About Us
Services
We are a Team of Professional Anglers wishing to give something back to angling. With coarse , game and sea anglers on board we can help improve your angling sessions whether you are a novice or experienced angler.
We are experienced in angling sessions for people with special needs and learning difficulties.
We offer a full Fishery Management Consultancy service from general advice to netting and removal of unwanted stock to full enviromental survey.
We can offer:
- One to One tuition
- Expert tuition for all ages and abilities
- Tackle for starter courses
- Equipment hire
- Group and family tuition
- Corporate fishing days
- Coaching and equipment for disabled anglers
- Refresher and specialist courses, geared to your needs
- Advanced fishing techniques
- Tuition on fish welfare
We offer all these at a competitive rate. For further details please contact us.
SFCA
We are the coaching provider for the Scottish Federation for Coarse Angling.
Clients
Annan A.R.C. Group - we take a group of adults with special needs on to our Angling Academy. We teach them Angling skills and fish identification, and enviromental awareness.
The Waterways Trust Scotland - we volunteer our services for children with special needs, to teach them angling. We try to encourage the group to participate fully in our angling programs.We have worked in the classroom at Clydebank high School teaching an introduction to angling program and Enviromental issues on the canal.
Barony College - Barony College in partnership with ourselves launched our Angling Academy in March 2008. With a combination of education and professional angling coaching, this partnership is developing successfully with the College becoming a Centre of Excellence through the Scottish Federation. To date we have been working with adults and youngsters with learning difficulties, encouraging participants to take part so no-one is excluded and building their confidence, while also bringing in the educational side, teaching enviromental issues through angling.
We have also worked along with school groups with both novice and experienced anglers, giving them a Taster session at Barony College Fish Farm followed by practical sessions at Dormont Lake.
Visit Barony College website : www.barony.ac.uk or contact Donald Paterson on 01387860251 or dpaterson@barony.ac.uk
P.A.A.(Scotland) Angling Academy - the first fishery in Scotland to have a Professional coaching team to teach kids and disabled angling groups.
Dumfries A.R.C. Group - We provide an angling program to help take kids and adults with problems and teach them skills through angling. We are the coaches in Scotland leading this program
Coaches
Every Professional Angler Association Scotland ) coach has successfully completed a comprehensive coaching course. All P.A.A.S. coaches are as the organisations name suggests are fully trained Professional anglers who have completed a Level One or Level Two Angling Qualification and are licenced by the Angling Development Board Scotland.(from april 2010)
All coaches have
- Specialist tuition
- First Aid training
- Child protection course
- Enhanced Disclosure (Clearance from Criminal Records Bureau)
- One to one coaching, where candidates abilities are assessed by an independent assessor
- Final exam in coachs discipline (coarse, sea, game) to assess their competence as an angler / coach
- Taken part in Continuous Professional Development to Enhance coaching skills,
All P.A.A.S. coaches are fully insured, And Licenced by S.F.C.A(from April 2010 A.D.B.Scotland)
John Rae. Level 2 U.K.C.C
P.A.A.Coach, Licenced S.F.C.A Coach, P.A.A.(Scotland) Director. (coarse) Angling, Coach pole whip/Instructor. Secretary S.F.C.A.
Martin Mitchell. Level 2 U.K.C.C
P.A.A.Coach, Licenced S.F.C.A Coach, P.A.A.(Scotland) Director, S.F.C.A Coach Youth Development Officer Coarse angling coach, pike/specimen fish /Instructor.
Gus Brindle. Level 2 U.K.C.C
P.A.A. coach, S.F.C.A. Chairman, Licenced S.F.C.A Coach, IAPS Assessor, Coaches Scotland team,
Brian Walsh. Level 1 N.F.A.
N.F.A. COACH, level 2 P.A.A. COACH. O.C.N Tutor/ Assessor.
Russel Taylor.Level1 N.F.A.
N.F.A.Coach, Level 2 P.A.A. Coach. O.C.N Tutor/Assessor.
Steve Warwick level 2 U.K.C.C
P.A.A. Scotland Coach. Coarse angling coach, pike , carp, and specimen fish.
Mark Acton Level 2 U.K.C.C
P.A.A. Scotland coach. pole, carp and specimen fish coach.
Mark Carryer Level 2
S.Q.A. Sea Angling Coach.P.A.A. Licenced Coach. Shore fishing coach.
John Hood Level 2 U.K.C.C
Game Angling Coach. S.A.N.A. Licenced coach. L2 UKCC Coach. Advisor on disabled access and written a book on disabled access acredited by Sports Scotland.
