Barry McEwan was buzzing after winning the Iain Reid Memorial Match over two days this weekend in Fife.<\/p>\n
The self-employed carpet fitter from Port Seton pocketed \u00a3500 after a tough weekend of fishing on beaches at Kirkcaldy and Leven.<\/p>\n
McEwan, a Scotland international, who recently competed in the world shore angling championships in Portugal, beat 57 other anglers, including several Scotland team-mates to take the award.<\/p>\n
He is a regular angler in the Bass Rock Shore Angling Club\u2019s winter and summer league matches and McEwan won Zone Three on Kirkcaldy beach on Day One with six fish for 172cms.<\/p>\n
He edged Colin Bell who had four fish for 114cm and Steve Potts from Tyneside who landed three fish for 97cm. <\/p>\n
Second was Falkirk-based Ian Campbell, also a Scotland international and retail manager of the Edinburgh Angling Centre. He had two fish for 54cm at Kirkcaldy but came good on Day Two and took home \u00a3300.<\/p>\n
Third was Kirkcaldy-based angler Chris Horn, also a Scotland angler, who won \u00a3200 after hooking into four fish on the first day for 127cm and having a second second session.<\/p>\n
The longest flat fish landed during the popular annual event was a 37cm flounder. Andy Padsfield was the angler and it was landed at Kirkcaldy.<\/p>\n
The junior winner was George Fraser who beat a number of senior anglers during the event over four hours each day.<\/p>\n
Chris Horn, one of the organisers, said it had been a hard weekend of fishing. He added: \u201cLeven would normally have produced much more in those conditions but somebody forgot to tell the fish.\u201d<\/p>\n
ALL SMILES: Barry McEwan on the harbour wall at Dunbar. Picture Nigel Duncan<\/strong><\/p>\n