Gyrodactylus Salaris-please read if you are come to f.bill.

[feelingjustfine]

Today one of the guys who works at the Glen Nevis Estate camp site and holiday park came by talking about the mentioned Gyrodactylus Salaris and how it is affecting many of the Fish when it is in the water around the area. If you have come back from somewhere where it is active in the water like Norway or any of the other popular destinations around Europe/the rest of the world and have it on your kit or in your boat and paddle in the river in the UK within a week it can infect the waters and wipe out lots of the fish. Luckily the guys at the Glen Nevis estates now have the equipment and chemicals to clean our gear and help preserve the natural Fish stocks of our rivers, this chemical will not harm any kayaks, kit or anything else that you use or own but it will kill the Gyrodactylus Salaris and keep our rivers and fish stocks clean and healthy. If anyone is up in the area, pop by and ask to speak to Dave or Eoghain and they will happily spray your kit and boats with the chemical, they do it for free and it takes no time at all and is in every river users best interest. Dave-the main guy who is also a paddler and has paddled in Norway and Scotland and is always a super friendly to paddlers and love people hucking the Nevis at high flows- will happily disinfect your boat for you, you just need to ask.

When the WWPF is on please stop by if you have just returned from a summers hucking somewhere abroard and get your kit cleaned free of charge. Think of it like this as well-this parasit has a similar affect on the enjoyment of river use to Fishermen as building Dams has to paddlers, at the end of the day we are all enjoying the same enviroment and thanks to guys like Dave and Eoghain we can help keep everyone who uses the rivers that bit happier-it will help relations between paddlers and fishermen, and help our rivers and keeps all the river users as happy as can be......shabba!

At last paddlers have something they can do about this parasite instead of the normal of seeing signs telling us not to paddle if we've been abroard and giving us no way of doing anything about it! Lets all make the most of it and keep our river and fish and fisherfolk happy:-).

Cheers.

Chris.

[buck197]

Is this chemical available over the counter so we can cleanse our kit and boats before we go on any river after a trip abroad??

[naefearjustbeer]

I was under the impression it is a salt solution that they use to kill the parasite. Not sure how concentrated though. Our local river ghillie has offered to disinfect our boats if we ever go abroad (if only) and they expect the fishermen to disinfect and fishing equipment too if its been used abroad and then sign a declaration to say they have done it. It is a very serious parasite and can wipe out salmon stocks if it gets into a river system.

[Terryg]

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