Today was the opening day of the 2012 season on the River Dee, It was formally opened by Actor, Comedian, and Writer Paul Whitehouse who is a regular Dee Fisherman, incidently Paul not only caught his first fish on the Ballogie beats at Carlogie but he .also caught his first ever fish on the fly at Commonty. It was well attended with over 200 people joining in the celebrations.
The Beats had a great start, but Commonty had an even greater start, not only landing the first Springer off the river weighing 12lbs caught on one of my Willie Gunn Snaeldas but following it up later on with a second at 10lbs, Ian Fraser was a very happy man!! This is the fourth year running that the Ballogie beats have caught the first fish of the river , long may it continue!
Ken Reid at Commonty presenting Graham Scott with his prize for the first fish caught.
Ballogie also scored with Mark Patterson getting a 14lber from the Bridge pool, this the second year running that Mark has had an opening day Springer.
Numerous Kelts were landed but certainly not as many as in past years due to the high water we've had, most of the Kelts have already migrated back to sea.With a cold upstream wind and low water this result was pretty good for the beats.
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