Following post copied from Machar,
The Inverurie Angling Association organise the ceremony to celebrate the start of the salmon angling season on the River Don.
The event which has, over the years, grown to be a community occasion involving people and organisations from the entire length of the River Don system.
Anglers, family, friends and guests meet at Kintore Arms Hotel and march behind the piper to the river. The river will be blessed by Rev Graeme Longmuir, St. Andrews Church, followed by a short poem or such like.
A dram is available to toast the health of the river and then the first fly is cast by a local fisher.
Date & Time 9am for 9.30 start Saturday 13th February 2010
Location Kintore Arms Hotel, Inverurie to River Don Bridge
The River Don is central to many aspects of life in Aberdeenshire and is an important salmon fishery. The IAA would be delighted to have your support in keeping this event as a significant date in the North east calendar.
Directors of the River Trust will also be there so it would be an opportunity to meet up and get to know us, hope to see you there.
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Thanks for posting above onto the forum, beat me to it.
I hope you don't mind but I have put it under its own heading.
There is nothing much else I can add to above the detail is all there.
Hope to see you on the 13th Feb, all invited.
Regards,
Bri.
