Dunlichity House

Given this evening's government announcement placing wide restrictions on movement, we have taken the decision to close the Fishery until further notice with immediate effect.

Although managed responsibly, the Fishery could safely stay open, we firmly believe that it would give entirely the wrong message.  Everyone needs to greatly restrict their personal movements or many, many people will needlessly die.

Karen and I hope that you all stay safe and healthy and look forward to seeing you all again at the other side.

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Thank you to everyone who has kindly observed the new arrangements related to the Coronavirus outbreak.  We are in a fast changing situation and have been continually reviewing the arrangements to ensure that we maximise everyone's safety.  To that end, we are now going to cease renting out fishing gear until further notice.  This will further reduce social interaction and help keep the fishery a safe place to fish.

The revised arrangements are as follows:

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Please do not bring children or non-fishing guests to the Fishery with you.  The Fishery is restricted to anglers only.

Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently with soap and water, and where this is not available, please use hand sanitiser.  We cannot guarantee stocks of sanitiser, so please bring your own with you.

For safety reasons, we are ceasing the provision of complimentary tea, coffee and juices. Please bring your own refreshments with you.

Throughout the day and on a regular basis, we will be spraying all common contact points (eg door handles, toilet handles, taps etc) with an anti-bacterial spray.  Towels will be replaced with disposable paper toilet roll.

Please do not visit the Fishery if you have developed a dry cough, a sore throat or a fever (a temperature higher than 37.8C/100F) - stay at hole until you are well.

Try to bring the correct money with you for your fishing ticket, so the booking process interaction can be minimised.

Please avoid gathering in the Bothy, even in small groups.  The same is appropriate on the banks ("2 metre exclusion zone").

No hire equipment will be available to rent until further notice.  
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The Fishery has now been reopened for two weeks since our winter shutdown (and people are finally noticing that there is no longer a tree in the middle of the car park!).

Apart from a couple of days when there were in excess of ten anglers, the fishery has been lightly fished.

There has, however been some great catches over the fortnight including:

Graham Matheson - 18 fish
Grant Donaldson - 13 fish
Kevin Carpenter - 14 fish
Zac Keil - 16 fish
Ian MacFarlane - 20 fish and 15 fish.

Fishery operations have been affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, and for everyone's safety, certain control measures have been put in place.  Thank you to everyone who has diligently observed the new arrangements. 

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Given the current global situation regarding Coronavirus, we have been reviewing our operation at Dunlichity.  We are taking the current situation regarding Covid-19 very seriously, and we would like all our visitors to do the same.

We remain open for business and consider the risk to anglers to be minimal once they are out fishing.  However, there are precautions we will all need to take:
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Please do not bring children or non-fishing guests to the Fishery with you.  The Fishery is restricted to anglers only.

Wash your hands thoroughly and frequently with soap and water, and where this is not available, please use hand sanitiser.  We cannot guarantee stocks of sanitiser, so please bring your own with you.  

For safety reasons, we are ceasing the provision of complimentary tea, coffee, and juices.  Please bring your own refreshments with you.  

Throughout each day, we will be spraying all common contact points (eg door handles, toilet handle, taps etc) with an anti-bacterial spray on a regular basis.  Towels will be replaced with disposable paper towel roll.

Please do not visit the Fishery if you have developed a persistent dry cough, a sore throat or a fever (a temperature higher than 37.8 C/100 F) - stay at home until you are well.

Try to bring the correct money with you for your fishing ticket, so the booking process interaction can be minimised.

Please avoid gathering inside the Bothy, even in small groups.  The same is appropriate on the banks ("2 metre personal exclusion zone").  
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We sincerely believe that fly-fishing can continue to operate providing everyone shows common-sense and follows the basic precautions outlined above.  Indeed, being out in the fresh air will probably benefit most people over the coming months.

We appreciate that this is an unprecedented situation and that for the coming period our lives will be disrupted, but please be sensible, respect others, and enjoy fly-fishing at Dunlichity safely.

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UODATE (18 March)

Given the current situation with Coronavirus, we have decided to postpone all competitions, including the Troutmaster Fish Off and the Dunlichity Cup until further notice.


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2020 DUNLICHITY CUP

The dates for this year's Dunlichity Cup are as follows:

Heat 1 - Saturday 4 April
Heat 2 - Saturday 2 May
Heat 3 - Saturday 6 June
Heat 4 - Saturday 4 July
Heat 5 - Saturday 5 September
Heat 6 - Saturday 26 September
Heat 7 - Saturday 17 October
Heat 8 - Saturday 7 November

2019 TROUTMASTER FISH OFF

The Fish Off for last year's badge winners will be held on Saturday 18 April.  Invitations were sent out today.

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The ice has cleared and the fishery is open this morning.

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The lochans are completely frozen after the overnight frost.

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There is still ice on both lochans this morning, but we anticipate that by lunchtime, it will be largely cleared.  We will open at noon for anyone who wants to fish this afternoon.

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Overnight frost has led the whole of the top lochan and most of the bottom lochan covered in a layer of ice. We hope to open asap - keep an eye on the blog.

Yesterday, Graham Matheson caught the  first fish of 2020, with 16 wintered rainbows in two hours! 

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Most of the ice has now gone so the fishery is reopening today.

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Hi,

We had been hoping to open today but both lochans are frozen.  We hope this is not going to last too long and will update the blog as soon as the ice has cleared.

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