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We will be meeting on Easter Sunday at 10.30am. Come along and say hello if you are free. Meeting point will be the bridge over the Kelvin on Kelvindale Road.

Kind regards
Paul

I have posted the information below already, but just to make everyone aware that this meeting requires you to register in advance. I have spoken to a few of you already and your details have been processed. For anyone else that wants to be a part of this project, please give me a call as soon as possible.

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Here is some more information on the Riverfly Monitoring Project that was discussed at the AGM. We need as many volunteers as possible to commit to taking samples once a month. This is your opportunity to help protect the Kelvin and ensure it’s continuing improvement. Please get in touch if you would like to attend the meeting. There will be volunteers from other organisations associated with the Kelvin, so it’s important that we are represented. In fact it is important that we are seen to be providing the lion’s share of the volunteers.

Clyde Riverfly Monitoring Partnership (CRIMP)

The Clyde River Foundation and Riverfly Partnership warmly invite all club members to the Clyde Riverfly Monitoring Partnership launch meeting to be held on

Sunday 17th March 2013, 1.00pm – 4.00pm.
Lecture theatre 1, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ.

CRIMP is a citizen science project which aims to provide training in riverfly monitoring to volunteers across the eight counties of the River Clyde catchment. Riverfly monitoring can help protect the quality of our rivers; increase our knowledge and understanding of invertebrate populations and promote the conservation of their habitats. Volunteer involvement is important to the development of this project and will allow us to assess the sustainability and practical benefits of using the method on a large scale. CRIMP will provide another tool to inform management of the fishery and freshwater ecosystem. For example, we have had two recent examples of river pollution (one in Lanarkshire and one in Renfrewshire) where well-trained volunteers could have sampled the incidents more quickly than even the statutory bodies – we see this as a way of helping to protect your river; your fishery.

CRIMP will involve the Clyde River Foundation (CRF) coordinating monthly river health checks undertaken by specially trained volunteers. We will deliver training workshops in riverfly monitoring three times per year, followed by a half day site selection and sampling “run through” day with each angling club. From there, volunteers will monitor their given sites monthly and report their results to the CRF. The CRF will collate and check results, and report back every three months to contributing angling club secretaries, with a facility for more rapid communication with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) if pollution is detected.

We will be continuing the work in the Kelvindale stretch. Meeting at the Kelvindale Road Bridge at 10.30am. Come along and get some fresh air!

Campsie Angling is running free events and tuition during 2013.
All welcome from complete beginners to experienced casters.

26th Feb 2013
Angling Seminar, Lennoxtown Memorial Hall at 7pm.

James Litster (World Fly Fishing Bronze Medallist, 6 times Scottish Internationalist) will discuss a range of fly fishing topics. Fly tying event included.

From March 2013
Fly casting tuition at Whitefield Pond, Lennoxtown.

If you would like to try fly fishing or improve your casting, tuition will be available from March 2013. This will be arranged subject to demand. For more information please contact
Lawrence Meechan on 07986 963031

More activities for 2013 to come. Please see the club website for more information at www.campsieangling.co.uk

The work party is this Sunday, which is in February and not March as the title of the last post suggested. Apologies, I have now corrected the mistake!

We are having a work party this Sunday and it looks as if the weather will hold up. The plan is to meet at Kelvindale Road where it crosses the Kelvin. Drinks and snacks will be provided, so come along in your old clothes and get stuck in. Activities will range from pruning trees to collecting litter, and everyone is welcome.
Kind regards
Paul

Permits are now available at the following shops:

Glasgow Angling Centre

JB Angling – Kirkintilloch

Hooked in Scotland – Shettleston Road

Tackle & Gun – Shawlands

Angler’s Rendevouz – Shettleston Road

Kind regards

Paul

Here is some more information on the Riverfly Monitoring Project that was discussed at the AGM. We need as many volunteers as possible to commit to taking samples once a month. This is your opportunity to help protect the Kelvin and ensure it’s continuing improvement. Please get in touch if you would like to attend the meeting. There will be volunteers from other organisations associated with the Kelvin, so it’s important that we are represented. In fact it is important that we are seen to be providing the lion’s share of the volunteers.

Clyde Riverfly Monitoring Partnership (CRIMP)

The Clyde River Foundation and Riverfly Partnership warmly invite all club members to the Clyde Riverfly Monitoring Partnership launch meeting to be held on

Sunday 17th March 2013, 1.00pm – 4.00pm.
Lecture theatre 1, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ.

CRIMP is a citizen science project which aims to provide training in riverfly monitoring to volunteers across the eight counties of the River Clyde catchment. Riverfly monitoring can help protect the quality of our rivers; increase our knowledge and understanding of invertebrate populations and promote the conservation of their habitats. Volunteer involvement is important to the development of this project and will allow us to assess the sustainability and practical benefits of using the method on a large scale. CRIMP will provide another tool to inform management of the fishery and freshwater ecosystem. For example, we have had two recent examples of river pollution (one in Lanarkshire and one in Renfrewshire) where well-trained volunteers could have sampled the incidents more quickly than even the statutory bodies – we see this as a way of helping to protect your river; your fishery.

CRIMP will involve the Clyde River Foundation (CRF) coordinating monthly river health checks undertaken by specially trained volunteers. We will deliver training workshops in riverfly monitoring three times per year, followed by a half day site selection and sampling “run through” day with each angling club. From there, volunteers will monitor their given sites monthly and report their results to the CRF. The CRF will collate and check results, and report back every three months to contributing angling club secretaries, with a facility for more rapid communication with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) if pollution is detected.

Permits are now available from GAC and JB Angling. The remaining shops will have them by Monday afternoon.
The season starts tomorrow so tight lines everyone!

Agenda Bearsden Hall 7th February 2013

7.00pm Welcome and Introduction – Chairman

7.10pm Summary of 2012 – Chairman and Secretary

7.30pm Accounts – Treasurer and Secretary

7.45pm Elections

8.00pm Proposals

1. The following permit prices are proposed for the 2013 season
New member £70, Existing £50, Concession £40

2. Junior tickets (16 and under) to be free by postal application

3. No fishing from the falls at Bishop Mill

4. Every association member to attend at least one work party

5. Abolish rule 28

6. Abolish rule 18

7. Rule 15 to be changed from 2 migratories to 1

8.30pm AOB

8.40pm Raffle and Permits

Raffle Prizes

Shakespeare Oracle XT Salmon 13’ 9wt Fly Rod
Diawa Megaforce 11’ 2 Piece 10-60g
Diawa Megaforce 10’ 4 Piece 10-50g
Abu Garcia Diamond Crest 9’ 2 Piece 20-60g
Wychwood Gye Net 24” Salmon
Mitchell Avocet Bronze III Spinning/Bait Reel
Shakespeare 5” Clearview Double Fly Box
Profil 5” Clearview Double Fly Box
Shakespeare Oracle Fly 9’6” 8/9wt Fly Rod
Bottle of Whisky

9.00pm Finish