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The Beauly Angling Club - History The Club was founded around 1940 by the late Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, a most distinguished commando war-time hero who was also a member of the Lovat Scouts. The Club was then called the Kilmorack Ex-Servicemen's Angling Association Committee and was open to residents of the Old Aird District. It fished much the same water as we do now in addition to a stretch of the Beauly between Aigas and Kilmorack, but was restricted to fishing on a Thursday and Saturday only. At a later date the excellent Piles Pool just above the Lovat Bridge was added to our water and pools 1 - 3 at the Lovat caravan site were excluded. We also acquired permission to fish the Western portion of the Beauly Firth from Bunchrew Burn on the South shore to Coulmore Bay on the North shore, all as part of our season ticket permit. Around 1986 the Club was renamed Beauly Angling Club. In 1989 the Club acquired both its first formal constitution and found a change in the waters available to it. Our fly only water now runs all the way down the river from Lovat Bridge to Wester Lovat. Although we can no longer fish the Piles Pool or the beat between the Dams, we are fortunate in being permitted to fish our current water on any day of the week apart from Sundays. The demand for BAC membership has grown to such an extent over the last few years that a membership limit of 115 has had to be imposed. Any members renewing their membership by 31st March will have had a permit held for them. Thereafter, those prospective members on our waiting list will be accommodated to make the full membership number up to 115. Fishers were accustomed to taking big bags of sea trout in the early years of the Club. However, salmon and particularly sea trout catches gradually dropped over the years. The serious decline in the sea trout numbers appears to have slowed. Steps are being taken to improve salmon and sea trout catches on the BAC water. The feeder burns are being cleared to give ease of passage for spawning and the returning of smolts to the sea. |
The Beauly Angling Club - Constitution
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| 1. | The Club shall be called the Beauly Angling Club. |
| 2. | The Club shall be under the Management of a Committee consisting of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and up to fifteen other Members who will be elected at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee will retire annually but Members will be eligible for re-election. Eight Members shall form a quorum. |
| 3. | The Rules and regulations of the Club shall not be altered, except by a vote of two-thirds majority at the Annual General Meeting, or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose. |
| 4. | The Committee shall have powers to reprimand or dismiss any Member of the Club by a vote of two-thirds majority at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose. |
| 5. | In the event of a vacancy arising in the Committee during the year, this shall be filled or left vacant at the discretion of the Committee. |
| 6. | The responsibility for the election of new Committee Members shall rest with the Committee |
| 7. | Membership shall be open to anglers residing within the Old Aird District and will be at the discretion and vote of the Committee whose decision shall be final. Any Club Member leaving the area may retain Membership of the Club, provided such Membership is continuous. |
| 8. | Any Member found by the Club to have acted in a manner detrimental to the Club shall be liable to expulsion or suspension at the discretion of the Committee. This also applies to Members fishing Exchange Tickets to other association waters. |
| 9. | A Special General Meeting shall be called on receipt of a requisition by the Secretary to that effect, signed by not less than four Members. |
| 10. | All fees shall be decided at the Annual General Meeting or at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose. All Membership Fees must be paid by 31st March each year and all new memberships must be taken up within 14 days of acceptance of application. The only exception to this rule is that Senior Citizens, who have been members for three or more consecutive years, may collect their free permit at any time during the course of the season. |
| February 1991 (amended November 2007). |
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