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Post  davyson54 Sun May 16, 2010 7:14 pm

I will be going to loch awe in the near future and was wondering if I could pick any information up to where to stay and which areas to fish, all information would be very grateful.
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Sun May 16, 2010 9:19 pm

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Post  paddy pike Sun May 16, 2010 9:57 pm

I think you should have your own info page for all the Lochs you have fished Andy,
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Mon May 17, 2010 7:36 pm

I meant if anyone had any ideas, they should reply to Davyson54 by PM.

I don't know Awe intimately at all. I know a few areas reasonably well but it's a long way to go, even for me. I fish closer to home. In fact, some of my best waters are about 10 minutes drive from my house, so there really isn't any need for me to go to Awe. To get to the best parts of Awe, you have to drive right round the loch and being a large as it is, that can be the best part of 3 hours from Glasgow!! It's a long way to blank...lol... Smile

Loch Awe is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with a surface area of 38.5 square kilometres (14.9 square miles). It is the longest freshwater loch in the UK, measuring 41 kilometres (25.47 miles)from end to end with an average width of 1 kilometre (0.62 miles).

It's MAHOOSIVE!!!
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Post  Bazz Mon May 17, 2010 9:45 pm

Walking the length of Lomond was bad enough Shocked

I walked the West Highland Way a few years ago eg.. about 12 Razz
Bought a guide book, the walk is approx 104mls, from Milngavie north of Glasgow up to Fort William. The guide book recommended walking along the river (Kelvin?) if travelling to Milngavie from the city centre, rather than a bus / taxi ride up the 8ish miles to Milngavie. So, we got off at the railway station in the City & took the guides advice. Wow! What advice, we saw Kingfishers and all sorts of wildlife BEFORE we started the main walk Very Happy
Anyways, we walked along the shore of the loch, quite literally and encountered midges Razz Razz Razz Laughing along the way, as well as some 'wild goats' with a musky smell to them. Stayed at a farmhouse B&B at the north end, watched deer from the bedroom window coming down from the fells at dusk.. Went boozing in the "Drovers" Pub in the evening, that was an experience! Like a step back in time to Scotland of old & Rob Roy!

Loch Lomond must be getting on for 20mls long?

Don't know loch Awe. Know Linhe, Laggan, Lochy etc.. near Ft.William a little....
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Post  essox_lucius1 Mon May 17, 2010 9:52 pm

1 tip watch out for the deer ticks awes wick with them
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Tue May 18, 2010 1:38 pm

Bazz wrote:
Loch Lomond must be getting on for 20mls long?
Wink

23 miles long and the largest inland waterway in the British Isles.

Also MAHOOSIVE!!...lol

...and yea, you were on the River Kelvin, which funnily enough, I was inspecting (where it enters the Clyde) for Mullet yesterday. Didn't see any though. Might still be a wee bit cold yet.
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Post  paddy pike Tue May 18, 2010 9:51 pm

essox_lucius1 wrote:1 tip watch out for the deer ticks awes wick with them
Sounds a little old fasioned getting Ticks, But they can hurt worse than a hornet sting, And thanks Andy for all the info on the loch, Excelent stuff,
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Wed May 19, 2010 2:31 am

Ticks give me the boalk....manky, horrible wee buggers. Same as clegs.......yeeuchh!
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Post  Bazz Wed May 19, 2010 7:26 pm

Deer Ticks can transmit a bacterial infection called "Lymes Disease". Shocked

Not all deer ticks in all area's, just some in some area's.. I think the New Forest in Hampshire might be a British area to beware of, not sure about Scotland.

In the 1990's, a world class mountainbiker called Juliana Furtado of Colorado USA was infected... the disease is difficult if not impossible to cure. At first they suspected Lupus but it was eventually confirmed as Lymes disease.

This thread is going everywhere BUT about Loch Awe Laughing lol! lol!


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Post  Andy Macfarlane Wed May 19, 2010 7:30 pm

Bazz wrote:This thread is going everywhere BUT about Loch Awe Laughing lol! lol!

No Venue Policy...remember... Wink
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Post  greg Wed May 19, 2010 7:35 pm

Bazz wrote:Deer Ticks can transmit a bacterial infection called "Lymes Disease". Shocked

Not all deer ticks in all area's, just some in some area's.. I think the New Forest in Hampshire might be a British area to beware of, not sure about Scotland.

In the 1990's, a world class mountainbiker called Juliana Furtado of Colerado USA was infected... the disease is difficult if not impossible to cure. At first they suspected Lupus but it was eventually confirmed as Lymes disease.

This thread is going everywhere BUT about Loch Awe Laughing lol! lol!

if you do happen to get one you dont get any symptoms till a week later Shocked
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Wed May 19, 2010 7:36 pm

A week? That's a lot of ticks and a lot of tocks.... geek
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Post  greg Wed May 19, 2010 7:38 pm

Andy Macfarlane wrote:A week? That's a lot of ticks and a lot of tocks.... geek


thats what the doc said andy.
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Post  Andy Macfarlane Wed May 19, 2010 9:00 pm

Your right. I was just injecting a little humour.
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Post  greg Wed May 19, 2010 9:09 pm

Andy Macfarlane wrote:Your right. I was just injecting a little humour.

yea i know, i need to get out more Very Happy
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Post  paddy pike Wed May 19, 2010 11:38 pm

greg wrote:
Andy Macfarlane wrote:A week? That's a lot of ticks and a lot of tocks.... geek


thats what the doc said andy.
Very Happy Would that be Hikory Dickory Doc Very Happy
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Post  greg Thu May 20, 2010 8:22 pm

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greg wrote:
Andy Macfarlane wrote:A week? That's a lot of ticks and a lot of tocks.... geek


thats what the doc said andy.
Very Happy Would that be Hikory Dickory Doc Very Happy

lol! lol!
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Post  Son Of Fire Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:24 pm

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...and yea, you were on the River Kelvin, which funnily enough, I was inspecting (where it enters the Clyde) for Mullet yesterday. Didn't see any though. Might still be a wee bit cold yet.

Is the Kelvin any good for piking ?

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Post  Andy Macfarlane Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:53 pm

Pike in it but good??...nah. Wouldn't waste my time.
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