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A photo from above a hill loch kindly submitted by Colin Munro
A fine brace of Salmon taken by the Franklin party in July
Another picture from Mr Munro on one of his "short walks" !
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Well
here we are with the 1999 season done and dusted with the new year 2000 to look forward
to. The Season highlighted a few areas worthy of mention as follows :
This was a fairly average season. It started well but then during July and August we had a hot spell of fairly windless weather and trout fishing became more a test of patience, ingenuity and stamina. Many fishers were reported sneaking off to the beach and such like!! However, the season produced 1783 Brown Trout with two over 4lb and a considerable number between 2 - 4lb. Incidentally one brown trout was put back on Stack which the Ghillie made a rough measurement of and was about 22inches long, that would certainly have been over 4lb and was caught by Mr. Denny. Graham Williams caught another which weighed in at 4lb 14oz. Sea Trout showed a vast improvement in numbers this year with 325 fish entered in the book, the best being 5lb to Jack Broomhead and a good number between 2 - 4lb. This figure was nearly 3 times the number booked last year and gives cause for some cautious optimism for the millennium season. Salmon started quite well with some big fish entering Loch Stack and a number of fish well into double figures were landed from river and loch. The hot spell in July and August brought fishing to a virtual standstill with low water conditions. When more water became available in September we had 3 days of stormy weather during which hardly a boat was launched. Finally the late grilse run was very poor. The seasons tally was 26 fish the best being 12lbs 4oz. to Michael Wycherely. The only fish caught in September was caught by Chris Cobb,who nearly had another (but we won't mention that !) As I write this, our local wood turner is putting a base on a silver cup presented in 1935 to Matthew Ross who was tenant of Scourie Hotel from 1904 to 1944. Ian Hay discovered the cup in an antique shop and very generously gave it to me for display in the Hotel. I have decided to have engraved on the base the name of the guest who catches the largest Brown Trout each year along with a bottle of whisky to celebrate with. It will be called the Hay Trophy. We send compliments of the season to all our guests and look forward to a fruitful Year 2000. Patrick Price
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