Grayling and salmon schools

Residential Salmon School River Annan

4th November - 11th November 2012

After our highly acclaimed and successful Salmon Schools which have ran annualy since 2006, Anthony Steel of Kirkwood and Mark Bowler of Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine are delighted to announce the format for 2012 soon.

November is usually one of the best times of the year for salmon on the River Annan and you will be fishing on two top-class beats. On each beat you will be accompanied by an experienced angler with qualified instructors for casting tuition.

You will mainly fish hard and learn by experience but there will be talker and tuition sessions as well.

Based at Kirkwood, your accommodation will be in one of our holiday cottages

<http://www.kirkwood-lockerbie.co.uk/cottages.html> situated in the Stables Courtyard. You will have your own bedroom but will share a cottage with a fellow student.

All meals (breakfast, packed lunch and evening meal) are included in the price, as is the fishing, accommodation, guidance and tuition. We don't encourage fly fishing novices but there's no need for previous salmon fishing experience. The school suits anglers who have caught trout on flies, but never salmon.

Sadly, we must remind you that weather is a major factor in fishing and if faced with poor weather conditions we may have to change how we fish or the location. In very high water spinning and worming is possible and permitted.

It is unlikely that we would not be able to fish at all, but it is possible. If so, we would have extra tuition and talks and organise more fly tying sessions etc. Once booked and paid for no refunds are given under any circumstances and we recommend that you purchase a suitable holiday insurance policy to cover you for any unseen eventualities.

Read our report of previous schools here

<http://www.kirkwood-lockerbie.co.uk/salmon_school_2008_report.pdf>.

The brochure for 2012 is available from www.SalmonSchool.co.uk.

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Residential GRAYLING SCHOOL River ANNAN

Dates 15th - 19th February 2012

with Glyn Freeman (AAPGAI) and Chris Bowman (MPAA)

All Accommodation at the cosy Kirkwood Cottages, home made evening meals and packed lunches along with fishing, casting tuition, evening talks and fly tying, fly and coarse fishing tactics on over a mile of river included in the price, only £640.

There will be a discount for early booking

Suits both NOVICES and SPECIALISTS for grayling

(3+lbs and 4+lbs grayling caught here recently)

Places still available

Phone 01576 510200                                       E-mail:AS@RealFarms.co.uk

www.graylingschool.co.uk

In 2012 I have access to salmon fishing on the Annan where we run the FFF&T salmon school at Kirkwood, if you would like to try another Solway river.

The trout and grayling fishing is excellent, large specimens of both are caught on a regular basis. The salmon fishing is very good and reliable late summer onwards, given rain it can be earlier. From the 16th to the 30th November, it is a trial extension of the season and will be catch and release only. The cost of the day rate will be the same as normal which will include the fishing permit, please phone or email for details.

Also - Please contact Anthony Steel if you would like salmon fishing permits/accommodation at Kirkwood.