THIS year’s Inverawe Challenge will be one that 12-year-old Archie MacColl-Smith will remember for a long, long, time. The young fly-fisherman from Inveraray won the shield for the heaviest fish; was runner-up for the main prize of the heaviest catch of the day and then went on to win a day’s fishing for two rods on the River Orchy.
The Lochgilphead High School pupil was taught to fish by his grandfather Donald, his uncle Colin and his mum Anne, all keen anglers themselves, and he spent most of the summer holidays fishing.
The annual fly-fishing competition is held at the popular Inverawe Smokehouses and Country Park, near Taynuilt.