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Port Ellen Angling Club is sponsored by Diageo www.diageo.com
*Callum wins Hugh Campbell memorial...again!!
More details and pictures on Club lochs and news (club news), here.......http://www.portellenanglingclub.co.uk/page_1204495721481.html
Welcome to the Port Ellen Angling Club website.
*** Check the Club News page for updates on competitions and outings
Here we hope to provide you with helpful information to help you enjoy your fishing experience or just encourage and assist you in coming to this beautiful island that hosts so many lochs holding truly wild brown trout. Please have a good look around and look in all the links at the top of the pages and at the side of the "Club news and lochs" page for info on our lochs, and some reports from members from their days out on the lochs to give you an idea of whats happening.
P.E.A.C. has been going now for 30 years and is continuing to grow over the years, attracting members from all age groups and backgrounds who enjoy getting together on our lochs and others around Islay and Jura where several day outings are held throughout the season which runs from 15th March to the end of September. We have 4 lochs at our disposal, Kinnabus, Glenastle (lower and upper), School loch and Ghillie loch. All our lochs are admissible to the public for a small fee and boats are also available on Kinnabus and Glenastle, the boats are fully kitted out with oars and lifejackets and again a small fee is charged. There are no engines on the boats and only electric outboards are allowed if anglers wish to bring their own. Float tubes are also allowed on our lochs. All permits for boat and bank fishing on our lochs can be obtained at Iain Laurie's of Islay shop in Charlotte St, Port Ellen.
Unlike a lot of lochs, our lochs are more often fished from the bank as opposed to boat fishing, although the latter would probably be more productive. All the usual Scottish wet flies will give you a sporting chance of a take, bibio, Kate Mclaren, claret bumble and red tag being amongst the favourites. Winds on Islay are most commonly from the west and only now and again would it prevent you from using a boat, and if the wind was to increase while you are out on a loch, you should never be too far from dry land to take shelter.
P.E.A.C. holds several club competitions throughout the year so it is important that we let you know about our position with regard to the matter. Our lochs, as is the case with most islands lochs, are naturally overstocked due to many reasons and, unlike a lot of mainland lochs, are never in need of re-stocking. Due to the numbers of fish in the lochs we are actually improving both the health and quality of the fish by removing the fish caught during competition. This has not been based on our own opinions but indeed that of many large angling organisations otherwise we would have a different policy and we continue to monitor the situation and will change accordingly. Other islands such as Orkney, www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk , also have similar policies for the same reasons.
P.E.A.C. is a member of S.A.N.A. and is represented by a team in the Scottish Championships at Lake of Mentieth every year. In 2003 Islay hosted the European Fly Fishing Championships which was greatly assisted by P.E.A.C. and testament to the quality of the club that we provided, the 2009 Commonwealth Championships are to be held on Islay, again assisted mainly by P.E.A.C. This also tells its own story about the quality of lochs available !
If you are wanting a website that offers a wide range of knowledge and fishing experiences, including posts from anglers who have visited Islay then you should visit http://www.wild-fishing-scotland.co.uk/
We are a member of S.A.N.A.
