John N Dunn Annual Corporate day...
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" A Guid New Year 2010" competition!
The Tarn was still frozen over when this comp was due to be held so it has been postponed until further notice!
If you already had your name down for the original competition, you will of course be given priority to re enter your name for the new date! Please email either Margo or Iona at catrionaallan@googlemail.com or call on 01506873073 to confirm if you still wish to keep your name down for the new date!
Sorry for any inconvenience, but from all of us here at The Tarn, have a superb New Year!.
*Iona*
Bowmore sponsored "Grand final"2003...
ALLANDALE ~V~ HOWWOOD. The Winter league 2009/10 results so far!..
Results from the 1st match @ Howwood:
With the 2009/10 Winter league now kicked off, the Allandale home team have found themselves with a pretty decent margin to make up after only one match!.. The results so far are;
Allandale 27 fish @ 83lb 4oz
Howwood 42 fish @ 136lb 1oz
This leaves the Allandale team with a deficit of 15 fish & 52lb 12oz to make up. It has been done before and with 3 matches still to be fished, we will catch up I'm sure!..The weather was the best we could have hoped for at this time of the year through at Howwood, if a little cold. In our defense we were unfortunately 2 bodies down on the day of the match due to a sudden change in preliminary dates, but no excuse for the next leg!..
Top rods for our team on the day were jointly Mark Hemming and Nigel Burns, both landing 5 fish but dropping more!.. And a big thankyou to those who joined the team at the last minute!..
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Results for the 2nd match at Allandale:
The weather was not favorable for yesterdays match. After a cold calm half hour start a thick fog descended on The Tarn that stayed most of the day!.. Surprisingly, this didn't put either the anglers nor the fish off, with most catching on a floating line at less than 2ft!..
The final results for Saturdays match are as follows:
Team Allandale 34 fish @ 95 lb 4oz.
Team Howwood 52 fish @ 131 lb 14oz.
Yes, we had our butts well & truly kicked on our home water & no excuses!...
Best rod for Allandale was Wullie Brash with 5 bagged at 15lb 13oz and then 5 more released giving him a bonus of 10lbs, followed by Team Captain George Stevenson with 4 @15lbs.
Well, with 2 matches to go we've a deficit of 33 fish @ 89lb 7oz to make up!.. Can it be done?.....
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Despite the mixed weather conditions the crystal clear water is still providing some excellent sport. Allandales resident Brownies are also being tempted to the fly, particularly in the mornings as are many of the larger specimen trout!. See Best Flies and Tactics.
News of the past week!
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Monday - Thursday fishing time 9 am ~ 5:00pm Friday - Sunday fishing time 9am ~ 5:00pm*
Your contributions
Callum Conner Livingston : For me the beauty of Allandale Tarn is that you can fish here all year using nothing but a floating line. From April to October the top of the water sport is fantastic have great success on buzzers and nymphs on long leaders also suspended below an indicator or dry fly New Zealand dropper style the latter is particularly effective during flat calms. I only use 3 dry flies here "F" flies,Shipmans an Shuttlecock buzzers ranging in sizes from 12's down to 20's the smaller sizes will produce more takes but they require a well timed strike. From November to March I recommend starting with lures changing to fluorescent buzzers and okey-dokeys when the takes have dried up.I hope this advice is of help to anglers