DATES FOR YOUR DIARY   The Date for the next Dreghorn Angling Club AGM has been scheduled for mid to Late January 2022 at our usual venue:- Townend Community Centre, 15 Townfoot, Dreghorn KA11 4EQ.  We will notify the final date when this is confirmed. The management committee are maintaining email and telephone contact via…

SPRINGTIME 2023.

PRESIDENTS POST. Hello my fellow members. Times are changing. The media has become alive with concern about the state of our rivers. Pollution will hopefully be regarded as completely unacceptable in the near future. This is a change in the way society values our natural waters. I am grateful to the celebrities who have used…

AGM 2022 POSTPONED

Hi EveryonePresident and Secretary have intimated that AGM scheduled for Friday 2 December 2022 has had to be cancelled.. New date soon will be notified.

PRESIDENT’S POST. October 2022

Hello my fellow anglers This has been another strange season Lovely trout fishing but often frustrating for salmon anglers Still the autumn rain has arrived and our waters often come into their own with excellent sport available at a very reasonable price One thing that has cheered me recently is meeting with members who have…

01 June 2022

Missing Salmon Alliance Member calls for urgent Government action as wild salmon crisis deepens 1st June 2022, saw the release of the official Scottish Government Salmon and Sea Trout Fishery Statistics for the 2021 Season. 35,693 Atlantic salmon and 12,636 sea trout were caught in Scotland in 2021. These are the lowest catches since records…

President’s Briefing April 2022

President’s post. April 2022 An April encouragementHello friends and welcome to this seasons first presidents briefing of the yearI had a wonderful day on the Irvine on Saturday the 2nd of April fishing the Drybridge dam through to the sandy bendThe river was alive with trout responding to a hatch of large dark olives and…

Presidents Briefing 04 October 2021 – The rain has arrived at last.

The rains have finally arrived and an eventful and productive time is before us.  Our waters really are late season treasures and respond to our members efforts at the backend of many years. We are blessed with the season extension meaning Dreghorn members can fish to the 15th of November inclusive. Don’t delay catch a…

Fisheries Protection – a reminder

The West Strathclyde Protection Order 1988 came into force on 7th October 1988 This protection order covers the whole of the catchment area of the Rivers Annick, Irvine, Gogo Water, Noddsdale Water and certain other waters and part of the catchment area of the River Garnock – lying within Strathclyde Region and described in the…

President’s Briefing 31.03.2021

At last our fishing season is underway and, although travel restrictions still exist currently, they are changing over the next days and weeks. This allows our members from further afield to enjoy their membership and cast alongside our local members. Fishing has been great since the opening and we are assured of significant Brown Trout…

URGENT REMINDER TO MEMBERS Ref CONDUCT

While the conduct of members is generally beyond question, it has come to our attention that there may have been some recent incidents where the behaviours of a very small number of members has not met the expectations of the club. Sadly, it’s necessary to remind all members that any kind of aggressive or threatening…

PACIFIC PINK SALMON

Details from Fisheries Management Scotland Pacific Pink Salmon: Advice note – May 2019 Introduction The purpose of this advice note is to ensure: • That all stakeholders, including fishery managers and anglers, are alert to the possibility of the return of Pink salmon in Scottish waters during 2019 • to clarify the legal situation regarding…