River Ayr unfishable today… on many beats. At prime time of the year for angling and with a good run on the water and plenty of salmon about, what could be worse news for anglers and angling clubs? Many anglers must have faced this disappointment when they turned up at the river this morning. From Catrine downstream at least as far as Failford was affected early on following very localised heavy rain overnight. The pollution was travelling downstream and I expect by mid day, most of the river was affected. Bogged Burn meeting the River Ayr. The Ayr was running…

Source: Ayshire River Trust –