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Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust win Scottish Thistle Award by admin 17/05/2012: The Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust have won a Scottish Thistle Award in the category of SNH Best Nature Based Experience Award (Nor... Read More
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News from the States on hatchery salmon
An international conservation organization based in Portland, Ore., said today (May 14) there is mounting evidence that salmon raised in hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat. The concerns voiced by the Wild Salmon Center are … Continue reading
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Tweed – Trout Open Day – Peebleshire TFA & Trout/Grayling Initiative
The Peeblesshire Trout Fishing Association and the Tweed Trout & Grayling Initiative will be holding a free fly fishing open day on the Association’s water during 2012. The date set for the day is Saturday 2nd June. The aim of … Continue reading
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Wild Trout Get-together: 2/3 June, Cumbria
The Wild Trout Trust Annual Get-Together on the Eden will take place on 2 & 3 June 2012 at the Tufton Arms Hotel, Appleby, Cumbria. The programme & booking form may be downloaded by clicking on the image above. This promises … Continue reading
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Rural Enterprise Demonstration Day – Finzean, Deeside, 15 May
This event, sponsored by Bell Ingram, will look at Customer Care within the tourism sector, providing useful information on what additional and unique services may be apt for you to offer enhancing your clients’ experience, thus ensuring repeat visits and … Continue reading
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National Volunteers Week – 1-7 June
National Volunteers week runs from 1-7 June this year. There is always scope for volunteer work with some of our partners within the fisheries network in Scotland. You can help with a wide range of actions, including: Control and eradication … Continue reading
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IFM National Conference – 3-5 October, Edinburgh
This year’s conference is being organised by IFM Scottish Branch at the Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh. The theme will be ‘Evidence Based Fisheries Management – Improving Knowledge Exchange in Fisheries Science’. More details will be published when they are available … Continue reading
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60% increase in angling guide enquiries – Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
From Scotmans.com By PETER RANSCOMBE Published on Monday 30 April 2012 WOMEN are falling hook, line and sinker for fly fishing in Scotland, according to an industry expert, who claims his company has landed a 60 per cent jump in … Continue reading
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$325 million dam removal project – Elwha River, Seattle
A major restoration project involving the removal of two large dams on the Elwha River, Pacific North West, is presently underway. This is the biggest dam removal in US history and will restore populations of pink salmon and steelhead, aided … Continue reading
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Deveron Fishing Festival begins on 29 April
The Deveron, Bogie and Isla Rivers Charitable Trust have just published their latest newsletter – The Deveron Flyer – click on the image to read about what is going on in and around the river. The Trust will be opening the … Continue reading
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Mid-30s Scottish pike
Not to be outdone by the Argyll Fisheries Trust 30lb brown featured in the previous blog, RAFTS Director, Callum Sinclair, caught a remarkable pike in recent weeks, which measured 120cm - it was weighed on some rather dubious scales at 31lb, … Continue reading
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