PRESENTATION NIGHT SUCCESS

A big thanks to all members,family and friends who came along to our second presentation night at the fairways complex inverness,a real good night was had by all and the positive feedback since has been very welcome.

A special mention and thanks to Rab Hay who puts a lot of time and effort into making these nights happen,arranging the venue,buffet and disco for our enjoyment.

Again another super raffle with some quality prizes up for grabs,many thanks to all that donated prizes and to David Traill the owner of Grahams tackle shop,who took the time to come and meet us and also donated a superb rod bag for our raffle.

The results were....

Micky Jones....Club Champion.

Rab Hay....Runner up.
Robbie Milne....best fly caught trophy.
Micky Jones....heaviest fish(non points outing)

Allan Stewart....heaviest fish(outings)but was unable to attend.
Ewen Lyon....Sportsperson of the year.
Grant Macleod....Wooden Spoon

And a special t-shirt presentation to Ian Hopkins and Robbie Milne for being the first members into the 30+club.

A big thanks to Michelle Morrice for presenting the prizes for us.

Again thanks to Fairways and the staff and to Pro Sound disco's,looking forward to next years already!

MARCH MEETING

march meeting will be on WEDNESDAY 4TH. at the clachnaharry inn,inverness 8p.m.
ALL WELCOME.

FEBRUARY OUTING/VENUE CHANGE

due to the planned outing venue for this month being frozen,we have moved venues to a fishable water.NOW MEETING at the spar shop in drumnadrochit 8AM sunday 15th and sunday 22nd february.
due to the recent low temps and wintery weather please drive carefully as the roads may not be gritted early morning.
tight lines.

meeting reminder

just a wee reminder that this months meeting will be on TUESDAY NIGHT,3rd of February at clachnaharry inn,8pm

PRESENTATION NIGHT RAFFLE.
any members wishing to donate prizes to the presentation night raffle can bring them along to Tuesday nights meeting.thanks in advance.

PRESENTATION NIGHT.
FRIDAY 13TH February,fairways(up stairs suite)inverness.start time 7 p.m. £7.50 per head.
the night will involve presentation,wee raffle,hot/cold buffet and disco by pro sound disco till the wee small hours and of coarse a well stocked bar.Please could you let Rab hay know if your attending and how many guests your bringing(we need to have numbers in at least a week before the event to know how many to make the buffet for)

TRAVELODGE
any members from outside the area wish to book the travelodge it will be £44per double room(i think there is only 4 rooms still available)tel:08719846285 to book.address is inverness fairways,castle heather,inverness,iv2 6aa


look forward to seeing you all there for another great night.

my first twenty of 2009

after a long sleepless night worrying if me and my bivvie were going get blown away in the wind i was rewarded not long after first light with this nice 22.09lbr.i am a very happy chappy indeed,been finding fish very hard to come by this last couple of months, but thats the way with this sport we love so much?

FEBRUARY MEETING

February's meeting will be on TUESDAY 3rd at the CLACHNAHARRY INN,inverness.8p.m all welcome.


PRESENTATION NIGHT,fairawys has been booked again this year for FRIDAY 13TH february,7 pm kick off.will post more details soon and the phone number of the travel lodge for any one wanting to stay over.

first outing of 2009

our first outing of 2009 is sunday 11th or 25th of january,we will be meeting at the drum takeawey/shop car park at 8am,look forward to see you there .

FOR SALE

fox predator elite fly rod 9' 10 wt(mint condition) £50 SOLD
fox piker heavy deadbait rod 12'3.25 t.c with fox stratos fs10000 reel(good condition)£75

A.G.M REMINDER

guys just a wee reminder that the january meeting/a.g.m is on wednesday night 7th at the clachnaharry inn,inverness at 8p.m.
club dues can also be paid on the night as well as the return of trophys and nominations for sportsperson of the year.
look forward to a good turn out.

HAPPY HOGMANAY

wishing all our members and friends a happy hogmanay,all the best for 2009.
tight lines and wet nets to all.

Christmas greeting

on behalf of the club i would like to wish all our members and friends a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and hope santa brings you a lot of fishing goodies

JANUARY OUTING 2009

the first outings of the new year will be on the 11th and 25th of january,meeting at the DRUM TAKEAWAY at 8am,please be carefull on the roads this time of year.

2009 A.G.M/january meeting

2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held on the 7th January at the clachnaharry inn,inverness 8pm

A.G.M AGENDA:any members with points for discussion or new proposals or ideas for the club please contact Rab Hay.We would like to try and have these on paper before the meeting in the hope of saving time and nothing is forgotten or missed on the night,thanks in advance.

TROPHYS:please could all trophies/shields and spoon be handed back in at the A.G.M so engraving can be done in plenty of time for the presentation night(date still to be confirmed),again many thanks.

SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR:also could all members bring along their vote for sports person of the year,again the same as last year,write your candidates name and a reason for nomination on a piece of paper and pop in a sealed envelope to be handed to Rab Hay at the A.G.M or before if that's possible,again many thanks.

DECEMBER OUTING/venue changed due to freezen.

guys just to let you know any body fishing the outing on the 21st december the venue has been moved due to nominated waters being frozen,still meet at the tarvie cafe 8 am,for details get in touch with rab,ewen or myself.many thanks

DECEMBER OUTING

this years final outings will be sunday the 7th or 21st of december,meeting at the TARVIE CAFE 8am.good luck to all fishing.
just a wee reminder as were coming to the end of year,its time to start thinking of nominating sportsman of the year again.please put your choice in a sealed envelope and get them to rab anytime from now to the agm in jan(at the latest) so all engraving can be done in plenty time before our presentation night in feb 09,many thanks.

DECEMBER MEETING

december meeting will be on the WEDNESDAY 3rd at 8pm the clachnaharry inn,all welcome.

1st scottish 20 for pac general secretary

well done to mark barrett on his first scottish twenty at 24.14lbs soon followed by his first scottish double.mark and his friend oliver newman enjoyed a couple days fishing in the highlands as well as guesting at our monthly meeting during a weeks stay in scotland."a pleasure fishing with you guys"and your more than welcome back anytime.
on behalf of the club i would like to thank mark for attending our meeting and meeting and fishing with some of our members,not often we get a pac committee member this far north.

meeting reminder

just a wee reminder that november meeting is TUESDAY night 4th november 8pm at clachnaharry inn.we have pac general secretary MARK BARRETT popping in to say hello and a blether with us.

well done robbie officer

well done robbie,a superb 25lb+ fish coming in a busy session including another 20+ and nice doubles.a new member to the club but a dab hand at the fishing.

another great open

thanks to all who attended our open yesterday,the weather was dire and the fishing not much better but all 33 anglers seemed very upbeat after the prize giving and raffle and enjoyed there day.and the camera crew never put any body off,look forward to seeing the dvd in the future.

a big thanks to rab and ewen who put in a lot of hard work to make these days happen and run smoothly,but we did manage to raise a few pound towards the club funds and a promise of a donation from readers digest towards our presentation night.again many thanks to the lovat arms for making us so welcome and use of their facilitys for the raffle etc.