A legendary angler who claims to have landed more salmon in Scotland than anyone else, past or present, has retired from his job as a ghillie on the River Tay.
Former police inspector George McInnes (81) will take life at home in Guildtown, Perthshire more slowly now but his lifelong interest in the water leads him to sound the alarm about fishing in future.
George, who had previously been a professional footballer for Aberdeen and Oxford United, came to Perth 60 years ago to join the police.
When he wasn’t pounding the beat as a constable or investigating crime as a detective, George was fishing the best beats of the River Tay in its heyday when the pools were stuffed with salmon in spring, summer and autumn.He retired from the force 29
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