Malloch Trophy


The Malloch Challenge Trophy is Scotland's most prestigious award for salmon fishing. The award is given for the largest salmon caught on the fly and safely returned to the water in Scotland each year.
The award was founded in 1972 by the noted fishing tackle manufacturer and retailer Mallochs of Perth and first presented to Lady Burnett for a 43lb salmon caught on the Tay. Over the years winning fish have come from a number of Scottish rivers, including the Dee, Spey, Tweed, Tay and Naver. In 1999 the trophy ceased to be awarded due to a combination of loss of sponsorship and stringent conservation measures but was acquired by the Tay foundation in 2009 who reinstated the competition with a change to the criteria to require fish to be returned to the water. In recent years the trophy has been sponsored variously by Savills and FishPal. There is also a junior version of the award.

List of winners of the Malloch Trophy

YearWinnerWeightRiver
2009Sandy Walker32lbsRiver Lochy
2010Huston McCollough36lbsRiver Spey
2011Sam Valentine43.5lbsRiver Nith
2012Jim Reid50lbs River Tweed
2013Shamus Jennings50lbsRiver Tweed
2014Wayne Longstaff33lbsRiver Tweed
2015Tom Buchanan35lbsRiver Lyon, a tributary of the River Tay
2016John MacIssac38-41lbsRiver Spean