2026 Outings and Events

The following is a list of outings for the season 2026, details have been sent to all members so that they may book the following outings.

Those marked * will be evening sessions, all others will be all day events.

River Avon Open DayMidday @ Quarry Bridge beat 415th March
Bangour ReservoirOpening day12th April
Linlithgow Loch25th April
Bowden Springs2nd May
River Avon Mayfly day BBQ (tbc)*Midday @ Quarry Bridge beat 410th May
Loch Ruskie16th May
Millhall Reservoir23rd May
Loch Ruskie6th June
Gartcosh Away (Johnstone loch)Competition2nd June
Linlithgow LochPost Marches17th June
Morton*26th June
Millhall Reservoir *6th July
Morton18th July
Linlithgow Loch *30th July
Bowden Springs2nd August
Gartcosh Return (Millhall)Competition23rd August
Millhall Reservoir Open day with bank and boat fishing12th September
Bangour ReservoirClosing day20th September

A link attached will show the rod allocations and details of times etc for the above outings : –

The outing at Bowden Springs on Saturday 3rd May saw a good day out with all bar one taking fish. Modesty prevents me from naming who caught this 6lb brownie, caught with a vicar buzzer, one of my(oops) own fair hands!

A fine Loch Rusky rainbow trout falling to a Cats Whisker. This lure was barbless and the fish was safely returned.

John Convoy and Mike Love on Loch Rusky fishing in bright and difficult conditions. The days 4 rods managed 5 fine rainbow trout.

So how did George McIntosh from “up the braes” manage to photo bomb our own George Thompson and John Convoy on Linlithgow loch. East winds and the sun splitting the sky made the loch a hard days fishing, but we had a new champion this year, by only a few ounces!

Saturday the 9th September saw the open day sunshine bring out budding champions. The weather was glorious, but perhaps not for fishing, it was bright and sunny. Here are the optimists before the event, and the Champions after the event.

Open day members

The Biggest fish, a cracking 5 pounder was caught by our VP Harry Miller and the best bag returned by Bill Salmond here seen soaking up the plaudits.

All credit to George Thompson and John Reynolds who tied for second place with bags of exactly the same weight. They sportingly tossed a coin, for George to take the honour.

Big thanks for Harry for organising the day, and Bridget for providing the fabulous lunch.