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The Grayling Society the Journal Of © The Journal of The Grayling Society Volume 27 - Number 12 • Winter 2019 © CONTENTS The Official Journal of Editorial Bob Male 2 The Grayling Society Review of Symposium Rod Calbrade 4 ISSN 1476-0061 Chairman’s Speech Rob Hartley 7 Free to all our Members in Australia Lithuania Instant Karma Steven Murgatroyd 8 Austria Luxembourg Belgium Netherlands Malcolm Greenhalgh and Geoff Haslam Canada New Zealand Obituaries Rod Calbrade 9 China Norway Czech Republic Poland A Northern Grayling Mystery Robert W. Milne 10 Denmark Portugal Eire Scotland Stolen Moments Steen Ellemose 11 England Slovenia Finland Sweden Area 6 Fishing Day Glyn Williams 13 France Switzerland Germany U. S. A. Dirndltal Delights Andreas Schumacher 14 Italy Wales Isle of Man Review of the Maxicatch Semi-automatic Fly Reel Dave Southall 19 Editor - Bob Male Telephone: 01722 503939 Is it worth fishing? You bet! Robert W. Milne 21 e-mail : [email protected] It’s Autumn Again K.M. Andrews Advertising - Rod Calbrade 24 Subscriptions per annum: Panning for Silver Robert John Frazer 26 Full £28.00, Joint £47.00 Senior (over 70) £22.00 Grayling Notes from 2018 and 2019 Stanislaw Cios 33 Junior (under 16) £5.00 Details available from the Conversations with an Otter Stephen Dicken 36 Membership Secretary Tim Taylor Bosnian Red Tag Brian Clarke 86 Rushmore Road, London E5 0EX 38 Tel: 0207 2543704 Mob: 07818 427350 Crossword Dr. Iain Gibb 39 Email: [email protected] Bookshelf Bob Male 41 Design and Production Peter Silk Symposium Minutes, Treasurer’s Report and Accounts 42 e-mail: [email protected] Officers of the Society 46 Society Web Site www.graylingsociety.net © The Grayling Society, 2019 The copyright of all material in this edition of ‘Grayling’ remains with the Authors, or the Printed by Cambrian Printers Grayling Society, and may not be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the copyright holders written permission. The Grayling Society and members of the Executive Aberystwyth SY23 3TN Committee accept no responsibility for the accuracy of any article or advertisement herein and no guarantee is given for any product or service being offered. Contributions, including Cover Illustration photographs or illustrations are always welcome, but the Society assumes no responsibility Autumn on the Wylye for the safety of contributions, although all reasonable care will be taken. Views expressed Bob Male by contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor or of the Grayling Society. All enquiries about articles in ‘Grayling’ should be addressed to the Editor. Grayling – Sprin g / Summer 1 Editorial Bob Male It was quite a few years ago that I edited entitled his posthumous autobiography my first Journal for the Society. This one, “Some of it was fun”, and I know what he sadly, will be my last. It is with real regret meant. I would amend this to read “Most of that I am standing down, but, objectively, it it was fun”; I took on the Editor’s role with a is time to make way for another person, flying start from Rod Calbrade, and a clear another voice, to draw together and oversee track ahead. There have been a few the many valuable contributions that make disasters, mea culpa, but only a few. up the Society’s publications. I am happy to I have enjoyed receiving all kinds and hand over to Nigel Hudson, whose experience conditions of articles, photos, poems and and skills in this field will surely make him puzzles from our very diverse membership, a very fit person for the role. and tried to knit them together into a To make things even harder, I was not able coherent magazine. The Committee have to get to this year’s Symposium, for all sorts been splendidly supportive and positive, and of reasons that I will not bore you with. By many members have expressed their happy chance I met Pat Stevens, our Vice satisfaction with the Journal, and the other Chairman, a few days before the meeting, Society publications, when I have met them. and he was able to present me with a Thank you all. The Newsletter has mutated a couple of times as the Society has kept up, cautiously, with new ways and new communication media, and the GAG is now fully digital, but the Journal, “Grayling” is still our publication of record, and stays, I hope, true to our values and aims. We seem to be getting more articles now from our European members, and serious scientific and conservation topics are becoming a regular feature. The standard of photography is, I think, very good, whether from amateurs or from seasoned pros like Rod! Overall, I hope that the articles and features reflect our respect and affection for our chosen quarry/obsession, and our desire to see the grayling family thrive and multiply wherever they may be found. I must reiterate my sincere thanks to Peter Silk, our layout and composition expert. I “inherited” Peter and all his great skills splendid print by David Millar, to mark the from Rod, and have never considered occasion of my “retirement”. changing – he regularly converts sow’s ears I want to thank everyone involved for this into silk purses, and always listens to my very kind thought - it’s a lovely image and suggestions, as well as occasionally making has a place of honour above my tying desk. some of his own – he is always worth Had I been at the Symposium with you all listening to. to say farewell, I should like to have said Feedback from you, the members, suggests something like this: that the Journal is a very important part of That fine angler and writer, Hugh Falkus, your membership - you enjoy reading it and 2 Grayling – Sprin g / Summer 2020 feel it is one of the Society’s most important changes in population may signal subtle expressions of identity. I am sure that Nigel shifts that, unchecked, may go on to affect will continue to provide this service to all us all. Environmental protection should be a our members, and take us to new heights. highest-level priority for any new On to a rather broader issue; down here in Government, and I wish I could feel more the Wiltshire Avon catchment we are seeing confident that our current crop of a serious drop in grayling catches over the politicians will be up to the task! last two years. All the five rivers seem to be New Area 1 Secretary affected, and the anglers’ impressions are reinforced by electrofishing data. The 2+, 3+ Welcome to Ian Elford, who is taking on and 4+ age groups seem to be greatly the Area 1 Secretary role, and many thanks reduced when compared to previous years. to Mark Hamnett, who has had to stand The data is not yet complete, and we know down, for all his good work. I’m sure that that grayling do have a “boom and bust” Ian and the members will soon be in touch, population pattern on many rivers, but and planning good things. experienced river watchers are worried that Malcolm Greenhalgh present figures cannot be accounted for by the usual suspects – spring floods and poor We are all very saddened to hear of recruitment. Are we seeing damage caused Malcolm Greenhalgh’s death. He was a great by rising water temperatures? Is the supporter of the Society, a fine angler and a cormorant problem rearing its ugly head fighter for conservation. Rod Calbrade has again? What effect can river improvement paid tribute in this edition. measures have on grayling populations? All In closing may I reiterate my thanks to all, of these questions, and others besides, can past and present, for advice and support only be approached and eventually and general good fellowship over the years. answered by some serious research and May we all enjoy clear waters and good study, and we face another question – who fishing for a very long time to come. will do this? At local or national level, the EA is starved of resources, and barely able to Copy deadline for the Spring/Summer issue is engage with such concerns. Grayling are an Monday March 16th 2020 important indicator of river health, and big Action from the Area 6 Fishing Day - more on page 13 Grayling – Sprin g / Summer 2020 3 REVIEW OF SYMPOSIUM Rod Calbrade 43rd Symposium, and they said it wouldn’t last! Geoff Bevan, standing in for Chairman Rob Resources Wales, Joel Rees-Jones showed the Hartley who was chasing penguins in devices and modus operandi for tracking fish Antarctica, welcomed the assembled with the latest image making equipment that delegates to this year’s Symposium in they hope soon to use on grayling. The Llandrindod Wells. He mentioned specifically digital displays using both overhead and Martin Murray and Hazel Slowey our annual underwater drones were remarkable. overseas visitors from the land without Lunchtime saw the Trade stands of Coch y grayling or a G.S. area, Ireland. He wished his Bonddu, FLYTEK, Durham Flyfishing, and predecessor Roger Smith well after his recent Brian Clarke all busy. operation, as well as giving best wishes to After lunch Simon Evans, CEO of the Wye Malcolm Greenhalgh who had been and Usk Foundation updated us on the work undergoing heart surgery . his organisation is doing as well as his thoughts for the future. Immediately following was Simon’s good pal Will Millard, the BBC TV presenter who admitted that his dad was a G.S. member and he had been castigated for not joining – yet! Will gave us a superb presentation on his angling career and his thoughts for the future of angling as well as a background to the recent recovery of many Welsh “coalmine” rivers, particularly the Taff.
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