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o Crieff’s Fiona Pennie (above) was sunk by a 50-second time penalty as her title challenge ended in disaster in yesterday’s K1 kayak final at the World Canoe Slalom Championships in Rio.

The 2013 European champion claimed her fifth world medal – a bronze – in Tuesday’s team event, but her dream of finally upgrading that to a first gold was cruelly dashed.

Pennie qualified fourthquickest in Friday night’s semi-final, but she was in trouble from the off yesterday as she chased the super-fast time set by Australian Jessica Fox.

The veteran Scot stalled briefly between gates two and three and trailed Fox by almost four seconds at the first checkpoint.

Pennie then missed gate 22 to incur the maximum time penalty before limping over the line in tenth place.

Fox held on to win a record eighth world title, while Pennie’s Great Britain team-mate Mallory Franklin took silver despite starting as the slowest qualifier.

The Frenzy, invented by world-class tyer Davie Mcphail from Ayr, is a good imitative when the small perch fry are in evidence.

It is tied on a size 10/12 Kamasan B170 hook using black thread. The tail is golden pheasant crest and the body is flat gold tinsel, ribbed with very fine oval gold tinsel.

The hackle is hot orange hen, the wing peacock sword fibres and the pattern is finished with a pair of jungle cock cheeks. ■ The fish are well spread out at the Lake of Menteith these days and are being mostly found close in with no big shoals evident.

They are being caught on everything from the Diawl Bach through to Snakes, Cormorant, Damsel Nymphs, Dancers and the like, fished on various sink tips.

The East Kilbride AC had a great outing, with their 10 boats weighing in 23 for 57lb and returned another 42. The heaviest fish tipped the scales at 3lbs 15oz.