Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 10:42 River Leven. After a particularly wet April, summer has almost arrived and the dry bright conditions, which may please some, make for difficult fishing and lower river levels. However, Scottish Water have kept the gates open, as agreed, and we still have continual weekend height. Thanks again [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/26/2016 - 20:21 River Leven. With low temperatures and cold northerly winds the month of April has been quiet. Still a few anglers out on the river though, some finding sport with sea trout in the lower reaches and others lucky enough to land a springer. The barrage gates have [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 21:08 Good News For a Change.. We are delighted to announce that after over 40 years of operation Scottish Water are finally considering a significant revision of river flows at the Leven barrage following a request by the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association. A number of modelling scenarios [...]
Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/08/2016 - 13:54 River Leven. There can be no doubt now that the springers are in! This morning regular Leven angler Chic McLean hooked into a big fish at the Managers. Chic had already landed about a dozen kelts this season, but this was definitely no spent fish this time..... [...]
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 14:37 River Leven. With the river at an excellent height we wonder if the Easter Bunny will produce. Historically this weekend has seen a few 'first salmon of the season' off the Leven. Last year it was earlier with a 12lb springer caught on the 19th March at [...]
Submitted by admin on Sat, 03/19/2016 - 14:00 As members are now no doubt aware last week the RACCE committee voted on party lines and rejected the attempt by Alex Fergusson MSP to annul the proposed conservation measures. While extremely disappointing this result was not unexpected as it has been apparent from very early in [...]
Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/26/2016 - 21:23 On 23 February the Scottish Government Salmon and Recreational Fisheries Team sent an email that many of you may have either received or heard about. The email begins: “Legislation was laid in the Scottish Parliament earlier today to introduce a package of conservation measures (including a [...]
Submitted by admin on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 20:01 Members should note that the Wild Fishery Review Team have published a further consultation document in relation to fishery reform in Scotland. This document contains a number of proposals and seeks the views of anglers and indeed all other interested parties on the future direction of travel [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 21:49 AGM Report. What the 115 AGM of the LLAIA lacked in time management it certainly made up for in content. This was the second year that we have invited guest speakers to present to our members and it is certain that they made an impact. First [...]
Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/08/2016 - 22:43 In 2015 Ms Hannele Honkanen, a PhD student of the University of Glasgow based at Scottish Centre for the Environment (SCENE) undertook a smolt tagging experiment supported by Scottish and Southern Energy, SEPA, the Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust and the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association. This [...]
