The North Esk

Gavin

We got a chance to get out on the North Esk yesterday with a good crowd. Gavin, Alec, AD, John, Scott, Fozz and Cam

Gavin

The River was fairly low but the sun was out so we all had fun. I paddled the Dagger Green with some interesting lines..... : )

Alec

AD

All the Boys in the Sun

AD at the bottom of Triple Steps.

No really it is Scotland!!!

Fozz showing all the short boaters how it should be done in his Nomad.

John running Triple Step.

The Green at the bottom of Triple Step.

Up To Date

Ok so what has been going on. It has been a while since our last post.

We have opening the larger size shop and it is looking great.
New Palm gear is slowly coming through. The new Big Dog White Water Kayaks should be here soon.

We have our Demo weekend this weekend at Loch Ore Meadows.
Click here for details.

We will be up at the Skye Sea Kayak Symposium next weekend.

And a new world Waterfall record has been set at over 180ft!!!!! Not by any of our staff of course.....

Bigger and Better

So with alot of hard work last week on the run up to Easter and some late nights we now have a bigger shop!!! The guys at Alltec did an excellent job on removing the walls, cleanly and quickly. They had little or no effect on our busy day to day running. Thankyou David, Graeme and the guys for a great job.


Here is a quick photo of how the place looks now. You can see it is alot more open. There is alot still to do with tidying and final layout, so bare with us for a couple of weeks but do come and see us.. We will have new stock arriving every week to fill up our new shop that we are all very proud of.

River Tay World Fly Fishing Championships.

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ALL PADDLERS AND CANOEIST. THE WORLD FLY FISHING CHAMPIONSHIPS IS ON IN JUNE ON THE RIVER TAY.

The World Fly Fishing Championships are taking place at five venues in Scotland from Monday June 8^th until Wednesday, June 10^th. This is an international event, fishing for trout and grayling, not salmon.

Four are loch-based – Carron Valley, Loch Leven, Loch Awe and Lake of Menteith. The fifth is on the Lower Tay from Burnmouth (Stanley) down to Benchil, above Luncarty.

The Organisers have applied for, and been given, a Section 11 Exemption Order of the Scottish Land Reform Act for the River Tay on these dates by Perth and Kinross Council, the Access Authority. This means that other water-users cannot legally use that stretch of river on those dates, and between the times stated. This is a very rare occurrence, and does not mean that other Orders would be granted lightly.

This is a legally-enforceable restriction, and so paddlers must obey the Order.

It affects the river between the hours of;

Monday, June 8^th – 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9^th – 7.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10^th – 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

Groups attempting to launch at Burnmouth will be stopped by stewards, and those coming downriver, not seeing the notices which will be placed at every access point on the Tay, will also be stopped by boat. A transfer service to beyond the fishing stretch will be provided by the organisers (but could take considerable time).

Paddlers can; access the river on Sunday June 7^th as normal, and use that stretch of the Tay in the evenings after the close of fishing. However, the car park at Burnmouth will be very crowded all of the three days, including for those wishing to go and play on Campsie Linn, so access is not advised.

Scottish Canoe Association

March 2009

Brookbank Swim Team

So we all went kayaking on the North Esk last weekend and Brookbank Perth launched it's new Swim Team. John is now the President and Foz is the Vice President. Cam remains the coach. Obviously the coach never goes in the water!!!

Fozz on the Fish Ladder

2009 Tide Tables

We have the new Tide Tables for 2009 in store now. Both Aberdeen, Leith and Greenock Oban.
Click here to buy online or come in store and pick your copy up.

New Artistic Dry Suits now in Stock

We now have the new Artistic Dry Suits in stock in the Perth Store. We only have a small size range for now. At first glance the quality looks good. They are using a different type of T Zip to what most other manufacturers use but it looks flexible and strong. The adding padding in the knees would be great for open boaters.