    
Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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Votes: 1 | | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 8:59 am: | |
BURNS FISHERY (Tarbolton) The Fly Pond has fished well of late and included amongst the best catches were Mr. W Gillan from Irvine Caught 2 fish for 6lb 2oz, Bert from Glasgow caught 2 fish for 4lb 2oz and Mr. N Gratton from Glasgow caught 1 fish for 2lb 10oz. Mr. T Dallas from Glasgow caught 1 fish for 3lb, Mr. Walker from Lugar caught 1 fish for 3lb 2oz and Mr. G Thomson from Kilmarnock caught 2 fish for 4lb 4oz. M C Jackson from Mauchline 1 fish for 3lb 4oz, Mr. A Wallace from Glasgow Caught 2 fish for 5lb and Mr. I Harrison from New Cumnock caught 2 fish for 4lb 6oz.
On the Bait Pond Mr. W Mack from Blantyre caught 2 fish for 4lb 8oz, Mr. McDicken from New Cumnock caught 2 fish for 4lb 6oz and Mr. McDicken Jnr from New Cumnock caught 2 fish for 4lb 2oz. Mr. McDicken Snr from New Cumnock caught 2 fish for 5lb, Alex from Glasgow caught 2 fish for 4lb and Mr. B Fife from Coylton caught 1 fish for 3lb 2oz. Mr. S Ferns from Kilmarnock caught 2 fish for 5lb 2oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Buzzers took some very good bags last week again, as did small traditionals fished on a floating line with a long leader very slowly. Black and green Fritz, Orange Fritz and the infamous Yellow Dancer also took some good fish.
Biggest fish of the week was taken by Andrew Tuten from Falkirk with a nice rainbow that weighed in at 6lb 8oz. Also doing well were Raymond Stevenson from Falkirk - two fish for 9lb, Sandy Kirkwood from Falkirk - two fish for 6lb 5oz and Barry Cochran from Bonnybridge - one fish for 4lb. William Sinclair from Denny - two fish for 7lb 8oz, Steven Hunter from Banknock - two fish for 6lb and Stewart Sheriff from Falkirk - three fish for 9lb. Archie Miller from Banknock - two fish for 5lb 8oz and Donald Stewart from Denny - two fish for 5lb 12oz.
FAIRLIE MOOR. Has been fishing really well over the past week with many good catches being taken all around the loch. Floating lines teamed with Lime Buzzers with Hare's ear or Bloodworms have done particularly well. An intermediate line stripped fast using Green Fritz teamed with Black or Olive damsels has also produced some excellent catches. Sinking lines fished with white boobies have landed nice fish along the dam wall area.
The Bait pond has been fishing really well with worm or power bait doing the business here.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Still reasonably mild weather at the Goldenloch and the fish are responding by feeding and moving on the surface. The anglers are delighted with the sight of the fish as they look for anything that resembles food. We seem to have three large shoals of fish, the brown trout that spend most of their time in and around the boat jetty and two groups of rainbows which move in all parts of the loch. Master Gavin Wood, Star of Markinch fishing with his father caught and landed a 2.4lb rainbow in their bag and Master Tom Jenks (Dunning) fishing with his uncle had 2 for 4.5lbs using a Mini Cats Whisker. This was Tom’s first ever day trout fishing and left with a huge smile on his face as his uncle had only managed I but lost 3. J Tolhie, Dundee had 3 for 6lbs using buzzers and Jim Paton (Auchtermuchty) on his first outing of the season managed 3 using Yellow Dancers.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) It was a good week for fishing during which some excellent baskets were recorded. Those included Mr. Divers and a party of three who took 14 fish weighing 25lbs, Jim Black from Johnstone had 5 on C+R and Dougie Anderson (Glasgow) returned 4 with the biggest estimated at 4lbs. Steven Taylor from Clydebank caught 5 for 9lbs 8oz, Mr. Wilson (Paisley) took 3 for 6lbs 10oz and Jim Linnie (Alexandria) had 11 on a C+R ticket. Tom McDermott & son from Glasgow caught 6 for 12lbs and Kenny Fraser (Glasgow) took 8 on C+R.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Arbroath) The Specimen Pool re-opened at the weekend and full results will start up again next week.
WOW – what a week it was on the Bankside Pool with Brian Longmuir from Arbroath catching 48 fish on the one day – a new record. The best fish of the week went to Bob McDonald from Newbigging at 6lbs 8oz on a Diawl Bach and over the week no fewer than 24 fish over 5lbs were caught. Also doing well were Keith Clark from Dundee with 44 on C+R, Mark Smith (Arbroath) had 4 for 10lbs – returned 22 all on Zonkers and Mr. Hale (Forfar) took 4 for 14lbs – best 5lbs on a Damsel. Last but not least Sam Dorward from Carnoustie had 13 on C+R – best estimated at 6lbs on Buzzers.
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) Well-known Local angler Mr Jimmy Hatten from Kelty opened Loch Fitty for the 2005 season on Saturday 12th February amidst cold windy wintry weather. The water temperature started off at -1 degrees dropping to -4 degrees in the afternoon, the air temperature never rose above 2 degrees all day and the wind increased greatly as the day progressed. The fishing was good for some anglers but not so good for others; the hardy souls that stuck it out were rewarded with some nice bags. Alloa angler Mr Jimmy Milne caught the first fish landed on the bank receiving a 1/2 bottle of Whisky while the boat angler who landed the first fish off the boats was Mr Ian Skilling from Shotts who also received a 1/2 bottle of Whisky. Best boat for the day was local Dunfermline angler Mr Burt returning to the jetty with his boat limit of 16 fish for 21lb 6oz. Best Flies recorded for the day were Black & Green Cat, Black Fritz, Viva and Damsel. Best Lines were Intermediate in the morning going on to a DI 3 in the afternoon. Best Areas were Car Park Shore, Stoney Bank & Swan Mussel Bay. Sunday saw severe gales with a scattering of snow showers thus restricting anglers to certain areas and very hard fishing, again the hardy souls picked up the occasional fish. The Fishing will improve as soon as the weather settles, as the loch has been heavily stocked for the new season with 2 & 1/2 tons of trout all waiting to be caught.
LOCHTER ( Old Meldrum ) In this unsettled world it is nice to spread a bit of happiness and Bridge of Don angler Neil Horne was a very happy chappie when he landed his “best fish ever” a fine rainbow which weighed in at fifteen pounds twelve ounces as part of his total bag of ten at Lochter Fishery Oldmeldrum.The Bloodworm, which had been recommended to him by fishery warden Charlie Yates, was the fly which did the business proof if proof were needed that it pays to ask “the locals” what is catching rather than just go it alone.
It was “ away the lads” for Geordie angler Dave Scott who had a fine twelve pounder in his bag of fifteen caught on a variety of mini lures while J. Deans had a best of eleven pounds in his bag of twenty one using everything from buzzers to lures as the conditions changed.
On the colder days lures worked well as the fish dropped down in the water particularly in the Muckle Troot loch .Mike Yeoman had nine in a Diffick and Harry Smart tempted fourteen using what he described as a very scruffy WSW.
The nymphers had their moments during the milder spells,it is amazing what a half a degree rise in water temperature can do to the trouts feeding habits;Stuart Park had eighteen and Archie Bell eleven using dark coloured nymphs fished very slowly using a figure of eight retrieve with the trout regularly taking just as the fly got to the edge of the deep water drop-off.
With the weather likely to remain unsettled it will be the anglers who adapt to the conditions who will fare best.There certainly are plenty of trout to be caught including beautiful overwintered specimens which are more difficult to catch but are well worth connecting up with.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) Although it has been a quiet week the quality of the baskets has been extremely good for those who fished. Jack Stevenson from Ormiston had an exceptional day catching a brace weighing 18lbs – heaviest 10lbs both on a Black Fritz. T Middleton from Hawick had a great catch of 3 for 16lbs – best 9lbs on a Black Fritz and B Parks (Edinburgh) caught 3 for 14lbs – best 6lbs on a Black & Green Tadpole. Chick Telfer from Gorebridge took 3 for 10lbs 8oz on a Cat’s Whisker and Hugh Snedden (Gorebridge) had 3 for 10lbs on a Hot Head Damsel.
MOFFAT (Dumfriesshire) Beautiful blue skies and little wind but the icy cold has made the fish very lethargic and they are not feeding as well as normalthis we are seeing in the growing on ponds, but for those who are will to try all methods and be more persistent there are fish to be had.
B Lawrie took 3 fish for 12lbs 6oz including a cracker of just over 6lbs. R Barrie captured 3 beauties that totalled a little over 12lbs. A busy day on Saturday saw many good bags being taken. Damsels, Yellow Dancers and Bloodworms seem to have been doing the most catching over the past week.
MIDDLETON (Largs) Some excellent sport and fishing over the past week with some of the better catches coming from S Hood taking 14 fish on his C & R ticket. B Hood took 3 fish for 10lbs 8oz. R McGregor had 3 for 9lbs 6oz and went on to release a further 4 fish. D Wright took 3 for 8lbs 10oz. Tam White took 4 crackers for a combined weight of 12lbs 8oz. A Anderson took 2 for 6lbs. P Campbell captured 2 fish for 9lbs 12oz. Mr W Osborne was fortunate enough to capture the tagged fish weighing approximately 10lbs unfortunately the tagged prize had not yet started so he received a Day ticket. Bibio, Hot head Damsels have been working well as has Buzzers fished under the sight indicator, Black Fritz have also taken a good share of the fish.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The fishing is still excellent with the fish lying at varying depths according to the weather conditions. The top taking patterns last week were the Yellow Dancer, Bloodworm, Buzzers and small Nymphs. Those featuring amongst the best catches were Stewart Jackson from Larbert with 3 for 9lbs 12oz – best 4lbs 12oz on a Christmas Tree and Peem McMeechan (Fallin) took 5 for 14lbs – best 4lbs 8oz on a small Black & Green Nymph. Jim McGhee from Bonnybridge caught 3 for 10lbs on a Damsel, Jim Donnelly (Tullibody) had 4 for 12lbs 8oz – best 4lbs 4oz Buzzers and Hector Wilson (Bannockburn) managed 3 for 8lbs 12oz on an Orange Fritz.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The bitterly cold wind on Sunday did not affect the fishing as much as the heavy rain and coloured water had done earlier in the week. Despite the weather there were still some days when the fishing was excellent and large numbers of superb quality fish were being taken by those brave enough to face the elements. Cat’s Whisker, Damsel, Dancer, and various Fritz patterns were all catching fish, with Black and Green and Orange amongst the favourite colours. On the days when the conditions on Swanswater were not so good the small ponds became very popular and were fishing very well and producing some lovely fish.
The biggest fish this week was a 6lb 8oz Blue landed by Eddie Fulton, Livingston in his 2 Blues for 9lb 4oz, Neville Dawson, Alva, had the bag of the week with 5 for 20lb 4oz, including two 4lb 12oz Rainbows and a 4lb Blue and Grant McCauley, Duntocher, in two visits, 9 for 28lb including 3 Blues. Steven Macdonald, Cumbernauld, in two visits, 9 for 28lb 10oz including 2 Blues, Charles Tevan, Stirling 7 for 22lb 8oz including 3 Blues, biggest at 4lb 10oz and Bob Lindsay, Carronshore, in two visits, 6 for 17lb 8oz including a Blue. Robert Blaney, Tullibody, 5 for 15lb 8oz, Willie Martin, Stirling, 5 for 15lb 8oz, Willie Lauder, Gareth Thorne and Kevin Hughes, from Pittenweem, shared 12 for 34lb and James Hogg, Richard Robertson and Willie Stewart, Edinburgh, shared 7 for 21lb 12oz including a 4lb 14oz Blue. Ray McIntosh, Banknock, 4 for 13lb 8oz including 3 Blues, Eddie Blair, Bannockburn, 4 for 13lb 4oz including a 4lb 12oz Rainbow and Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 13lb. Kenny and Jim Downie, Galston, shared 4 for 12lb 10oz, including a Blue and a 4lb Rainbow, Andy Patrick, Manchester, had 2 Blues in his 3 for 9lb8oz and Allan Mitchell, Stirling, 3 for 9lb 8oz including a Blue. Ronnie Loos, Stirling, 2 for 9lb, the bigger one a 5lb 12oz Rainbow, Peter McGowan, Alexandria, 2 for 7lb 4oz, Harry Seton, Duntocher, 2 for 7lb and Kevin Gold, Stirling, 2 for 7lb.
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