Source: HeraldScotland.com

THE salmon fishing season got under way with a ceremony on the banks of the River Tay, yesterday.

Anglers gathered at Dunkeld, Perthshire, to watch Steve Lomas, manager of local SPL football team St Johnstone, make the first cast of the year.

The event is traditionally held annually on January 15, but as fishing is not permitted on the Tay on Sundays the opening of the 2012 season had to be delayed 24 hours.

William Jack, chairman of the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board, said it was a "great day". He added: "At long last those of us who are really keen on angling are allowed to start fishing again."

A pipe band led the anglers and onlookers from the Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel to the banks of the Tay, where they enjoyed a dram at the water's edge.

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