eight fish for 15lb 11oz. 2. East Kilbride AC, seven fish for 15lb. 3. Greenock and District AC, seven trout for 14lb 2oz. These three clubs go forward to the first of two semi-finals on September 19. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 1. Craig McKean, East Kilbride AC, five fish for 10lb 7oz. 2. David Downie, Greenock and District AC, five fish for 10lb 3oz. 3. George McMahon, Middleton AC, five fish for 9lb 12oz. 4. Kenneth McLean, Darvel Kingfishers, four fish for 9lb. These four anglers now go through to the final, which takes place on October 17. |
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