by Stuart Brabbs | Sep 12, 2012 | fishing, General
A couple of years ago we ran a few evening sessions for novice fly-tyers. It was a very basic course that taught participants to dress simple salmon flies. I’m considering repeating similar sessions this winter if there is any interest. Just drop the Trust an...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jul 20, 2012 | Electrofishing, fishing
If the rain holds off and water levels drop, we should be able to start electrofishing next week. Anyone interested in coming along to see what we do and hopefully learn a bit about the river will be made welcome. Of course we will expect a bit of help carrying...
by Stuart Brabbs | Jun 28, 2012 | fishing, General
We were fortunate enough to receive scale samples from a 19lb River Ayr salmon caught a few weeks ago on the lower river. The fish had been frozen and the captor managed to take a sample for us after I made the request for which I’m very grateful and I have to...
by Stuart Brabbs | Apr 28, 2012 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
Take a moment to check back to our post of the 29th October 2011 and compare the photos taken soon after the Ponesk Burn was diverted with the images below, taken a couple of days ago on the 26th April 2012. Following extreme floods and prolonged high water over...
by Stuart Brabbs | Mar 12, 2012 | Conservation, Electrofishing, fishing, General
DAY ONE We kept our fingers and everything else crossed over the weekend for dry weather. For once things went in our favour and when we arrived at the Kilmarnock Water this morning to undertake a very public fish rescue, we were relieved to see the river flowing...
by Stuart Brabbs | Feb 10, 2012 | fishing, General
Farson has now installed web cams on two more Ayrshire Rivers, the Ayr and the Doon. Both are expected to go live any day now so remember to check them out regularly. UPDATE. Both Cams are now live.