Lothians angler triumphs in Fife sea fishing event
An angler from the Lothians triumphed in the popular, annual Iain Reid Memorial shore angling match over two tough days last weekend in Fife.
Barry McEwan, who recently competed for Scotland in the World Championships in Portugal, pocketed £500 after eight hours of fishing on beaches at Kirkcaldy and Leven on Saturday and Sunday.
McEwan beat 57 other anglers, including several Scotland team-mates, to take the top award and the angler, who lives in Port Seaton, East Lothian, declared: “I’m buzzing.”
The self-employed carpet fitter is a regular angler in the Bass Rock Shore Angling Club's winter and summer league matches in East Lothian.
McEwan won Zone Three on Kirkcaldy beach on Day One with six fish for 172cms and he followed up with another zone win on Day Two.
Second overall was Falkirk-based Ian Campbell, also a Scotland international, and retail manager of the Edinburgh Angling Centre. He took home £300.
Third was Kirkcaldy-based angler Chris Horn, also a Scotland international, who won £200.
The longest flat fish landed during the popular annual event was a 37cm flounder. Andy Pasfield was the angler and it was landed at Kirkcaldy.
The junior winner was George Fraser who beat a number of senior anglers during the event over four hours each day.
Chris Horn, one of the organisers, said it had been a hard weekend of fishing. He added: "Leven would normally have produced much more in those conditions but somebody forgot to tell the fish."