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David Newman (Riverfish)
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Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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Swanswater Fishery
Saturday saw 40 flyfishers assembled for the Grand Final of the Glen Garioch Challenge Trophy, Organised by www.flyfishingscotland.com and fished previously at venues up and down Scotland over a period of 3 months with 1 team qualifying from each venue. The 10 top 4 man teams arrived to compete for the silverware and impressive array of prizes.
Not an ideal fishing day with varying conditions throughout the day and the water being slightly coloured due to the rain on previous days. But as expected within minutes anglers were hooked into fish. At the lunchtime break there were a couple of teams clearly in the lead.The final whistle was blown and anglers proceeded to weigh in the catches and hand in their returns cards for the results to be collated it looked as if it would be close.
After all the weights had been doubled checked it was down to Paul Young ( Hooked on Fishing ) to announce the results and present the prizes.With the Heron Flyfishers unfortunately being beaten into second place by a mere 9oz's.
The accolade and 1st Prize went to the team representing Aberdeen & District Angling Association.
1st Aberdeen & District Angling Association ( Team ) Qualified at Artloch Fishery Huntly Aberdeenshire
Mike Cordiner
Paul Toseland
Richard McHattie
Ernie McKay A total of 13 fish for a combined weight of 35lbs 5oz
Winners received the Main Trophy, Individual Trophies, Presentation bottle's of 21 year Old Glen Garioch Single Highland Malt Whisky & a Sharpes 10ft 7 wieght Rod courtesy of Sharpes of Aberdeen.
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2nd Heron Flyfisher ( Ayrshire ) Qualified at Middleton Fishery Ayrshire.
Mark Flemming
Ralph Flemming
Tom Brown
Vicky Donati A total of 14 fish for a combined weight of 34lbs 12oz
2nd Place received Individual Trophies, Bottles of Glen Garioch 15 year old Single Highland Malt Whisky & Landing nets courtesy of Flyfishingscotland.com.
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3rd Diawl Bachs ( Aberdeenshire ) Qualified at Lochter Fishery Aberdeenshire
Chris McAllister
John Brown
Kevin Neri
Keith Crocket A Total of 13 fish for a combined weight of 32lbs 6oz
3rd Place received Individual Trophies, Bottles of Glen Garioch 10 year old Single Highland Malt Whisky & Fly boxes courtesy of the Glasgow Angling Centre.
Top Individual Bag went to Mike Cordiner of the ADAA team with 3 fish for a total weight of 22lbs 4oz. Mike received a full day ticket to fish Swanswater and a selection of Fulling Mill flies.
A Total of 74 fish were taken with a total weight of 227lbs 12oz and a further 7 fish were released.
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Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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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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Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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BURNS FISHERY (Tarbolton) After some hard work by Adam and Francie breaking the ice some good catches were recorded.
On The Fly Pond, Ian Harrison from New Cumnock caught 7 fish for 18lb 2oz, young Hunter Withers from Kilmarnock caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz, Mr. Watson from Irvine caught 1 fish for 2lb 6oz and Ritchie Allan from Irvine caught 2 fish for 3lb 14oz. Mr. Gillen from Irvine caught 2 fish for 3lb 14oz, Mr. McKay from Paisley caught 2 fish for 4lb, Stevie Brennan from Ayr caught 2 fish for 4lb 7oz
And Mr. T Jackson from Mauchline caught 2 fish for 4lb. Campbell Jackson from Mauchline caught 2 fish for 5lb, Darren Russell from Dalmellington caught 2 fish for 4lb 4oz, John Anderson from Kilwinning caught 4 fish for 11lb 4oz (1 at 4lb 4oz) and John Cowan Jnr from Kilwinning caught 4 fish for 10lb 10oz. John Cowan Snr from Kilwinning caught 2 fish for 4lb, Mr. Ligget from Ayr caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz and Alan Morrison from Kilwinning caught 2 fish for 5lb 8oz.
On The Bait Pond, Mr. Gass from Irvine caught 2 fish for 4lb 6oz, Mr. Horner from Kilmarnock caught 2 fish for 5lb 4oz, Mr. McLeish from Kilmarnock 1 fish for 2lb 6oz and Mr. Lang from Kilmarnock caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz. Mr. Davidson from Blantyre caught 1 fish for 3lb, Mr. Sym from Ayr caught 2 fish for 4lb, Mr. Garret from Ayr caught 1 fish fro 2lb 6oz and Mr. Irvine from Girvan caught 1 fish for 2lb. Mr. Johnstone from Ayr caught 2 fish for 4lb 4oz, Mr. A Campbell from Dundonald caught 4 fish for 8lb, Mr. Kilday from New Cumnock caught 2 fish for 4lb 4oz and Frank Johnstone from Ayr caught 2 fish for 5lb 8oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The Black and green fritz and small traditionals have taken some good bags but Buzzers are also taking some good trout when fished on a floating line with a long leader. Ian Thomson from Falkirk caught a splendid rainbow that weighed in at 9lb 6oz that proved to be the ‘fish of the week’. Also doing well were Ian McDonald from Falkirk - two fish for 7lb 2oz, John Ramsay from Falkirk - two fish for 7lb, Garry Watson from Denny - two fish for 6lb 8oz and John Lawrie from Bonnybridge - one fish for 3lb 8oz. Jim Chalmers from Falkirk - three fish for 8lb 8oz, Alex Paterson from Camelon - three fish for 9lb 6oz, Jim Stratton from Banknock - two fish for 6lb 9oz and Jim Galbraith from Falkirk - two fish for 7lb 4oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire). The sport has been exceptional this week with the aerator keeping the water virtually ice free. J Edgar from Troon on 2 visits took 3 fish for just under 11lbs, H Taylor had a cracker of just over 4lbs and Mr Kirk (Helensburgh) took 3 fish for 7lbs 4oz. Joe Morrison from Ayr made two visits taking 8 fish, Mr Kerr from Beith used a White Cat to be rewarded with 2 fish for 5lbs 8oz and Mr Clark from Ayr took 2 fish for 5lbs. A wide variety of flies have been successful this week including Yellow Dancers, White Cats, Bloodworms but Buzzers under a sight indicator have worked best.
Ayrshire Cancer Support will be holding their annual fishing competition early in 2005 at Coyle Water. This year there will be a change of format, instead of the five man teams this year’s competition will be a singles event.
The qualifying days are Sat 12th and Sun 20th February and Sat 5th and Sun 13th March, with the final being fished on Sat 27th March 2005. Ten anglers from each day will go through to the final and the winner will receive the Fred Berkley Trophy and £300, second will receive £200 and third £100. There will be an extra prize and a raffle on each of the qualifying days
It is anticipated that places in the competition will be snapped up quickly and further details can be obtained by telephoning Coyle Water on 01292 571291 or John Beck at Ayrshire Cancer Support on 01563 538008.
FAIRLIE MOOR. Fishing has been excellent over the past week with many nice finned rainbows to be found all around the loch. Larger Brownies are being caught in this colder weather (released back due to closed season) Black Spiders, Olive Damsels, Blood Worms and Red and Green Buzzers have been taking the fish floating lines fished static or intermediate with a very slow retrieve are the best tactics. The Bait pond is also fishing well with Red Maggots and Power Bait working the best
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) At the Goldenloch these past few days it has been like summer, an outside temperature of 15 C has seen the fish moving on the surface looking for food. Anglers have been rewarded with good catches and a pleasant feel to their fishing, lets hope that this good weather stays and that the angling season is less windy. Getting it right was Pete Fleming, G Brown, D Logie and S Puel all from Methil who used Damsels and Diawl Bachs to take 30lbs of fish. Also getting a good bag of fish were Messrs Burnett and Cox with 18lbs of fish between on the Diawl Bach, and S Ewart from Kinross landed himself a gorgeous 6lb rainbow. With the 2005 stocking well underway anglers will be looking forward to a good season but please remember that this year more than ever before that equipment hygiene and health and safety regulations will play an important part in your days leisure.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The Bait Competition on Sunday was won by Charlie Marsano from Linwood with a great catch of 10 fish weighing 19lbs 9oz. Graham Steel from Paisley came second with 6 for 11lbs 13oz and Graham Stevenson (Helensburgh) was third with 4 for 9lbs. The prize for the heaviest fish went to John Holding from Irvine with a nice specimen that tipped the scales at 7lbs 9oz. Others doing well last week included Mr. Wells with 10 on C+r, Robert Lamb (Paisley) had 5 on C+R and Alex Gunn managed 5 for 9lbs 12oz. Mr. Henderson from Glasgow caught 5 for 9lbs 12oz and the top taking patterns have been the Damsel, Bloodworm and the Dog Nobbler.
LAWFIELD (Renfrewshire) Notable catches this week are from Donald Cochrane from Paisley with 16 on C&R, James O`Hare from Paisley 20 on C&R including 1 at 10lbs and Lee Kapovitz 16 on C&R including 1 brown at 4lbs. Andy Logan 2 for 4lbs 8oz and returned a further 8, Jim Houghton 7 on C&R and Chris Pearson from Port Glasgow 12 on C&R. Best flies are Black Buzzer, Red Diawl Bach, Cats Whisker and Damsel. Contact Billy on 01505 874182.
MOFFAT (Dumfriesshire) 32 Anglers fished the competition on Sunday with a fantastic total of 120 fish being captured. The competition was a 3 fish then C & R and the 65 fish that were taken totalled a whopping 253lbs. 3 doubles were caught during the competition as well as one of the elusive Golden Trout. The best flies have been lures. Jim Milne from Alloa took first prize and £ 100. S Linn from Kirkconnel took second to win a Viper rod and third was R Murray from Sanquhar.
MIDDLETON (Largs) With the improved weather conditions the fish are now feeding better and this has resulted in better catches. D. Coleman had a terrific days sport releasing a total of 14 fish, Andy Kennedy from Dalry visited but was unlucky only catching 2 Brownies and J Fairgrieves managed his bag limit taking 4 fish for 11lbs 5oz. Mr Loughary had another bag limit of 4 fish for 10lbs 13oz. The Black Fritz and other lures have worked well. Buzzers fished below a sight indicator have taken a lot of fish this week.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The much improved weather has got the trout on the move again and the best taking patterns have proved to be the Damsel, Bloodworm, Yellow Dancer and various coloured Fritz lures fished slowly for best effect. Edward Rolland from Alva had a good outing taking 3 fish for 8lbs 4oz on a Damsel, Robbie McRobbie (Tillicoultry) had 3 for 7lbs 8oz on a Black & Green Fritz and Andrew Airnes (Clackmannan) caught 3 for 7lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer. Harry Robertson of Perth took 3 for 7lbs on a Damsel and Allan Mitchell (Stirling) had 5 for 12lbs 8oz on an Olive Buzzer.
2005 Glen Garioch Challenge Trophy
After the success of last years inaugural event we are pleased to announce that the competition will again be sponsored by Glen Garioch a similar format will apply to this years competition.
Please see below ten venues located throughout Scotland.
Last years competition saw in excess of 350 anglers from all over Scotland and some team members traveling from England to fish, it is hoped this year that the competition will be even bigger and better.
Last years winners fishing for Mauchline Ballochmyle will be at the final hoping to retain the magnificent trophy.
This years Final venue is still to be announced.
The Final is planned to be held during the
3rd / 4th week in September
2005 Venues & Dates
Kingennie Saturday 7th May
Middleton Fishery 14th May
Markle 22nd May
Swanswater 27th May
Burns Fishery 28th May
Loch Lochter 29th May
Bowden Springs 4th June
Moffat 11thJune
Artloch 18th June
Howwood 26th June
Unfortunately due to ever increasing overheads
we have had to increase the team entry fee by £5 making this years entry fee £25 per team.
Fishing costs at each Qualifying event will be paid on the Day and are not included above..
NO fishing COSTS for the Final
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Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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2005 Glen Garioch Challenge Trophy
After the success of last years inaugural event we are pleased to announce that the competition will again be sponsored by Glen Garioch a similar format will apply to this years competition.
A letter has now been sent out to fisheries asking for their involvement and support and as soon as dates and venues have been decided they will be posted here.
There will be a minimum of ten venues located throughout Scotland.
Last years competition saw in excess of 350 anglers from all over Scotland and some team members traveling from England to fish, it is hoped this year that the competition will be even bigger and better.
Last years winners fishing for Mauchline Ballochmyle will be at the final hoping to retain the magnificent trophy.
This years Final venue is still to be announced.
The Final is planned to be held during the
3rd / 4th week in September
2005 Venues & Dates
Kingennie Saturday 7th May
Middleton Fishery 14th May
Markle 22nd May
Swanswater 27th May
Burns Fishery 28th May
Loch Lochter 29th May
Bowden Springs 4th June
Moffat 11thJune
Artloch 18th June
Howwood 26th June
Unfortunately due to ever increasing overheads
we have had to increase the team entry fee by £5 making this years entry fee £25 per team.
Fishing costs at each Qualifying event will be paid on the Day and are not included above..
NO fishing COSTS for the Final
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Colin Johnson (Flyfisherman)
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BURNS FISHERY (Ayrshire)
The Fly Pond
Mr Crieghton from Kilmarnock caught 2 fish for 6lb 2oz.Ritchie Allan from Irvine caught 1 fish for 2lb 4oz.Bert from Glasgow caught 2 fish for 4lb 2oz
The Bait Pond
Mr Howell from Kilwinning caught 3 fish for 8lb 8oz.Mr Mckay from Paisley caught 4 fish for 9lb 8oz.Mr Riely from Glasgow caught 1 fish for 2lbs.Mr Fergusson from Kilwinning caught 2 fish for 4lbs.Mr McMichael from New Cumnock caught 3 fish for 8lbs.Mr Wilkie from Glasgow caught 2 fish for 4lb 1oz.Mr Patterson caught 2 fish for 3lb 14oz
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The loch fished very well again this week despite the weather with Buzzers taking some good bags. The Yellow Dancer, Green Fritz with a black tail and Red Fritz also took some good fish. There has been a lot of activity on the top over these past few days.
Mick Tully from Falkirk caught a fine rainbow that weighed in at 12lbs 8oz and this proved to be the biggest trout caught last week. Also doing well were Garry Watson from Denny - two fish for 6lb 8oz, Stewart Sheriff from Falkirk - three fish for 11lb 5oz and James McMeechan from Falkirk - three fish for 10lb. Jim Thomson from Falkirk - two fish for 8lb 9oz, Bob McCulloch from Bonnybridge - one fish for 5lb and Steven Wright from Banknock - two fish for 7lb 5oz. Robert Simms from Camelon - two fish for 7lb 3oz and Jim Holden from Denny - two fish for 6lb 12oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire). Ayrshire Cancer Support will be holding their annual fishing competition early in 2005 at Coyle Water. This year there will be a change of format, instead of the five man teams this year’s competition will be a singles event.
The qualifying days are Sat 12th and Sun 20th February and Sat 5th and Sun 13th March, with the final being fished on Sat 27th March 2005. Ten anglers from each day will go through to the final and the winner will receive the Fred Berkley Trophy and £300, second will receive £200 and third £100. There will be an extra prize and a raffle on each of the qualifying days
It is anticipated that places in the competition will be snapped up quickly and further details can be obtained by telephoning Coyle Water on 01292 571291 or John Beck at Ayrshire Cancer Support on 01563 538008.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) With three-quarters of the Goldenloch covered with ice we did not expect any anglers at the weekend, how wrong we were. John Hatton Kirkcaldy and Mr Dunn, Glenrothes were both on the loch by 8.30 and were both catching fish very quickly Mr S Hayes and Mr A Morgan both from Glenrothes had 3 for 6lbs returning 3 and 3 for 5lbs respectively all on Buzzers. Another hardy pair were Mr Bob Cox and Mr Geed Burnett from Dundee who used Yellow Dancers and Damsels to end up with a basket of 8 fish.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) Due to the rather inclement weather the fishery was quiet during the week but those who did venture out on the better days did pretty well. Heather and Bobby Goodfellow from Johnstone had 4 for 7lbs and 3 for 7lbs respectively, Graham Steel (Paisley) took 4 on a C+R ticket and Stevie Docherty (Glasgow) caught 5 for 11lbs. Kenny Fraser from Glasgow caught 3 for 6lbs and Jim Linnie (Alexandria) had 5 on C+R. Mr. Caldwell had a brace weighing 4lbs 12oz and Mr. Henderson (Glasgow) took 5 for 10lbs.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Arbroath) Will all anglers please note that the Specimen Pool is now closed until the 30th January for essential dredging and repair work. Please phone Neil Anderson on 01382 350777 to check on the re-opening date.
Although the weather has been poor the catches have been good on the Bankside Pool with all sort of tactics from buzzers through to lures all working well. Those doing best last week included Willie Christie from Forfar with 4 for 11lbs – returned 6, Jim McFarlane (Kirriemuir) took 4 for 8lbs – returned 3 and George Anderson (Dundee) had 4 for 8lbs 8oz – returned 2. Doug Easson (Dundee) caught 11 on a catch and release ticket. Please note that this pool will also close for a period once the Specimen Pool has re-opened.
LAWFIELD (Renfrewshire) Alex Rennie from Elderslie had 39 on C&R, David Tourish had 7 on C&R, Tam Melvin from Johnstone 2 for 4lbs 2oz and released a further 7 including 1 at 8lbs. Geordie McKenzie from Clydebank 7 on C&R, Rab McIntyre from Paisley 2 for 4lbs 4oz and returned a further 8 including 1 at 4lbs and Stuart Drummond from Paisley 11 on C&R including a 4lbs 8oz brownie. Jimmy Meighan from Linwood 3 for 6lbs 8oz and returned a further 9 and Mr. Lannighan 9 on C&R and Graham Steel from Paisley 9 on C&R. Best flies are sight-bob with Bloodworm underneath, Cats Whisker, Minkie and Damsel. Contact Billy on 01505 874182.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) The biggest fish caught last week was a fine rainbow that tipped the scales at 12lbs 8oz and was taken on a home made mini Black Lure. Others doing well included Jack Hay from Haddington who had a 7lb fish on a Damsel, Gordon ‘Skunk’ Scott (Melrose) had 11 on C+R and Paul Rae (Hawick) managed 8 also on C+R. Chick Telfer from Gorebridge had 3 for 9lbs 8oz on a Cat’s Whisker and Mark Anderson (Edinburgh) took 12 on C+R, mainly to a White Rabbitiser.
MIDDLETON (Largs) Fishing has been difficult over the past week with plenty of rises and fish seemingly feeding close to the surface but very hard to get positive takes to the fly. Some of the better catches this week have come from Kenny Haggert who took a cracking fully finned fish of 4lbs 8oz, Robert Fullerton on a catch and release ticket had 5 lovely fish and Ian Tulloch had 1 for 3lbs 2oz. R Ryan took 1 for 2lbs 8oz. Others were finding it hard but those who willing to be persistent were rewarded with fish. Buzzers are working well as are Green Cats.
The Middleton Open Shield will be held on March 6th and there are still a few places available. Contact Morris on 07932 744531
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) There are always a few hardy fishermen who turn up regarding the weather and those who did last week enjoyed some excellent sport. The Damsel, Yellow Dancer and the Black & Green Fritz proved to be the best taking patterns. George Watt from West Calder had 5 fish for 11lbs 12oz on a Damsel, T Hardie (Bonnybridge) caught 4 for 9lbs 12oz on a Yellow Dancer and Hugh Mailer (Stanley) had 3 for 10lbs on an Invicta. Andy Airnes from Clackmannan took 3 for 9lbs 12oz on a Yellow Dancer and the same pattern accounted for a fine brace weighing 5lbs caught by John Meek of Tullibody.
SPRING WATER (Ayrshire) Generally quiet due to the inclement weather conditions but good bags have been coming off the water a local club fished 5 rods and took 30 fish between them, Regulars Frank Cole took fish up to the 5lb mark on his last visit. Mr Bryce popped along from Maybole and was pleasantly surprised taking 2 fish for 11lbs. Large Black Buzzers, Bunny Leech and damsels have been the best flies of late.
The McMillan Pairs competition will be on Sunday 20th February and there are still a few places available. Contact : 01292-560343
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The fishing continued to be pretty good despite the changeable weather with fish being caught even during the snowstorms. The drop in temperature at the weekend had the effect of moving the fish from their usual haunts and created new hotspots. Most fish were taking lures, especially Yellow Dancer, Montana, Cat’s Whisker and Damsel, with Buzzers and Bloodworm picking up a few as usual.
Scott Padden, Falkirk, took the biggest fish of the week with a 10lb 10oz Rainbow, on a Black Cat, in his 2 for 14lb 10oz. Also doing well were 13 year old John Mathieson, Doune who had a great day on the Lower Meadow Pond taking 5 for 21lb, including 4 Blues, the biggest one at 7lb 12oz, Grant McCauley, Duntocher, in 3 visits took a total of 10 for 32lb 4oz and Willie Martin, Stirling, 5 for 14lb 12oz. John Fraser, Stirling, 5 for 14lb, Archie Muir, Glasgow, 5 for 13lb 12oz, Sandy Ireland, Lochgoilhead, 5 for 13lb 12oz and Peter Bryce and Petrina Williams, Alloa, both had 5 for 13lb 11oz. Sandy Jenkins, Carronshore, 4 for 13lb 12oz including 2 Blues, Tam McGarry, Dumbarton, also had 2 Blues in his 4 for 12lb 12oz, Harry Seton, Duntocher, 4 for 12lb 6oz and Graeme Lyttle, Bo’ness, 4 for 12lb 2oz. Harry Harrison, Dumbarton, 4 for 12lb 4oz, George Peline, Glasgow, 4 for 11lb 12oz, Mick O’Donnell, Cumbernauld, 3 for 11lb and Jim Marshall, Stirling, 3 for 9lb 4oz. Mark Blair, Glasgow, 3 for 9lb, Larry Hannah, Clydebank, 3 for 9lb, Scott Douglas 2 for 8lb including a 5lb Rainbow and a Blue and Corin Gentles, Menstrie, 2 for 7lb 4oz. Stuart Dunlop, Coatbridge, 5lb 12oz Rainbow and Jim Donnelly, Tullibody, 4lb 4oz Rainbow.
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BURNS FISHERY (Tarbolton) After a very cold, wet and windy week it was good to see some hardy fishers who did well despite the conditions.
On The Fly Pond, D Cowan from Irvine caught 7 Fish for 18lb 10oz, Mr. Murdoch (Ayr) caught 2 fish for 6lb 6oz, Mr. Forwell (Ayr) caught 2 fish for 4lb 6oz and Mr. R Allan from Irvine caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz.
On The Bait Pond; Louise McClean from Girvan caught 2 fish for 6lb 4oz (1 At 4lb), Mr. R Haining (Glasgow) caught 3 fish for 6lb, Mr. Findlay (Glasgow) caught 2 fish for 4lb 5oz and Mr. M Garret from Mauchline caught 4 fish for 8lb 8oz. Mr. R McBride from Girvan caught 2 fish for 5lb 8oz, Mr. McClean from Mossblown caught 2 fish for 4lb 4oz and Mr. Russell from Glasgow caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz. Mr. J Boyle from Annbank caught 2 fish for 4lb 3oz, Mr. McMahon (Ayr) caught 1 fish for 2lb 2oz and Mr. McNicol (Ayr) caught 1 fish for 2lb.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire). Ayrshire Cancer Support will be holding their annual fishing competition early in 2005 at Coyle Water. This year there will be a change of format, instead of the five man teams this year’s competition will be a singles event.
The qualifying days are Sat 12th and Sun 20th February and Sat 5th and Sun 13th March, with the final being fished on Sat 27th March 2005. Ten anglers from each day will go through to the final and the winner will receive the Fred Berkley Trophy and £300, second will receive £200 and third £100. There will be an extra prize and a raffle on each of the qualifying days
It is anticipated that places in the competition will be snapped up quickly and further details can be obtained by telephoning Coyle Water on 01292 571291 or John Beck at Ayrshire Cancer Support on 01563 538008.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) The first two weeks of 2005 at the Goldenloch have been extremely windy however anglers have not been put of by the conditions and the fishing has been excellent. Steve Smart from Strathmiglo fishing from the bank had 5 all returned reporting that the fish were in tip top condition, Steve McCarthy Lochore had an early morning start and using a Montana caught 4 returning all, before the wind made it impossible to continue. Like most anglers Steve did not mind the torrential rain but high blustery wind just spoiled his day. Jim Wilson from Dalgety Bay had 4 on C+R with one being a gorgeous 3lb blue trout and another a 1lb brown. The new lodge is now certainly a big asset, as anglers can warm up in comfort with a heater and microwave to heat pies etc. Those making good use of the facilities were pensioners Jim and Dave, from Perth, both arriving on a nice, calm day only to see a complete turnaround in the weather. Within an hour they were having to run to the lodge for shelter, but determined not to have their day spoiled the two hardy old timers were in and out, off and on the loch all day and eventually caught 6 fish for 16lbs.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) Due to the horrendous weather the fishery has been very quiet but those who braved the gales and rain did very well indeed. Stevie Horsburgh from Johnstone had 4 for 8lbs 12oz, Mr. Leslie had a brace weighing 4lbs 12oz and Donny Muir (Johnstone) managed 3 for 9lbs. Also doing well were Heather Goodfellow from Johnstone had 2 for 4lbs 14oz and Campbell Mills (Glasgow) caught 2 for 3lbs 12oz. The best flies have been the Damsel, Cat’s Whisker and the Black & Green Montana Nymph.
LAWFIELD (Renfrewshire) Despite the stormy weather some excellent catches have been made mostly on sight-bob tactics. Stevie Pringle from Paisley had 4 fish on a Rubber Duck fished under an indicator. One fish weighed 10lbs and one weighed 11lbs 8oz. Archie Frame had 4 on C&R, Alan Martin 2 on C&R, S. Drummond 5 on C&R and R. McIntyre 4 on C&R. With calmer conditions forecast the fishing should be very good.
Contact Billy on 01505 874182.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) Although extremely quiet due to the terrible weather those who went out fishing returned with some pretty impressive catches. Willie Brash from Mayfield had a great session ending up with a brace of fish that tipped the scales at 26lbs. A Yellow Dancer did the damage and the heaviest fish weighed in at 15lbs. Jack Hay from Haddington took fish number 1,000 last week and with his season ticket running to the end of the month no doubt a few more will be added to this already impressive tally. Jack used a White Rabbitiser to bag a cracking rainbow of 10lbs. Frank Stewart made the long trip up from Wooler in Northumbria on a wild and windy day but was well rewarded with specimens of 10lbs and 8lbs both to the Hare’s Ear. He returned a further 4 fish. Also doing well were Mr. Clayton with 3 for 14lbs on a Bloodworm and A Patterson took 3 for 9lbs 4oz and released a further 8 – all to a Buzzer.
MIDDLETON (Largs) Even with the heavy winds and poor weather conditions the fishery is doing well with some excellent catches coming off. Some of those these have come from Tam White with 4 fish for 14lbs 8oz, Kenny Haggert released 12 and J Drey took 2 for 6lbs. J Galbraith had 2 for 6lbs, J Anderson 1fish for 3lbs 8oz and Graham Steele released 8 fish. Best flies have been Damsels and Minkies.
Club Bookings are now being taken. Call Morris on 07932 744531
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The fishing was extremely good last week with the Damsel, Yellow Dancer, Black & Green Fritz and small nymphs all taking good baskets of fish. Amongst those doing well were 12 year old John McLean from Crieff who had 3 fish for 8lbs 12oz on a Blue Fritz, Mike Piper (Edinburgh) took 3 for 8lbs on the Yellow Dancer and Paul Campbell (Halbeath) managed 5 for 16lbs on the Yellow Dancer. Bill Smith from Menstrie caught 3 for 8lbs on a Black & Green Fritz, Andrew Airnes (Clackmannan) had 3 for 8lbs 4oz and John Meek (Tullibody) had 3 for 8lbs 4oz on the Yellow Dancer.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) Despite the atrocious weather conditions a good number of anglers braved the elements and for most of the week were well rewarded for their efforts. On the days when Swanswater was virtually unfishable because of high water levels and strong winds, the small ponds came into their own and fished well. In spite of all the rain, the water is coloured rather than dirty and is clearing fast. Yellow Dancer, Damsel, Black and Green Fritz, Okay Dokey and other Buzzers were the best patterns. Several anglers took advantage of seasonal holidays to make several visits to the Fishery during the course of the week
Peter Bryce, Alloa, in 5 visits took a total of 17 fish for 53lb 6oz, the biggest one being a 5lb 4oz Rainbow, Sandy Ireland, Lochgoilhead, 10 for 28lb 4oz in two visits including 2 Blues, 13 year old John Mathieson, Doune, 9 for 26lb 8oz, including a 5lb Rainbow, in two visits and Peter Baranowski, Bridge of Allan, had 8 for 26lb 12oz including a 5lb 8oz rainbow and a Blue in two visits, Sandy Jenkins, Carronshore, also made two visits an took 8 for 24lb 12oz, Ronnie Loos, Stirling, 4 for 13lb 12oz including a 4lb 4oz Blue in two visits, Stuart Cameron and grandson, Thomas from Alexandria, shared 5 for 17lb from the boat and Robin Bowler, Menstrie, 5 for 16lb 8oz including a 4lb 8oz Rainbow. John Montague, Alexandria, 5 for 16lb including 2 Blues, Peter McFarland, Arrochar, 5 for 15lb, Sean Cochrane, Cumbernauld, 5 for 14lb and John Webster, Glasgow, had 2 Blues in his 5 for 13lb 12oz. David Anderson, 4 for 14lb 4oz, Davy Neilson, Carronshore, 4 for 12lb 4oz, Tam Brown, Killearn, 3 for 11lb 2oz and John Kane, Kilmarnock, 3 for 11lb.David Marno, 3 for 11lb, John Jack, Airdrie, 3 for 10lb 8oz, Andy Scobie, Stirling, 3 for 10lb 8oz including a Blue, David Paterson and Keith Bell, East Kilbride, shared 6 for 18lb 8oz and John Relf, Falkirk, had a 4lb 9oz Rainbow in his 2 for 8lb 2oz.
OTHER FISHERIES
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) There is still plenty top of the water activity with Black Buzzers and Micro- Buzzers still doing well. The bigger fish are feeding on fry at the moment therefore anything that resembles fry is doing very well indeed. Green Fritz with a black tail and the Black Fritz are all taking good bags.
Jim Sullivan from Falkirk had a fish for 12lb 7oz that turned out to be the heaviest of the week. Also doing well were Archie Miller from Banknock - two fish for 7lb, Phillip Tully from Falkirk - two fish for 8lb 8oz and Garry Watson from Denny - two fish for 8lb 4oz and returned a further 8 fish. Alex Britain from Falkirk - two fish for 8lb, James Potter from Allandale - two fish for 9lb 4oz and Jim McGregor from Camelon - three fish for 11lb 6oz. David Stewart from Bonnybridge - two fish for 6lb 13oz and Allan Brown from Banknock - two fish for 6lb 5oz and returned 6 fish.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Arbroath) Ian Barclay and party from Penicuik had a great day out on the Specimen Pool when the 9 rods took a total of 14 fish weighing 72lbs. Also doing well were Jim Tait from Forfar with 4 for 22lbs on the Green Pea and Sandy Jones (Dundee) took 4 for 19lbs on the Gold Head Damsel. Stewart McPhee from Elgin had 5 for 30lbs – best 7lbs and Jim Cuthill (Carnoustie) took 3 for 18lbs on an Orange Fritz.
THE SPECIMEN POOL WILL CLOSE LATER THIS MONTH FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR ‘DE-SLUDGING’.
The Bankside Pool continues to fish well especially to Buzzers, surprisingly enough for this time of the year. Gilbert Cheetham – snr. and jnr. had 48 fish between them keeping 8 for 22lbs – the top taking pattern was the Damsel Nymph. Others doing well included Mr. Godfrey from Kirriemuir with 4 for 9lbs – returned 13 on Buzzers, Jim Hampton (Forfar) took 4 for 9lbs 12oz – returned 11 and Jim McFarlane (Kirriemuir) managed 4 for 10lbs – returned 5.
The ‘NEW’ Bankside Pool will be the venue for the Kingennie Summer League Fly-Fishing Competitions that will be sponsored by with £1,000 of tackle from Greys, the fishing tackle company. The Singles heats will take place on Monday nights from May until September and the pairs will be held on Thursday evenings. This will be a pegged event on a catch and release basis with the draw taking place at 6pm then fishing until dark. The cost will be £10 per angler per night – payable in advance and further details can be had from Neil Anderson on 01382 350777.
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BURNS FISHERY (Tarbolton) On Sunday 28th Dec the Fishery Sent a 6 man team up to Howwood Fishery to take part in the Flyfishing Scotland Trophy the team was as follows: M Pitt (Capt.), Jim Bryson, Kenneth Bryson, Darren Lynch, Young Robert McFarlane and Joe Morrison. After a hard days fishing the team ended up winning the competition and Robert also won the prize for taking the heaviest basket.
This week the weather has been very cold but the fish have still been getting caught. On the fly pond the main methods of catching are with intermediate lines using Black/Green Fritz, Golden Olive, Cat's Whiskers, Damsels and Orange and Green Fritz. Some good bags on the fly ponds are as follows; Francie Hainey (Annbank) caught 1 fish for 2lb 8oz, Jack Bradley (Ayr) caught 2 fish for 3lb 7oz, Jordan Lorimer (Ayr) caught 1 fish for 2lb 12oz
Mark Harden (Tarbolton) caught 2 fish for 4lb and his young nephew caught his first fish on the fly a nice 2lb 4oz rainbow trout.
On the bait pond power bait is still working well along with worms and maggot.
Some of the fish caught this week are as follows; Kennedy (the Hat) of Annbank caught 2 fish for 5lb 12oz. The Management and staff would like to take this chance to wish all our customers a Happy New Year.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) With the surprisingly warm spell this week the anglers have been treated to the fish rising and taking flies on the surface. Messrs. McLean and Donald from Dundee, both on their first ever visit, had a tremendous time fishing from the bank with one lad catching 3 for 8lbs, returning 4 and the other returning all his catch of 9. John Hatton, Kirkcaldy a good day using a gold headed black and green home tied creation to catch 3 beautiful fish weighing 8lbs, and returned 6 to fight another day. The water level is now back to capacity and the clarity is still excellent with the fish are active in all areas. George Melrose from Cupar had 3 for 6lbs 12 oz using an Invicta.
Bookings are still being taken for the New Year by phone on 01337840412 or email to info@goldenloch.co.uk
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The highlight of the week was the inaugural Flyfishingscotland Trophy competition that was held last Sunday and competed for by seven invited six-man teams representing Burns Trout Fishery, Howwood A, Neptune AC, Flyfishingscotland, Stanley AC, Howwood B and Glenburn. At the end of a bright, cold and breezy day the boys from Burns were clear winners with a total catch of 14 fish for 27lbs and Howwood A came second with 10 fish for 21lbs 9oz. The heaviest bag was taken by Burns team member Rab McFarlane with a brilliant catch of 7 fish for 13lbs 12oz. Stevie Banks fishing for the Flyfishing Scotland won a fly line for catching the heaviest fish that weighed in at 5lbs 10oz and a special award of a fly line went to Andrew McFadyen for being the youngest competitor. The winning team members were presented with the trophy and individual plaques along with a bottle's of 15 year old Glen Garioch Malt Whisky and all competitors received a memento 12 year old miniature of Glen Garioch Malt.
Other thanks go to Ticker for Hart for donating a waistcoat and fly lines and to
Harry for his donation of wine as extra prizes.
LINTRATHEN. We are now taking Club bookings for the 2004 season. At the AGM held this year the decision was taken to HOLD the 2004 season prices at the same as charged for the 2003 season, making Lintrathen one of the best fishing bargains in Scotland. Any secretary wishing to fill a day (or evening) please contact Jim Hardie, 41 Rowan Avenue
Kirriemuir, DD8 4TB Tel 01575 572412.
Nominations are also being taken from clubs, who had fished with us last season, for a member to compete in our annual Grand Opening Competition. Each entrant will receive a small prize as well as the winner and runner-ups receiving a trophy and appropriate prizes.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian).The biggest fish taken last week was a whopper of 14lbs taken on a Yellow Dancer by Des Gray from Bonnyrigg. The Boxing Day competition was a big success with the 42 rods taking 120 fish for 407lbs. The winner was Alan cook from Jedburgh with 8 for 33lbs 4oz - best 5lbs 10oz, D Ronaldson (Haddington) was second with 5 for 23lbs on Buzzers - best 9lbs 8oz and third placed was Steven Welsh (Castle Douglas0 with 7 for 21lbs. The top taking pattern right now is the Yellow Dancer closely followed by the Bunny Leech but on the warmer days the Buzzers are still working well.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) There was some great sport to be had after the snow and ice disappeared with plenty of fish moving on the top. The top taking flies have been the Damsel, Black & Green Fritz, Yellow Dancer and the Cat's Whiskers. Jock Esplin from Bonnybridge had a great 4 fish catch for 14lbs - best 6lbs on the Damsel, Crawford Millar (Tillicoultry) had 7 for 18lbs on his two visits - best fish 5lbs on a Damsel and Jim McCormack (Tillicoultry0 took 5 for 10lbs 8oz on a Black & Silver lure. Also doing well were Andy Airnes (Clackmannan0 with 3 for 7lbs on an Olive Fritz, John Fleming (Bonnybridge) had 4 for 9lbs on the Cat's Whisker and Peem Mcmeechan (Fallin) managed 5 for 14lbs 4oz - best 4lbs 8oz on a Jim's Damsel.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The fishery continues to fish exceptionally well for the time of year with 264 fish averaging 2lb 9oz landed plus another 53 caught and released this week. On the mild days the fish were well up in the water taking Buzzers, Hare's Ear and PTN. On the colder days the anglers had to fish deeper and use small lures such as Cat's Whisker, Dancer, Damsel and Crafteye.
The full turnout on Boxing Day enjoyed the Competition and the celebrations afterwards. A total of 63 fish for 169lb 12oz were landed with fish being caught all round the pond. The winner, with 4 fish for 11lb 6oz was Allan McLachlan, Plean. Runner-up was Peter Baranowski, Bridge of Allan, with 4 for 10lb 12oz and third was John Downie, Airdrie, with 3 for 9lb. Arthur Donaghy, Banknock, also had 3 for 9lb and took the heaviest fish prize with a 4lb Blue.
The annual Boxing Day Raffle, which was drawn by Jim Donnelly of Diageo, was very well supported and raised a total of £644.00 for Strathcarron Hospice. This amount, along with money raised from the sale of flies and a donation from the fishery to make a total of £1000.00 will be matched by Diageo, meaning that a cheque for £2000.00 will be presented to the Hospice. Many thanks go to all those who donated prizes, bought tickets and helped in any way with raising this fantastic sum.
Some of this week's good catches included Robert McGregor, Darvel, 9 for 24lb 8oz including 3 Blues, Peter Bryce, Alloa, 9 for 22lb including 2 Blues, Ian McArthur, Dunnipace, 5 for 14lb 8oz, Nan Morrison, Stirling, 5 for 13lb 4oz and Allan McLay & Aileen Nicol, Plean, shared 5 for 13lb 12oz. Danny Doherty, Denny, 5 for 12lb 8oz, Jim Allan, Kilsyth, 5 for 12lb 8oz, A Muir, 4 for 11lb 8oz, Paul Owens, Glasgow, 4 for 10lb 4oz and Rab Don, Plean, 3 for 8lb 8oz including a 3lb 12oz Blue. Over the course of the week - Peter Baranowski, Bridge of Allan 16 for 42lb 8oz and Ronnie Loos, Stirling, 14 for 42lb 4oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Last week some very good bags were taken with the Yellow Dancer fished on an intermediate line although some good fish were also taken on buzzers and small traditionals.
John Hill from Cumbernauld caught a fine rainbow that weighed in at 12lb 10oz. Also doing well were Robert Moffat from Glasgow - four fish for 12lb, Joe Meldrum from Cumbernauld - four fish for 12lb 2oz, James Chattam from Glasgow - three fish for 13lb and James Moffat from Glasgow - three fish for 10lb 4oz. Allan Stewart from Denny - three fish for 10lb 4oz, Henry Willows from Glasgow - two fish for 7lb 13oz, Ian Haslan from Denny - two fish for 7lb 2oz and Charlie Binnie from Denny - two fish for 6lb 10oz.
We would like to thank our regulars for there support in this past year and wish them all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) The highlight of last week was the two Boxing Day competitions that attracted a full house entry and resulted in some excellent catches being recorded.
On the Specimen Pool, first prize was taken by Len Thain from Forfar with a great catch of 4 for 34lbs 4oz - best 11lbs 2oz on the White & Green Fritz. Keith Clark from Dundee came second with 4 for 31lbs 8oz - best 9lbs on the Bunny Leech, Steven Duncan (Inverarity) was third with 4 for 29lbs 8oz - best 8lbs and Bob McHardy (Carnoustie) came fourth with 3 for 25lbs 12oz - best 9lbs on the White Bunny Leech. Overall 23 fish weighing 193lbs 14oz were caught with the prize for the heaviest going to Jim Gibb from Dundee with a beauty of 11lbs 14oz.
The Bankside Pool event saw the competitors taking 50 fish for 108lbs and a further 45 being returned. Brian Longmuir from Arbroath was the winner with 4 for 10lbs - 8 returned and Arbroath angler Les Shephard was second with 4 for 7lbs 8oz - 9 returned. Ron Ferme from Carnoustie took 4 for 8lbs 12oz - returned 8 to come third and in fourth place was Adam Caird (Arbroath) with 4 for 8lbs 14oz - 6 returned. Returned fish were included at a standard weight of 2lbs each.
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BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) This week I'm able to say that the fishing at Butterstone has probably been at it's very best over the last few days writes manager Rick Knight. We've had some great catches, a very successful fund raising competition, spectacular rises in the calm conditions and lots of big fish caught. It doesn't get any easier to come down with a favoured method though; it's still wide and varied with regard to both depth and pattern. Buzzers and nymphs have been good but the lure boys have been getting their share too, with various coloured rabbits doing the damage.
The sun is less of a consideration now but overcast and light ripple is best (as usual!) and the last three or four days have been ideal.
On Friday the Fishery hosted and sponsored a competition for fund raising for the Perth Royal Infirmary heart scanner appeal, ably organized by The British Heart Foundation's local man, Raymond Adam. A total of just over £600 was raised for the charity and everyone was delighted with their day. A total of 21 boats were out and returned an impressive 156 trout for a weight of 323lb 10oz. Heaviest for the day and heaviest for the week equaled the seasons record at 13lb 12oz and was caught by well-known Crieff angler, Malcolm Anderson. Prizewinners were: Bob Inglis with a limit basket of 6 fish for 15lb 11oz and ladies winner was Ann Boreland with 5 fish for 8lb 9oz
The Loch continued in the same vein over the weekend and some of the club returns were: Aberdour Angling Association had 66 fish for 145lb, Newtyle & Meigle, 52 for 114lb, including a 9lb fish for Dave Bell (Buzzer), Perth RASC Club, 54 fish for 109lb 14oz and Leslie & Glenrothes, 39 fish for 82lb 4oz. The Thistle Angling Club, 47 fish for 79lb 12oz, and Cupar Angling Club, 36lb 79lb 12oz, including an 8lb fish for Bill Motion
Other big fish this week came from G Tomlinson with one at 9lb 4oz ton a Green Peter, an 8lb 12oz for Mark Strang (home made lure) and 7lb 12oz for Blairgowrie regular, Bert Wilson (copper buzzer)
STOP PRESS - CATCH & RELEASE
I have decided, for a trial period, to give catch & release a go at Butterstone, on the following basis Weekdays only - Only bookable within preceding 24hrs - Barbless hooks only may be used and landing nets may not be taken in the boat. Cost will be £12.00 per angler
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) The fishery has continued to produce big fish this week again with Hugh Taylor from Troon bagging a lovely fish of 11lb on a green buzzer. Robert Rogers from Ardrossan had a beauty of 9lbs on a Black Fritz and Hector Milligan from Cumnock had two visits this week taking on both occasions 2 fish each night for 4.5lbs
W Mitchell from Ayr had a good day and left happy with a nice fish of 5lbs caught on a CDC. The bait pond continues to fish well on the floated and sunken baits. Power bait, maggots and sweetcorn have produced the best results this week with Richard McBride and Jim Aitken from Logan both catching their limit with maggots and worm. Andrew Roy, a visitor from Northern Ireland had 3 fish for 5lbs on power bait.
The first of our winter competitions will be advertised shortly and may well be at the start of November.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) There were some cracking fish off last week with Ross Douglas from Johnstone taking the heaviest at 14lbs on an Olive Epoxy Buzzer. Dennis Zibas from Zante in Greece used a Black Snatcher to bag a beauty of 12lbs 2oz and Bobby Beggs (Johnstone) had 3 for 12lbs 11oz - best 9lbs 4oz on a CDC Sedge. Others doing well included Rab McPherson from Coulport who had 5 for 9lbs 14oz - returned 5 on the Diawl Bach and his boat partner John Wellman used a Black Fritz to take 5 for 9lbs 12oz. Jim Kyle from Newton Mearns had 9 on C+R using a Sedge, Mr. Meighan caught 5 for 9lbs 12oz on the Damsel and John Holden (Irvine) caught 3 for 6lbs on the CDC.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) There were three doubles off last week with T Russell snr from Moffat taking the biggest at 13lbs 8oz on a Daddy Longlegs. Paul Rae from Hawick had 3 for 16lbs - best 10lbs and Frank Rawlings (Edinburgh) used a Buzzer to catch a nice specimen of 12lbs 8oz. William Hall from Dalkeith took 3 for 12lbs - best 7lbs 8oz on a Buzzer and Ian Evans (New Craighall) had one at 10lbs on a White Cat.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) Despite cold winds on a number of days the week ended with an excellent total of 497 trout, including 14 specimens. The biggest fish of the week weighed in at 8lbs 12 oz and it was caught by Mark Brownrigg of Callander. This was closely followed by Mr. McKay of Glasgow, who had a superb specimen of 8lbs 6oz. He ended the day with a magnificent bag of fish totalling 9 for 20lbs 2oz. The third really big specimen of the week was caught by J. Pringle of Alnwick, who was fishing with the House of Hardy Angling Club and his specimen was returned to the water and was very conservatively estimated at 8lbs plus. Mr. Maughan of Cockermouth was up on one of his regular trips from England and had a beautiful rainbow of 7lbs 6oz.
Apart from the colder days, anglers were still doing best with intermediate or floating lines. Particularly successful flies included the Damsel nymph, Diawl Bach, Bibio, Kate McLaren and Black Pennell. Overall lures were not so successful. Due to popular demand the Fishery has extended the days when it offers discounted permits to anglers who are over the age of 60 or are unemployed. These tickets are now available from Monday to Thursday, inclusive. If the angler is eligible then the cost is only £12 per rod for boat or bank fishing. This is fantastic value and offers a massive saving on the normal price. Just book in the normal way and remember that proof of status will be needed on the day.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The best methods last week was to use a floating line teamed up with Buzzers, Hoppers, Daddy Longlegs, Diawl Bach and the Damsel Nymph. The Glenochil AC from Tullibody had a good day taking 48 fish for 143lbs with Stewart Forrest having the heaviest basket of 6 fish weighing 17lbs 8oz. There were some big fish off last week with the heaviest at 8lbs 4oz being taken by Jock Esplin from Bonnybridge and included in a basket of 5 for 22lbs 8oz. Also doing well were Harry Graham from Glenrothes with 8 for 29lbs 8oz --best 7lbs 7oz on a Black Shimmy, Sandy McMeechin (Fallin) took 5 for 20lbs 4oz - best 6lbs 8oz on a Drunk and Dandy Stewart (Fallin) caught 3 for 14lbs 8oz - best 7lbs 8oz on a PTN. Arthur Shevill from Airdrie took 5 for 16lbs - best 5lbs 8oz on a Dry Daddy and Graham King (Perth) used a Dry Hopper to catch 6 for 20lbs 8oz - best 5lbs 8oz.
SWANSWATER The breezier conditions during the week suited the fish better and led to some excellent fishing. During the calm spells, static Buzzers were working best, with Damsels, Hare's Ear, Cat's Whisker and Dancers the favourites at other times. A total of 428 fish averaging 2lb 9oz were taken this week, with another 46 caught and released. Once again there was a good selection of varieties landed, with the Blues in particular creating a lot of great sport.
Biggest fish this week was a cracking 11lb 7oz Rainbow landed by David MacIntyre from Glasgow on a home-tied lure, in his 2 for 13lb 8oz, Martin Conroy (Larbert) 3 for 17lb including a 9lb 12oz Rainbow and 2 Browns and Gary Waugh, Airdrie, 4 for 14lb including a 6lb Blue. Over the course of the week Ronnie Loos from Stirling caught 23 for 59lb including 1 Brown and 9 Blues, the biggest of which was 6lb, Danny Doherty (Denny) 5 for 14lb 8oz including 2 Blues and a Brown and D West, Cumbernauld, 5 for 14lb including a Brown and 2 Blues.
OTHER FISHERIES
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) A change in the weather has brought down the water temperature, encouraging the bigger fish to become more active. Very good bags were taken from the top of the water on a floating line with buzzers, Claret Hopper's and Daddies. Small nymphs are taking some good bags, fished on a long leader very slowly. Yellow Dancers and Vivas have had some very good results again this week. Come up and give it a go, the loch is fishing very well.
The biggest fish last week was taken by James Moffat from Denny who caught a splendid rainbow that weighed in at 12lbs 4oz. Some of the week's best catches included Ian McGregor from Falkirk - four fish for 18lbs, David Hartley from Alexandria - four fish for 12lbs 12oz, Frank Rankin from Bishopbriggs - two fish for 10lbs and dam Allan from Kincardine - three fish for 10lbs 12oz. Jack Valentine from Larbert - two fish for 10lbs 4oz, Ian Young from Grangemouth - two fish for 9lbs 14oz, Pat Castles from Cumbernauld - one fish for 5lbs 14oz and Brian Godfrey from Shieldhill - two fish for 7lbs.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) It was a fabulous week on the Specimen Pool with no fewer than SEVEN double figure fish coming off. The biggest fell to the charms of a Black & Green Tadpole fished by John Michie from Dunfermline and this specimen tipped the scales at 15lbs 2oz. Other double captors included Mark Blackman from Oakley with one at 13lbs on an Orange Fritz, Bob McHardy (Carnoustie) caught one at 12lbs 2oz on an Olive Damsel and Danny McCallum (Kirkcaldy) had one at 11lbs on a Black Bunny Leech. Jim Tait from Forfar had a brace of biggies - one at 12lbs and the other at 11lbs 8oz on a Green Pea and lastly John Greenan (Perth) took on at 10lbs 10oz on a GRHE. Also doing well were George Baillie & Co from Linlithgow with 11 for 82lbs - best 9lbs 12oz.
The surface activity has been good on the Bankside Pool all week and Jim Dickson from Arbroath took 11 on a Black Parachute dry fly. John Kennedy and party from Glasgow had 28 for 62lbs 4oz on Bloodworm and dries, Bob Giachetto & Drew Young (Monifieth) had 5 for 15lbs 12oz on the Flashback Damsel and Brian Stewart (Dundee) took 4 for 10lbs on the Black CDC.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) The 16 anglers fishing the MacMillan Cancer Relief Comp on Saturday caught 38 fish for 84lbs 2ozs and raised over £1600 in sponsorship for the charity. A good day's work! Ronnie Leuchars took 1st prize with 8 fish to 17lbs. He got a shock when he found one of the 2 brook trout stocked at Newton around 2 years ago, at 1/2 lb. The fish weighed 2lbs 8oz on Saturday! Dai Carruthers took 2nd with 4 -12lbs and Mark Chalmers and Iain McLeod took 3rd= with 4 - 10lbs 20oz.
Gordon and Katherine are giving anglers a special deal in October. Anglers fishing weekdays can bring a pal for free, on any of the tickets. The fishery is also starting a new Winter League, running from October to February. Any angler weighing in a 3 fish basket will be eligible, and the top 5 baskets every month will get free entry to a grand final in March, with a substantial cash prize. Fish at Newton are coming well to mini lures now, with the blob starting to feature in the returns, along with a Newton Favourite, the Damsel.
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Bowmore European Flyfishing Championships
8th - 12th September
OPENING DAY CEREMONY
The normally quiet Main Street in Bowmore on the Isle of Islay reverberated to the stirring sounds of the Islay Pipe band as they led the parade of competitors down from the famous Round Church to Bowmore Distillery home of the event's sponsor.
Immediately behind the pipe band were over 100 children from schools from all over the island who were dressed as either a trout or a fishing fly and what a fantastic sight this was as they snaked their way fish like down the historic street.
Then came the teams themselves led in alphabetical order by Belgium and taking up the rear position was host country Scotland led by a proud team manager George MacKenzie.
There was a huge welcome given to Fernando Mihailescu who is representing Romania single handed as their angling federation could only afford to send one representative. The big Romanian said ''I am extremely moved by this wonderful reception and am looking forward to the event getting underway on Wednesday,''
There were speeches of welcome from SANA International organiser, Neil McCarry, Bowmore Distillers sales and marketing director Kenneth McKay followed by the official opening of the event by James Ferguson, president of Fips-Mouche. The flags of each country were ceremoniously placed at the podium where they will remain for the duration of the competition and then it was the turn of Scottish team manager George MacKenzie to read the Olympic ideals of fly-fishing.
At the reception following the ceremony representatives from the teams involved were unanimous that this was by far the best opening ceremony they had ever been at. The English team members stated that this had been a brilliantly organised opening ceremony and manager Ian Greenwood said ''I've been at fly-fishing championships all over the world but this opening ceremony was quite unique - simply the best I have experienced.''
DAY 1
The first day of the Bowmore European Fly Fishing Championships got off to an absolute scorcher of a start with a change in the weather that saw bright skies, hot sun instead of the wild, windy conditions that the experts had predicted.
In fact at the lunch break at Ballygrant, Jimbo, our man on the spot spoke to French team member Caleri Yann and two of his supporters who simply could not believe that the weather was so Mediterranean. One said ''This is not Scottish weather - where is the wind and the rain?'' Good question
Anyway the conditions certainly made fishing conditions tricky to say the least but at the end of the day the Italians lead the team event with a total placing score of 53 points. But the great news is that Scotland lies in second place with 54 points and that is just about as close as it gets.
Remember this event is decided on the placings points system and what we have at present is that with a five man team and two fishing sessions the Italians have averaged a 5.3 place points per angler whilst the Scots are hard at their heels with only a .1 of a total placing point behind. You simply cannot get any closer than that. The much fancied French have 66 points, the also fancied Czech Republic squad has 67 but the English are well behind in ninth place with 80 points.
But tomorrow is another day and the local experts are pretty certain that some much rougher weather is heading in from the Atlantic. If this is the case then it must be good news for the host nation but watch out for improved placings from the Irish who can really produce the goods when the going gets tough on the weather front.
DAY 2
There was yet another dramatic change in the weather with day two seeing the competitors having to constantly switch tactics to match a mixture of bright sunshine, strong winds at times accompanied by torrential rain.
After a tough morning session Scotland were lying first equal with Poland. But as everyone realised, the severe weather conditions, that saw two lost nets and a Swedish competitor taking swim at Gorm, were likely to throw up some surprises in the results.
At the end of the second session Poland had retain their morning lead but the big story was the revival in English fortunes with them clawing their way up from day one's ninth position to lie comfortably in second place with 123 total placing points. Scotland had a bit of a struggle in the afternoon slipping back to third place but are still sitting comfortably with 128 points.
The Belgium side, who are always a danger improved from eighth place to fourth with 131 points but Italy, the leaders from day one have slipped back to fifth place with 140 points.
In the individual rankings day one leader Stefano De Martini has fallen back into fifth position, Scotland's Derick Logan has improved from sixth to fourth and is still strongly fancied. Stephane Vincent from France improved from fourth to second but a tremendous performance from Jozef Lach from Poland saw him rocket from place fifteen right into the top slot.
FINALS DAY & RESULTS
The European Fly Fishing Championships was an absolute nail biter right up to the very last few moments writes Jimbo who was on Islay covering the event.
At the end of the day the gold medals went to the Polish contingent, Scotland took silver and the English squad picked up the bronze. But what an absolutely brilliant result this was for the boys in blue led by team manager George MacKenzie. Not only did the team put in a tremendous performance but members Derick Logan from Coldstream and Willie Fulton from Greenock picked up individual awards. Derick, Mr. Consistency himself, was placed sixth at the end of day one moved up to fourth place on the second but came through strongly in the final session to take the silver gong. Willie had a brilliant final day taking 8 fish that gave the placing points and fish number advantage to take the bronze medal.
In the team event things were so tight that only six placing points separated Poland and Scotland and it was down to a mere two point margin between Scotland and England for the host nation to take the silvers.
The weather couldn't have been better for such a prestigious event ranging from Mediterranean style on Wednesday, bright sun, wild winds and torrential rain on Thursday finishing off on Friday with perfect mild warm conditions that produced some exciting fishing. Wednesday was a difficult day that saw the Italians coming out tops with 53 points with Scotland hard on their heels with 54 and Poland lay third with 63. At this stage the English were well down the list with 80 points. Thursday's conditions really did suit the home countries with England and Scotland lying second and third but the Poles showed just how consistent they are but producing some great results on all the lochs to take the lead.
The last session on Friday morning was as just about as tight as possible but despite producing some of the best individual performances over the three days the Scots were pipped by yet another sterling Polish performance. But had the Poles caught only one fish less then the Scots would have taken gold under the total placings scoring system. One of the Polish team caught a fish on his second last cast on the final session and this was enough to get the points advantage. Tough - but that's fishing
Team manager George McKenzie said ''this was an absolutely brilliant performance from the squad who have worked so hard as a team - they thoroughly deserve this great result and I am extremely proud of each and every one of them.''
Editorial by Jim Boyd
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Scottish fisheries reports courtesy of www.flyfishingscotland.com
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) This week has produced a mixed bag in terms of both weather and fishing, culminating with a very hot bright and still weekend which still managed to show a reasonable catch return. Given half a chance there are fish to be had on or close to the surface - it must not be too bright and it must not be too windy in that order. Best methods are either intermediate lines with Damsels or Cats Whisker or possibly an Ace of Spade type patterns or floating line with Buzzers fished mid-water - these tactics have been working even in the bright conditions over the weekend. If it goes dull at all it's well worth some dries or traditional stuff on the surface, given a bit of ripple - Kate Mclaren or the Bibio. Cooler nights have started featuring in the weather pattern over the last week which I am hopeful will stop the water temperatures from climbing back to the levels seen earlier in the month.
Heaviest fish for the week goes to Cupar Angling Club member Sandy Robertson who had a 7lb 2oz rainbow on a snatcher fished mid-water.
Amongst the best club returns were Newtyle & Meigle Angling Club had 53 fish for 110lb 11oz, Cupar Angling Club had 25 fish for 60lb 11oz, Leslie & Glenrothes Angling Club had 32 fish for 72lb 1oz and the SSEB Angling Club had 36 fish for 75lb 7oz.
Prospects - well, it would be nice to get some cool weather and rain, wouldn't it? But things are starting to pick up as long as it doesn't get too hot again.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) Amongst the better returns last week were Mr. Beaton from Rothesay with a cracking rainbow that tipped the scales at 10lbs and this fine specimen was taken off the bank at the south end of the water. Mr MacElchern from Lochgilphead had 10 fish weighing 16lbs 10ozs on a Brown Muddler, Balloch angler Joe France from Balloch caught 8 for 12lbs 4ozs on the Ace of Spades and the Viva and Mr. Kennedy (2 anglers) from Glasgow used small black flies from a boat to take 19 fish for 29lbs.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Anglers have had to adapt to the changing conditions during the past five days with the water temperature dropping 3 degrees, due to the colder evenings and stronger breezes. The fish have responded by becoming a lot more active in different places and although the biggest catches have been on the smallest of flies lately there has been some huge hatches of flies in the channel and under the trees at the east side giving the buzzer boys a lot of fun. Sunday early morning saw the loch coming alive with fish and swallows competing for flies and larvae, with good catches taking place all day the drop in water temperature has been well appreciated. Mr. J Paton from Auchtermuchty used the Bibio Hoppers and Diawl Bach to catch 3 for 9lbs and Mr Fulton, Glenrothes used small hoppers to take 3 for 8lbs. Mr I Ramage from Cupar had a nice specimen of 3.5lbs on a very small Kate McLaren, J Wilson, Dalgety Bay had 2 for 6lbs using dry flies. Local lads G Stewart and G Davidson, Newburgh, both had 3 each, Stewart catching on Dry flies and Davidson on buzzers.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The biggest fish caught last week was a nice 12lb rainbow bagged on a Gold Bead Daddy by Bert Holden from Glasgow. Gus Notman from Erskine took 5 for 9lbs 5oz on a Damsel and Graham Bicker (Kilmarnock) took 10 on C+R on an Olive Suspender Buzzer. Other good catches came from Gregor Fisher from Glasgow with 7 on C+R up to an estimated 5lbs, Stewart Raebould (Johnstone) took 5 for 9lbs 12oz on a Diawl Bach and Brian Morgan had 3 for 5lbs 8oz on Buzzers.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) There were some cracking fish taken last week with Colin Brash from Mayfield taking the biggest on a Mini Cat and this weighed in at 16lbs 8oz. Chris Grey from West Calder had 3 for 17lbs – best 11lbs on an Orange Nomad, Terry Brennan (West Calder) had 3 for 15lbs 6oz – best 10lbs and J McKenna used a Nomad to bag a brace for 16lbs – best 9lbz 8oz. Jack Hay from Haddington used a Damsel Nymph to take an excellent rainbow of 10lbs 8oz and on a subsequent visit had a nice one at 9lbs.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) The week saw the weather swinging from one extreme to the other. Saturday and Sunday were very hot and then strong winds sprang up and were so bad on Thursday that the boats had to be cancelled. By Friday the weather was back to being very hot again. Considering these extremely difficult conditions, catches were actually very reasonable and a total of 358 trout, including 11 specimens, were landed.
The biggest fish of the week weighed in at a massive 13lb 3oz and it was caught by Tom Monaghan of South Africa. This was Tom's biggest fish by a long way and he took it on a Mrs. Simpson whilst bank fishing at Robin's Bay. Regular angler Mike Willis of Dunblane took the second double of the week and this specimen weighed in at 11lb 5oz. Mike was bank fishing and ended the day with a total bag of 7 rainbows for 22lb 6oz. Another regular angler Ronnie Mitchell of Fishcross, had a cracking fish of 9lb 4oz in a total catch of 6 for 17lb 4oz. Mr. Young of Denny caught the third really big specimen of the week, with it weighing exactly 9lb. Mr. Young and his boat partner caught 7 rainbows for 18lb and returned a further 8 trout.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The best patterns last week proved to be the Damsel, Buzzers, Daddies and the Dunkeld fished for best results on either a floating or intermediate line. The Centre 1 AC from East Kilbride had a good day out taking 30 fish for 86lbs – best basket from John Graham with 5 for 16lbs 10oz. Frank Malkiewcz from Tullibody had 5 for 22lbs 8oz – best 6lbs 8oz on a Damsel, Graham King (Perth) took 3 for 8lbs 8oz – best 4lbs 8oz on a Damsel and Harry Graham (Glenrothes) caught 8 for 27lbs on the Damsel. Also doing well were Crawford Millar from Tillicoultry with 7 for 19lbs and Mark Brownrigg (Callander) had 5 for 17lbs 8oz on a Black & Olive Nymph.
SWANSWATER A much more consistent week at Swanswater with some excellent fishing midweek and some superb bags taken. 388 fish averaging 2lb 10oz were landed with a good number of the total being 4lb to 5lb Browns along with some lovely Blues. Nymphs, especially Diawl Bach and PTN, were taking most fish with wet flies also doing well. The bright, hot conditions at the weekend called for lures to be used.
The biggest fish this week was a cracking 12lb 8oz Rainbow, landed by Ronnie Loos, Stirling, in his week¹s total of 38 fish for 90lb 4oz. Also amongst the heavier class of fish were Davy Neilson, Carronshore, 2 for 10lb 10oz including 8lb 10oz Rainbow, Mark Mercer, Menstrie - 8lb 2oz Blue, Martin Baranowski, Bridge of Allan - 7lb 1oz Blue, William Hyde 3 for 12lb including 2 Browns, the bigger at 5lbs and Ian Whitfield, Denny, 5lb Brown. Also doing well were Gordon Stewart, Falkirk, 4 for 12lb 8oz including 2 Browns, Danny Doherty, Denny 3 for 9lb 4oz, Brian Kerr, Stirling, 4 Browns for 15lb 10oz and Willie Martin, Stirling, 3 Browns for 11lb.
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The main loch continues to fish well during both the day and evening sessions with anglers having to vary tactics according to the ever changing weather conditions. Janice Hall & Ailsa Smith from Kinross had a good session taking 10 for 14lbs, all on the Kate McLaren and the Canmore AC from Dunfermline had a good evening outing with their 8 rods returning with 28 fish for 35lbs with the Silver Invicta being the top taking fly. The Discovery AC from Dundee had a successful day outing with their 18 rods managing a very credible 60 fish for 76lbs mainly caught on the Damsel and Dunkeld.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) The ABC&D angling club from Fife had a good outing with their two best catches coming from W Coulston who had a nice fish of 8lbs 12oz on a Mallard & Claret and W Watson took one at 5lbs 4oz. Also doing well were Mr. Graham from Dunfermline with 4 for 10lbs 12oz on the CDC and Mr. Richardson (Kirkcaldy) who had 4 for 10lbs 4oz – best 4lbs on an Olive Bumble.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) The best fish off the Specimen Pool last week was taken by ‘Mr Consistent’ – Jim Tait from Forfar and it weighed in at 14lbs 10oz with the Green Pea accounting for its downfall. The water is still gin clear and fishing well to all sorts of flies ranging from Buzzers to lures. Amongst the other good returns were Dave McCallum from Kirkcaldy who had 9 for 54lbs – best 9lbs 12oz on Buzzers, Frank McCabe (Monifieth) took 4 for 28lbs – best 9lbs on the Damsel and Keith Clark (Dundee) had 4 for 26lbs – best 9lbs 8oz on the Bunny Leech.
The Bankside Pool is fishing exceptionally well in the evenings with Hoppers and CDC’s taking the fish on a highly consistent basis. Jim Wood & Davie West from Broughty Ferry had 9 for 22lbs on Beaded Hoppers, Gilbert Cheetham (Monifith) took 4 for 11lbs on Blobs and Bob Geddes (Arbroath) caught 4 for 9lbs 12oz on the Daddy.
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BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) It's back to the west end of the loch for best results where casting into the lilies has been quite effective for some. Big fish alley was revisited on Sunday with a total of three larger fish coming to three different anglers representing three different angling clubs. First in was Jim Prentice from Glenochil Association with an 8lb 10oz rainbow. Then came Bill Salmond fishing with Edinburgh Flydressers who had an 8lb 14oz rainbow taken on an olive booby in mid water. But star of the show was 15 year old Callum Martin, fishing with Falkirk Kingfishers who netted a 10lb 6oz rainbow which took a damsel fished on an intermediate line. There was some debate concerning what his mother would have to say when presented with a mound of fish weighing around 20lb when he got home!
Amongst the top angling clubs were Balbeggie Angling Club (7 boats) with 33 fish for 79lb 12oz, Newtyle & Meigle Angling Club (8 boats) caught 45 fish for 125lb 7oz and the Canmore Angling Club (6 evening boats) managed 33 fish for 88lb.
Day sessions are still fishing better than evenings so we could be doing with a spell of more settled weather and warm evenings to get some more consistent rises
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) The Black Fritz, Buzzers and the Green Damsel have all worked well on the Fly Loch where the fish seem to spread pretty evenly over it. But two 'hot spots' have been the south bank points and the dam wall. There were some good catches last week with Mr. Beattie from Falkirk bagging a brace at 5lbs on the Black Fritz and Mr. Newbigging (Linlithgow) had a nice blue trout of 3lbs.
The Bait/Fly Loch has also fished well with the south bank points and dam wall being the best areas especially to anglers using maggots and green power bait. Those doing well included Mr. Allison from Larbert with 3 for 6lbs on maggots and Mr. Tyson had 6 for 8lbs 8oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The very bright weather made the fishing pretty hard going but despite this those who persevered with a floating line teamed up with the Claret Hopper, Damsel Nymph, Montana and Viva did well. John Nicholson from Bonnybridge had the biggest fish last week, a rainbow that tipped the scales at 5lbs 4oz. Also doing well were Grant Hendry from Falkirk with 2 for 7lbs, Steven Smith (Glasgow0 had 2 for 6lbs 6oz, Jim Curry (Balloch) took 4 for 11lbs 6oz and Jim Hamilton (Banknock) had 3 for 9lbs 4oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) There were some excellent catches taken last week but none more important than that made by six year old Richard Murray fishing with his dad for the first time. Using a 7-foot rod teamed up with a short leader and sight bob this fast learner soon had two cracking fish on the bank to weigh in at 5lbs. Also doing well were Michael McKenzie from Coalburn who used Buzzers to bag 2 for 6lbs, Mr. Kilpatrick from Stewarton had 2 for 5lbs 8oz on the Damsel and Hugh Munro (Ayr) took 2 for 5lbs. Also doing well were John Dunsmuir from Kilmarnock with a nice fish of 3lbs 8oz on the Buzzers and g Stevenson (Kilwinning) had 2 for 5lbs on the dry fly.
The bait pond has kept the anglers happy all week with regular bags of fish and Stevie Clark from Ayr used worm to take his 4 for 8lbs and I McMillan (Glasgow) used power bait to take 4 for 8lbs 8oz.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) The biggest fish taken off last week was a beauty of 11lbs 8oz taken on a Dawson's olive by Mr. Leitch from Edinburgh whose boat had 12 fish for 30lbs 8oz. Mr. McCallum & partners from Paisley shared 16 for 24lbs 8oz with the killing patterns being the Yellow Humungus, Mr. Keenan from Largs took 10 for 15lbs 4oz and on their second visit the Leitch party had 7 for 11lbs 8oz plus 10 returned and the best patterns were the Soldier Palmer and the Damsel fished at the Boathouse/Woodend shore.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Visitors have enjoyed the fishing this past week tremendously with the fly pattern changing from day to day. Some days the fish will only take buzzers and then with a small change in the temperature the next fly taking the fishes fancy could be hoppers or damsels. Getting it right for some has meant a big reward as there has been a encouraging appearance of bigger fish that live on the bottom coming up to cruise around on the surface, unfortunately for some finding what they will take has been elusive. Mr Bill Taylor, Dundee however got it right with a black and green shrimp landing beautiful rainbow of 11lbs that fought for nearly an hour. Mr. Wilson, Glenrothes had in his bag of 3 a blue at 4lbs 12oz and several large fish have been dodging in and out of the weed bank giving anglers headaches with their casting. Andy Colthart from Glenrothes had a good day catching 3 for 11lbs with one at 5lbs. The average fish size for the week is 2.7lbs
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) The fishing has been excellent with very good 'top of the water' tactics working well. The best fly patterns have been various Buzzers, CDC and Hoppers. Amongst the top catches were Dunfermline Railway Club with 31 for 57lbs 14oz, Mr. Lowe had 8 for 16lbs, Mr. Williamson took 10 for 24lbs and Mr. Thomson had 10 for 20lbs.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) It was a tremendous week for 'biggies coming' with no fewer than four being bagged. Tony Gribben from Linwood used a CDC to bag a beauty at 11lbs 8oz but 'fish of the week' catcher was George Milligan who won the heaviest fish prize in the bait competition with a specimen that tipped the scales at 11lbs 10oz. Casting supremo Jim Tomlinson from Prestwick used a wee Connemara Black to take a fish of 11lbs and Ian law (Neilston) also had an 11lb fish on a small Greenwell Spider. Boat anglers Graham Steel & Robert Bonner from Paisley shared 10 on C+R - up to 4lbs on the CDC and Jim Thomson (Glasgow) had 3 for 6lbs 8oz on the CDC. Charlie Marsano from Linwood won the bait competition with 11 fish for 21lbs 2oz, second placed was Robert Bonner (Paisley) with 8 for 16lbs 10oz and Mr. Weir from Glasgow came third with 7 for 13lbs 5oz.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) The biggest fish taken last week weighed in at 9lbs and was taken by Mr. Davy from Lochgelly on a Kate McLaren. Other good catches were taken by Mr. Goodland from Glenrothes with 4 for 11lbs 7oz - best 4lbs 4oz, Mr. Pace (Glenrothes) had 4 for 10lbs 2oz and Mr. Clark (Kirkcaldy) managed 4 for 9lbs on dries and returned a further 13 fish.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) There were plenty of good catches last week from the Specimen Pool with Edinburgh visitor Tom Duncan taking the 'fish of the week' at 11lbs on a Yellow Dancer. Also doing well were Jim Tait with 5 for 26lbs - best 7lbs on the Green Pea, David Jardine (Linlithgow0 had 4 for 20lbs 4oz - best 6lbs on the Green Sparkler Fritz and Brian Patterson (Edinburgh) took 4 for 21lbs 14oz - best 7lbs on the White Cat.
The Bankside Pool has also fished well with Graham Wood from Carmylie scoring this week on the dries catching 9 for 22lbs on CDC patterns. Featuring amongst the many good catches were Rod Holmes from Dundee with 12 on C+R, Lyall Robertson (Auchenblae) caught 4 for 7lbs 12oz on Buzzers, Bob McHardy (Carnoustie) caught 6 for 15lbs on Damsels and Mike Ellis (Dundee) took 7 on C+R.
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The Rotary Club of Scotland AC had a good outing taking 95 fish weighing 163lbs with Buzzers, Orange Blob and the Diawl Bach being the best taking patterns. Regular visitor Mr. Faulds from Lochgelly and partner had 12 for 20lbs 4oz mainly to the Damsel and the Darvel AC enjoyed their outing catching 74 trout for 127lbs 15oz.
LINDORES LOCH (Cupar) Some of the day sessions were very difficult but early morning and evening sessions have been excellent. During the last two weeks 1,402 trout have been taken including two brown trout that weighed in excess of 5lbs each. Amongst the many excellent catches were Grangemouth AC with 53 for 114lbs, Canmore AC had 23 for 42lbs, the Farmers AC caught 48 for 119lbs and Rothes Oak AC managed 35 for 73lbs.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) The fishing remains good with the water clarity hovering around the three meter mark and the temperature at 17.5 degrees centigrade. The weed beds are now beginning to establish and expand with this being a very good sign for the well being of the young growing fish. The stocked brown trout are feeding really well on zooplankton and getting the good start they need.
The best drifts are North Shore, North Buoy and Hole of the Inch but some productive corners being found daily depending on wind directions but have a word with the Pier staff for up to date daily information. Flies are still mainly lures but Buzzers doing well during the evening conditions. Some good fish reported at 5lbs plus including some very good brown trout. Early morning boats at the weekends are beginning to work and the evenings doing well but these sessions will really come on once the summer flies like the big buzzers and some sedges start coming off.
Amongst the angling clubs doing well were Aberdour Angling Club (8 boats) with 33 x Rainbow weighing 52lbs 1oz and 1 brown trout at 8ozs. Perth Angling Club (7 Boats) caught 33 Rainbow for 58lbs 12oz, Leslie Llanilar Angling Club (5 Boats) managed 19 Rainbow for 35lbs.
On the individual front Ewan Clark took 10 Rainbow weighing 20lbs, Messrs. Sharp & Nicoll shared 12 Rainbows for 20lbs 6ozs and returned 1 brown trout. Mr. Samson caught 9 Rainbows weighing 20lbs 8ozs.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) A very good week with three big doubles being recorded with the biggest at 13lbs from Ashley Logan of Leith who used a Black Fritz to tempt this fine fish. Andy Adshead from Edinburgh used a CDC Buzzer to catch one at 10lbs 8oz and Jack Hay from Haddington had a nice one of 10lbs on a PTN. Amongst the top baskets were members of the Northfield AC and G O'Conner had 3 for 12lbs 14oz - best 5lbs 8oz on the Damsel, A Wilson took 3 for 11lbs 12oz - best 6lbs 8oz on a Black Leech and M Brooks used the same pattern to take 3 for 11lbs 8oz - best 5lbs.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) Overall the fishing was very consistent during the last week with an excellent total of 628 trout, including 19 specimens being caught. Bright and hot weather conditions affected the first three days of the week but fish were still moving well on the surface. The biggest fish of the week was a beautiful specimen of 11lb 11oz and it was caught by Ian Galbraith of Kilbarchan. Ian was boat fishing when he took his specimen on a Coch-y-Bhondu and intermediate line.
Without a doubt, the best catch of the week was taken by Toy Jannsen of the Netherlands, who was float tubing in the Lagoons. Toy ended the day with 10 rainbows for 21lb, including a specimen at 4lb 8oz, and returned a further 10 fish to the water. All his fish were taken on a floating line teamed up either with a small Damsel nymph or Soldier Palmer. This excellent catch was nearly equalled by regular angler Mr. Mike Mullen of Kilmarnock who had 10 rainbows for 17lb and a further 10 returned.
Many anglers were getting good bags of between 5 and 8 fish per permit. However the most successful anglers found that it was important to keep changing their retrieve from fast to slow to get consistent catches.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) The fishing conditions were strange last week being very tricky during the day but fantastic at night. The trout have been rising spectacularly in the evenings, and after the caenis hatches have been very obliging.
Looking to midsummer, Newton's first all-nighter takes place on Saturday 28th June, midnight 'til 6am with a large and deserved breakfast to follow. Names are now being taken for this popular shindig.
Amongst the best returns last week were T. Beecher from Kilconquhar with 3 for 7lbs 4ozs, J. Brown (Boarhills) caught 3 for 7lbs 4ozs, Leven angler W. Dickson had 3 weighing 7lbs and Neil Small (Dundee) took 4 for 8lbs 8ozs.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) Depending on the weather conditions it has been either a floating or intermediate line teamed up with small dries, PTN, Buzzers, Damsel and the Yellow Dancer. The Falcon FFC from Larbert had a good day out taking 29 fish for 62lbs 8oz with Willie Barr having the heaviest basket of 6 fish for 12lbs 8oz. Greg Lockhart from Dunblane took 5 for 19lbs 8oz - best 8lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer, Eric Gilbert (Linlithgow0 had 5 for 15lbs 8oz - best 6lbs 2oz on the PTN and Eric McCallum (Glenrothes) took 3 for 10lbs. Also doing well were John Wotherspoon from Stirling with 3 for 7lbs 12oz on the Butcher and Jock Esplin (Bonnybridge) caught 5 for 13lbs 4oz on the Diawl Bach.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) There was a lot of excellent sport to be had last week Buzzers, Nymphs and wet flies fished just under the surface taking the majority of the 414 fish landed this week. A further 44 fish were caught and released on the small ponds. At the weekend anglers had to go deeper for their fish and small lures, such as Cat¹s Whisker and Dancers were doing well. The average weight was 2lb 6oz with the Browns averaging around 3lb 6oz.
The biggest fish landed this week was a 10lb Rainbow taken by Nan Morrison, Stirling, on a PTN in her bag of 3 for 14lb which also included 2 Tigers. Also doing well were Philip Brown from Edinburgh who took a 9lb 8oz Rainbow and a Brown in his 2 for 13lb 2oz, Jim McKirdy (Blackburn) had 5 for 18lb 12oz including a Rainbow at 9lb 7oz and Allan McLachlan (Plean) had a 8lb 14oz Rainbow and 4 Browns, biggest at 4lb 8oz, in his week¹s total of 21 for 58lb. Martin Baranowski from Bridge of Allan had a brace of browns for 8lb 4oz, Sandy Jenkins (Carronshore) took 3 for 10lb 2oz including 2 Browns and Stuart Sutherland (Kirkintilloch) caught 2 Browns and a Tiger for 8lb 8oz.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) Last week 390 trout were landed with an average weight of 3lbs 4oz and 34 fish were returned on Catch & Release. The largest rainbow was a monster of 14lbs caught by John Watson from Falkirk in his bag of 5 fish for 25lbs 8oz. The largest Brown weighed in at 4lbs 12oz for Sam Fullerton from Stirling in his basket of 4 fish for 13 ¾lb and the largest Blue at 6lbs was taken by Wallace McLean (Moodiesburn) in his basket of 5 fish for 17lb.
The 3 lochans are all fishing very well. Best flies this week - Buzzers, PTN, Pheasant Tail, CDC Dries, Silver Humungus and White Minkie. Bait anglers have found wasp grubs worked well.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Calder) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) The warmer evenings have brought a few more folk out and the fish to the surface, albeit sporadically. On occasion the fish have been hard to tempt when rising, a common occurrence at this time of year it has to be said but the day anglers have been having some good sport on the buzzer and this should be set to continue. The average weight of the fish is nudging 2lbs 8oz and anglers are commenting very favourably on their fighting qualities. The south shore of the Loch has been producing a lot of fish over the last couple of days.
There were two big fish taken last week with Ron Lamberton from Broxburn taking a 9lb 10oz rainbow on a home tied lure and Mr. Price from Bromley had the heaviest of the week with a 10lb 6oz rainbow taken on a black lure.
The angling clubs were out in force and amongst the top catches were Balbeggie Angling Club (7 boats) with 33 fish for 79lbs 12oz, Newtyle & Meigle Angling Club (8 boats) caught 45 fish for 125lbs 7oz and Canmore Angling Club (6 evening boats) took 33 fish for 88lbs.
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) On the Fly Loch the best patterns have been the Damsel, Black Fritz, Buzzers and Yellow Dancer fished for best effect at the southern end of the loch. Mr. Beattie from Armadale had 2 fish for 6lbs on the Black Fritz but during the week a lot of big fish were seen.
The Bait/Fly Loch has also fished well with the south bank points being best where Green or Orange Power Bait and maggots have resulted in good catches. Mr. McNee and four friends had a great outing bagging 28 fish for 44lbs all caught bottom fishing with Power Bait.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The better weather has seen some excellent 'top of the water' fishing with a floating line teamed up with the Claret Hopper, Damsel, Montana and the Yellow dancer all working well. The biggest fish last week was a cracker of 14lbs caught by John McNaught from Glasgow. Roy Henderson from Falkirk had a nice trout of 3lbs 8oz, Steven Narbourgh (Comrie) had 2 for 6lbs 8oz, john Galbraith (Glasgow) managed 3 for 19lbs and Steven Limbert (Cumbernauld) took 4 for 10lbs. Also doing well were John George from Falkirk with a nice rainbow of 3lbs 8oz, Ian Smith (Cumbernauld) took 2 for 7lbs 8oz, Graham Wilson (Stirling) had 2 for 7lbs and Colin Thomson (Bonnybridge) had 2 for 6lbs 7oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) The Johnnie Walker club form Kilmarnock had an excellent outing with the 6 rods taking 7 fish for a combined weight of 42lb, caught on lures dries and buzzers. Fred Johnstone from West Lothian had 2 nice fish for 5.5lbs on an olive sedge, Steven Jess from Dalmellington had 2 fish for 6lbs and went on to release several more on a White Fritz and P, S and B O'Hara all enjoyed their day catching 2 fish each for a combined weight of 16lbs on a red headed damsel.
The bait pond has fished well all week with regular full bags being caught. Brian Davidson from Blantyre had 4 fish for 7.5lbs on power bait, James Findlay from Irvine had 4 for 6.5lbs on a maggot fished two feet below the surface and Stewart Findlay, also from Irvine had his 4 fish for 7lbs on a bottom fished maggot.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) J Duncan's party of 10 from Alva had a good outing taking 50 fish for 106lbs 8oz including one at 7lbs 8oz - best patterns were the Black Zonker and the Copper Zonker. G Hobbin from Lesmahagow caught 8 for 12lbs 6oz, Mr. Allan's party of 22 from Callander took 63 fish for 101lbs and J Kuzyszyn (Preston) caught 8 for 12lbs 12oz on an Orange Cat at the south end. Mr. Marshall and party from Renfrew had 19 fish all returned.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) It was an interesting week as for three days sub-surface
buzzers were the way to catch the fish but as the weather warmed and the breeze dropped, a huge natural fly hatch seemed to make the fish switch to surface flies overnight. Lee Tobin from Kinglassie had 2 for 5lbs and Peter Wood (Leven) had 2 for 5lbs both using Buzzers. D McGilchrist from St. Andrews had 3 for 7lbs using a Damsel whilst his fishing partner Ian Murray (St. Andrews) got 3 for 6.5lbs on a Pheasant tail Nymph. Out with his young son for a couple of hours Neil Kelly from Glenrothes had used a single hopper to bag a brace weighing 7lbs. Average fish size for the week is 2lbs 4oz.
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) It was a good week up in the Lomond Hills with Messrs. King & McLellan from Leslie using Hoppers to take 8 fish for 19lbs 8oz and Messrs. Richardson 7 Miller from Kinross took 8 for 18lbs also on the Hopper. Mr. Gibb from Lochgelly used Buzzers to bag 4 for 10lbs and Messrs. McGregor 7 Clark (Kirkcaldy) had 21 on C+R - best estimated at 4lbs on the dry.
The brown trout only Harperleas (catch and release only) is performing well with Messrs. Cassells & Banks from Paisley catching 20 - best estimated at 3lbs 8oz and Messrs. Sommerville & Paterson caught 15 - best 2lbs 8oz on traditional patterns.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) The water clarity on the Specimen Pool has decreased this week due to the much warmer weather but the catches have been good although the double figure fish have been elusive. The best fish this week was an 8lbs rainbow caught by Jim Tait from Forfar and included in a basket of 8 for 42lbs. Also doing well were John Campbell from Montrose with 4 for 20lbs - best 6lbs on a Silver Shuggie, William Brand & party from Dumbarton took 11 for 46lbs - best 7lbs and Charlie Walls (Monifieth) had 4 for 16lbs - best 5lbs on a Millennium Bug.
The Bankside Pool continues to fish well with the best fish last week being a cracking brown trout that tipped the scales to 6lbs and was caught by Mr. McKay from Dundee on a Gold Head Damsel. Also doing well were Adam Caird from Arbroath with 16 on C+R, Brian Longmuir (Arbroath) had 12 on C+R and Davie Muir & party from Monifieth took 9 for 20lbs - best 3lbs on the Shipman's Buzzer.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The biggest fish taken last week was a cracker of 8lbs 14oz caught on a Damsel Nymph by Ian Bryden from Linwood and was included in a brace weighing 10lbs 13oz. John Holden from Irvine had 3 for 6lbs 8oz on a CDC and returned 8, David Locke (Johnstone) returned 8 on the CDC and Gordon Bruce (Glasgow) caught 3 for 6lbs 6oz on Buzzers. Also doing well were Jim Tomlinson from Prestwick who used Buzzers to catch and release 18 and Mr. Gallacher (Paisley) caught 3 for 6lbs 2oz on the Damsel.
INVERAWE FISHERIES (Argyll) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) COMING LATER.
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The warmer, calmer weather has seen the anglers out in force and there have been plenty of limit bags. Alan Smith from Kinross and Dick Sneddon from Blairhall both using floating lines and Black Buzzers had 16 fish for 30lbs 8oz. Pony Moore from Rosyth used a small Olive *IPN to take 6 for 17lbs 2oz and the Dunfermline AC had a good outing with their 4 boats catching 47 fish for 78lbs
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) An absolutely fantastic week with no fewer than seven great doubles coming off. A G Reid from Penicuik had a brace weighing 22lbs comprising of rainbows of 12lbs & 10lbs and Ian Evans from Edinburgh did even better with two trout weighing 23lbs 8oz - best 13lbs 8oz - both were taken on Buzzers. Paul Rae from Hawick had the biggest of the week - a whopper of 14lbs that was taken on a Buzzer and was included in a basket of 3 for 22lbs 8oz. J Gray from the Osprey FFC used a Black Taddie to take 3 for 19lbs 15oz - best 13lbs and J McFernie (Shotts0 had 3 for 16lbs 8oz - best 11lbs on the Damsel.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) After the fantastic fishing of the previous week things just got better and better over that last seven days, with an incredible total of 741 trout, including 29 specimen fish, being landed. Conditions were excellent on most days and fish were moving well all over the loch. The biggest fish of the week weighed in at 12lb and it was taken by Mr. Cruickshank of Denny whilst boat fishing at the Dam. Mr. Clegg of Ochiltree was bank fishing at Robin's Bay when he took his biggest ever rainbow, a cracker of exactly 10lb. Regular and expert angler, Jim Corbett of Stepps had a perfectly proportioned rainbow of 8lb 8oz from the Mound, an area that has been producing a particularly large number of specimen fish over the last few seasons.
The top boat of the week was definitely Messrs. Hepburn and Nicholson of Falkirk/Stirling. They killed 1 rainbow for 3lb 12oz and returned a near record breaking total of 47 other rainbows. All the fish were taken from the Bannock Bay on Goldhead Damsels that were stripped in very fast. They even stopped fishing by mid afternoon, as the fishing was so easy!
Although there were a good number of big bags of fish taken, catches were well spread out with many anglers taking between 6 and 8 fish for their trip. With the more settled weather conditions there have been some excellent evening rises and dry fly or buzzers being particularly effective.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) The evening rises have been spectacular with the Hare's Ear, Shipman's Buzzer and the Black CDC proving to be the most successful flies. Amongst the best catches were B Ross from Forfar with 4 for 12lbs 12oz, Bill Watson (Glenrothes) took 5 for 11lbs and G Sinclair (Lundin Links) caught 4 for 10lbs. F Milne from Arbroath had 3 for 7lbs, W Westwater (Freuchie) caught 3 for 7lbs and Mr. Jackson (Dundee) took 2 for 6lbs.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The Central Scotland Police had a good outing catching 49 fish for 109lbs with their best catch falling to Stewart Marshall who had 6 for 19lbs 8oz - best 8lbs 8oz. The floating line is still best especially when teamed up with a small Damsel, Fritz, PTN, Buzzers and dry flies. Also doing well were Rab Mitchell from Menstrie with 9 for 18lbs 8oz, Colin Ritchie (Cardenden) had 3 for 8lbs on the Damsel and John Hamilton (Stirling) took 2 for 8lbs 12oz on Buzzers. Col. Eric Woodman from Perth had 5 for 14lbs on a Black & Green Fritz and Jock Esplin (Bonnybridge) had 3 for 8lbs on the PTN.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The fishing through the week was very good with the high temperatures and bright sun at the weekend making things a bit harder but no complaints from anglers though as they enjoyed topping up their suntans! Some excellent sport and some great bags making up the 404 fish landed with another 35 caught and released. No double figure fish this week, but plenty of variety in both size and colour of fish caught. Buzzers, Bloodworm, Gold-head nymphs, especially PTN and Hare¹s Ear, Spiders and Hoppers were the favourite patterns with many fish being taken just under the surface. During the really bright, hot spells lures were needed to tempt the fish up from the depths.
Andy Henson from Glasgow had the biggest fish of the week with an 8lb rainbow included in a basket of 5 fish for 16lbs 12oz. Ronnie Loos from Stirling had 10 browns - best at 4lbs 8oz and a 4lb 4oz tiger trout in his weeks total of 20 for 62lbs 4oz.J Snaddon from Falkirk had 2 browns and a bronze trout for 8lbs and Alan McLay (Plean) took 2 browns for 8lbs on one visit and a great 6lb brown trout on his next visit.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) Wellsfield Trout Fishery, Denny saw another week of sport when over 400 trout were landed over the week with an average trout weight of 3lb 2oz. The 3 lochans are all fishing very well indeed. The largest rainbow was 12 ½lb for Tom Lasswade from Perth, largest Brown was 5lb for Ian Brown (Denny) and the largest blue at 4lbs 8oz was caught by Andy Lafferty (Cardonald). Surface fishing with hoppers and buzzers has been exceptional this week. Evening Sessions are in full swing producing fantastic sport. Small nymphs fished deep have worked well on the brighter afternoons. Dry flies are doing very well with many naturals hatching. Best lures this week were Mini Cat Whisker, Orange Fritz and Silver Humungus. Bait anglers have found wasp grubs and worms fished deep best.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Calder) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) The biggest fish last week was a rainbow at 5lb 8oz taken on a buzzer in the evening session. Amongst the angling clubs who had successful outings were Dundee Angling Club (7 boats) with 40 fish for 86lbs, Stanley Fly Dressers (5 boats) caught 20 fish for 47lbs, Pitlochry Angling Club (4 boats) had 17 fish for 39lbs 2oz including a brown trout at 3lb 8oz and the Forth Valley Angling Club (3 boats) managed 28 fish for 64lbs. The Stormontfield Angling Club (4 boats) had a great outing catching 34 fish for 78lb 1oz.
Owner Rick Knight says ''We are still looking forward to some settled weather to settle the fish. It's good one day and challenging the next just now, but the average weight is now well over 2lb and our customers are remarking on the fighting qualities of the fish! For tactics, it's still 'either - or'….lures or buzzers, with the occasional mention for Black Pennell, Kate McLaren or Bibio coming into the frame for evening fishing.
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) On the Fly Loch the Shell Back Damsel is proving to be far the best of the patterns especially when fished either at the south bank point or off the east bank. The best catch last week was recorded by John Balderston from Linlithgow who used a Damsel to take 3 for 8lbs with the best being a blue trout of 3lbs.
Green or Orange Power Bait has been best on the Bait Loch but maggots have also picked up a few good fish. The best fishing areas have been the north point and the west bank dam wall where Mr. Polland from Bathgate managed to bag 8 for 15lbs on maggot.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The weather has continued to be very changeable but despite this some good baskets of fish have come off. The floating line is still working the best especially when teamed up with the Damsel, Orange Fritz, Montana, Viva and the Yellow Dancer. The biggest fish taken last week was a splendid rainbow of 12lbs 2oz caught by Len Hadlow from Tillicoultry. Other good catches were taken by Stuart Davidson from Falkirk with 3 for 6lbs 8oz, James Fife (Alloa) had 3 for 8lbs, Ian Mullen (Cumbernauld) has 3 for 9lbs and Robert Harley (Denny) managed 2 for 6lbs. Robert Stevenson from Fallin caught 2 for 6lbs 1oz, John Goodall (Stirling) had 3 for 7lbs 8oz and William Dowell (Fife) took 3 for 8lbs 12oz.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross) NO REPORT THS WEEK.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) The anglers have had a great week with the words ''on top, dry flies and floating lines'' being in everybody's vocabulary. Mr. J Duncan visiting from Dayton, Ohio had a fantastic evening with his friend catching 6, returning a further 6 all on the Vivas and Montana, 2 of which were beautiful blue trout weighing in at 3lbs each. D McGilchirst and Ian Murray from St. Andrews had 4 using a selection of small black and green flies on floating lines with 2 of the fish weighing in at over 3lbs each. S Laverty from Methil and R Duffin (Leven) used the Daiwl Bach to catch 3 each at 2lbs+ per fish. Strathmiglo angling club had a good night on Sunday with all catching their limit using nymphs and buzzers and Master C Muir from, Glenrothes, age 10 had 3 for 7lbs 8oz using Olive Buzzers.
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) There were some very nice catches off last week including Mr. Fisher from Cardenden with 4 for 10lbs 8oz, Messrs. Blane & Mazer from Glenrothes had 8 for 21lbs - best 5lbs and Messrs. Barn & Dryburgh also from Glenrothes took 8 for 17lbs 2oz - best 5lbs. Mr. Brown from Lundin Links had a good session on Drumain Reservoir catching 4 for 13lbs 6oz - best 5lbs.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) The water clarity is improving on the Specimen Pool and smaller flies are now working well. Alan Carlyle from Monifieth took the week's only double a cracking rainbow of 15lbs 8oz that took a Silver Humungus and was included in a basket of 3 for 27lbs. Eleven year old Josh Anelli from Arbroath used a Green Pea to land a nice fish of 8lbs 12oz. Also doing well were Jim Tait from Forfar who on four visits had 15 for 79lbs - best 7lbs on the Green Pea, Scott Corbett & Co (Aberdeen) had 18 weighing 88lbs 12oz - best 7lbs and Jim Doyle (Montrose) took 4 for 18lbs - best 7lbs on the Black & Gold Bunny Leech.
Season ticket holder, Rod Holmes from Dundee fished every day last week catching over 50 fish mainly on an Epoxy Buzzer fished under a sight bob. Also doing well were Graham Wood from Carmylie with 6 for 16lbs on Buzzers, Bob McDonald (Newbigging) caught 4 for 8lbs 12oz on the Black Taddie and Brian Longmuir (Arbroath) managed 4 for 8lbs on the CDC Daddy.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) There were three great doubles taken last week with Steven Fairbairn from Irvine using a Green Damsel to take the heaviest at 11lbs 12oz, John Anderson returned a beauty of 11lbs and Alex Reid from Johnstone had one at 10lbs 8oz on a Red Head Damsel. The Bonnybridge AC had a good outing catching 16 fish for 35lbs with the best weighing in at 7lbs. Mr. Hall from Paisley had 2 for 6lbs 8oz, Mr. Copeland took 3 for 6lbs 8oz and Gerry Riorden, Glasgow caught 2 for 4lbs 8oz. The top taking flies are the Re Headed Damsel, Cats Whisker, Yellow Dancer and the Silver Humungus.
INVERAWE FISHERIES (Argyll) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) COMING LATER.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) There were two big double figure rainbows caught last week with Mr. Anderson from Alva taking the best with a cracking fish of 12lbs 2oz that was included in a basket of 8 for 22lbs 6oz. Mr. Marno from Tyndrum had 7 for 19lbs 12oz with a Black Zonker accounting for his best that tipped the scales at 10lbs 12oz. Also doing well were Mike Spear from Rothesay with 1 fish for 2lbs + 5 returned, all to the Zonker and James McMillan (Cumbernauld0 had 10 for 23lbs 9oz including a beauty of 9lbs 1oz on the Copper Zonker.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The best patterns of late have been the Gold Head Damsel, the Green Montana, Orange Blob and the Green & White Cat. The Main Loch continues to fish well with Pinkertons AC from Glenrothes taking 63 fish for 90lbs. John Kennedy & David Black from Dunfermline had 16 for 23lbs, Mr. Airnes (Clackmannan) had 4 for 10lbs on the Buzzer and P Barrett & boat partner (Glenrothes) caught 16 that weighed 24lbs 8oz.
LOWER FRANDY (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
MARKLE (East Lothian) It was an absolutely fantastic week for 'biggies' with no fewer than 5 heavyweights being caught. Scott Milne from West Barns had the heaviest at 17lbs using a Dancer, John Dickson (Edinburgh) used a Buzzer to bag a beauty at 16lbs and Jack Hay (Haddington) caught a nice one at 13lbs 8oz on a Damsel. Dick Sinclair from Bonnyrigg took one at 12lbs on a Damsel and George Sutherland (Gala) had one at 13lbs on the Buzzer.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) Tom Maguire from Anstruther is the new holder of the Newton "Watson Shield". He took the prize with a limit bag of 5 fish weighing 14lbs 4ozoz but his thunder was rather stolen by junior angler Jordan Grubb from Ceres who came in second in his first ever competition with a bag of 5 fish for 13lbs 12oz. Brian Ross was Forfar was third placed with a creditable 4 fish for 12lbs 12oz.
Fishing generally has been coming into summer form as the weather has settled slightly towards the end of the week. The Newton fish are literally rising to their summer reputations, fighting ferociously and really starting to feed naturally. Black flies are still dominating as the sedge hatches are beginning, but Hare's Ears and Pheasant Tails are also doing the trick.
Other good catches came from T. Livingstone from St. Andrews had 5 for 13lbs, W. Westwater (Freuchie) took 3 for 8lbs and D. Jackson (St. Monans) caught 3 for 7lbs.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The Castle AC from Stirling had an excellent day out taking 57 fish for 117lbs 12oz with their top angler being William McVee for 6 for 15lbs 2oz. The floating line is still tops with Buzzers, PTN and the Damsel all doing well. Those featuring amongst the best catches included Crawford Millar from Tillicoultry with 8 for 20lbs on the Damsel, Robbie McRobbie (Tillicoultry) had 3 for 8lbs on Buzzers and Harry Graham (Glenrothes) managed 8 for 17lbs 8oz.
SWANSWATER Stirling) The bright conditions at the weekend spoilt what was otherwise a tremendous week's fishing during which 383 fish averaging 2lb 10oz were taken with another 30 plus being caught and released. Buzzers, Bloodworm, and small Nymphs were having the best results. A wide variety of fish are now being stocked and caught - Rainbow, Brown, Blue, Green, Golden, Tiger, and Bronze Trout! Ian McGregor, Falkirk, won himself a voucher for a day ticket by taking a bag of 5 different varieties - Rainbow, Blue, Brown, Green and Tiger - for 15lb 6oz with the Blue around the 5lb mark.
The biggest fish of the year so far, an absolutely cracking Rainbow of 17lb 12oz gave Grant McCauley, Duntocher, his second double in four weeks and made up a bag of 5 for 27lb 6oz. The fish, which had a superb tail, was caught in the shallow area behind the island and put up a real battle. Also amongst the bigger class of trout was Tam Ryan, Menstrie with a 10lb Rainbow in his 5 for 19lb 4oz, Alec and John Wotherspoon (Stirling) shared 8 for 28lb with John taking a rainbow at 9lb 8oz, Colin Wise (Menstrie) caught 5 for 19lb 12oz, including a 9lb 4oz rainbow and Gordon Rae (Carronshore) took a 9lb 2oz rainbow. Kevin McGuire from Cowie had a brace weighing 8lb 12oz from the Meadow Pond - best 7lbs, Peter Baranowski (Bridge of Allan) caught a beautiful 6lb 6oz blue trout and John Tennent (Carstairs) had 2 for 9lb 2oz best a 6lb 2oz blue trout. Alan Smith from Cumbernauld had a brace of browns weighing 9lbs with the heaviest tipping the scales at 6lbs.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) Last week 410 trout were landed and a further 22 fish were returned on Catch and Release. The 3 lochans are all fishing very well indeed with 9 out of 10 anglers catching their bag limit with an average trout weight of 3lb 5oz. Amongst the catches were rainbows, blues, steelheads and brown trout. The largest trout caught this week was a cracking 13lb 2oz rainbow by Stephen Boreland (Airdrie) on a black buzzer. Intermediate lines or floating lines with a long leader worked best with Orange Dancer, White Fritz, Goldhead Damsels and Craftye Cats working best but Buzzers and Czech Nymphs are also taking plenty fish. Bait anglers have found wasp grubs and floated maggots are working well.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Calder) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BEECRAIGS LOCH May interim - still up and running
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) No change in the changeable weather has kept things much the same, with an intermediate line with ace of spades or damsel nymph the favourites. In the better conditions the buzzers continue to do well. Fish are well spread now so the best areas will depend on the prevailing wind. The north shore and the west bays continue to be good.
The big fish are back in force! Andy Young and Mark Sturrock, fishing with Agilent Technologies Angling Club on Friday evening, both had fish of 12lb 10oz, our heaviest for the season to date. Andy got his on a Lead Head Damsel and Mark's was on a mini Ace of Spades, both fished on intermediate lines. Ninian Fotheringham, also from Agilent had a 6lb 2oz fish and another two six pound plus fish were caught over the weekend, one to a Centre One Angling Club member on Saturday and another to John Wotherspoon from Fife on Sunday.
Other good catches came from the Agilent Technologies Angling Club (5 boats) with 26 for 86lb 2oz, the Catch 22 Angling Club (5 boats) had 35 fish for 91lb, Centre One Angling Club (7 boats) took 47 for 114lb and the Aberdour Angling Club (10 boats) managed 58 for 131lb 15oz.
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) On the fly loch a lot of fish are being taken on the Damsel and the Yellow Dancer and the top fishing areas have been the south end and the east bank. Amongst the best baskets were Mr. Swan from Bathgate with a nice trout of 3lbs 12oz on a Buzzer and Mr. Murray (Bo'ness) used a Cat's Whisker to tempt one at 4lbs.
The bait/fly loch is also fishing well with Green or Orange Power Bait and maggot accounting for the bulk of the fish and although the fish are being taken all over the north point has fished exceptionally well. The fly anglers have done well here with Mr. McFarlane from Rosyth taking a nice 3lbs 8oz fish on a Montana and John Mallay (Bo'ness) landed a fine 4lb rainbow on a Hare's Ear.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Despite the very changeable weather the lochan has fished very well with a floating line teamed up with an Orange Fritz, Damsel, Montana and small nymphs taking good bags especially when fished on a long leader. Grant McKinnon from Blackford caught a great rainbow that tipped the scales at 15lbs and well done David Kirk from Carron who picked £100 for catching a Yellow Tagged rainbow. Other good catches were reported by John McNaught from Baillieston with 4 for 12lbs, Steven Jarvis (Cumbernauld) had 3 for 9lbs and Robert Goodsir (Denny) had a brace for 8lbs 8oz. Steven Hunter from Banknock had 2 for 7lbs 8oz, Ian Young (Grangemouth) caught 2 for 7lbs 12oz and Steven Flaherty had a nice specimen of 3lbs 8oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) There were some prolific rises last week when the conditions were right with buzzers hatching off in great style. This suited 'Buzzer' Bill McIntyre from Ayr who had several fish on Red & Black and Olive Buzzers and John Cree from Ochiltree had a good evening session using a finely dressed PTN. Also doing well were Peter Gray from Sanquhar with a fine specimen of 8lbs and George Young from Darvel used a Cat's Whisker to take a brace weighing 6lbs. Willie Campbell from Kilmarnock used a Damsel Nymph to bag a nice brace with the best tipping the scales at 6lbs.
The bait pond produced excellent baskets of fish with Yeisha Young from Sorn using a float fished maggot to catch a couple and David McBlane from Kilmarnock had 4 for 8lbs on the worm.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Now that the winds have abated, anglers will be able to enjoy some real sport fishing for hopefully summer has arrived. The bigger class of fish are now being caught but unfortunately most, haven't been able to get into the boats as the anglers have either not had strong enough line, or with the wind the fish have managed to get round the anchor rope. Catches have been excellent with most anglers getting their 3 fish and most anglers returning a few. Pete Fleming from Methil and friend had 5 for 19lbs all on green and black flies, Mr. J Stewart (Perth) had 3 for 12lbs and claims that a huge blue trout just came up from the bottom, swallowed his fly then swam away spitting it out right in front of him. Mr. Hunter from Windygates had 3 for 12lbs and Mr. B Thomson (Glenrothes) caught 3 for 10lbs.
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) Despite the cold windy conditions there were some great bags taken last week and 15 year old John McInally from Johnstone caught 4 for 8lbs 2oz and returned a beauty of 12lbs. Also doing well were Billy Gallacher from Elderslie with 3 for 7lbs on the CDC, George Wighton (Bonnybridge) caught 5 for 11lbs 4oz on the Red Head Damsel and Alex McLean (Elderslie) had 4 for 8lbs 12oz on the CDC. D Ritchie from Northern Ireland returned 13 on the Olive Buzzer, Hugh Gilliland (Howwood) used an Olive Suspender to take 8 on C+R and Davie Locke took 6 on C+T up to 6lbs using an Olive CDC.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) There were some nice catches off last week including Mr. Welsh from Cardenden with 8 for 18lbs 4oz, Mr. Christie from Glenrothes caught 4 for 12lbs - best 5lbs on a Soldier Palmer and Messrs. Low & Hamilton from Leslie took 8 for 21lbs - best 5lbs 8oz on the Green Fritz.
INVERAWE FISHERIES (Argyll) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) It was a great week on the Specimen Pool where no less than six doubles were caught bring the total tally for the year to 125. The biggest at 19lbs 2oz was caught by John Campbell from Montrose, Gilbert Cheetham (Monifieth) took one at 13lbs 12oz on an Orange Cat and Rod Holmes (Dundee0used an Orange Fritz to bag one at 12lbs 12oz. Charlie Suttie a retired Spey ghillie from Rothes had one at 10lbs 7oz on a JC Viva, Craig Ferguson & Andrew Jopling (Glasgow) had 10 for 56lbs - best 10lbs 8oz and Jim Cuthill (Carnoustie) caught 3 for 23lbs 12oz - best 13lbs on the Green Pea.
The Bankside Pool has fished well with lots of buzzers emerging on the surface. Amongst the many good catches were Brian Hogan & Andy McLeary from Monifieth with 8 for 18lbs on the CDC, Jim Donnachie (Dundee) took 7 for 13lbs - best 3lbs on the CDC and Doug Easson (Dundee) had 8 for 20lbs on the Black Buzzer.
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The main loch is fishing well and Messrs. Smith & Jenkins from Kirkcaldy had a good outing weighing in 8 fish for 13lbs 5oz, the Alexanders FFC from Falkirk had a good outing catching 158 fish weighing 22olbs and the St. Clair AC from Kirkcaldy landed 48 fish for 87lbs 8oz. The recommended fly patterns for next week include the Gold Head Damsel, Viva, Hardy's Gold Butcher, Black Pennell and the Morning Glory.
LOWER FRANDY (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) COMING LATER.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) The best areas last week were the Green Grassy Bank, the Narrows and Woodend House where the Yellow Humungus, Black Zonker, Copper Zonker, White Cat and the Fritz Viva did best. Amongst the many good catches were Mr. Turnbull from Alva with 10 for 15lbs, Bill Kennedy (Glasgow) took 10 for 28lbs - best 11lbs 6oz on a Viva and Brian Buchanan (Glasgow) caught 8 for 12lbs 8oz. Also doing well were Malcolm Robson from Morecambe with 10 for 21lbs on the Black Zonker and Mr. Hastie (Glasgow) had 10 for 20lbs plus 5 returned on the White Cat.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
MARKLE (East Lothian) It was an excellent week with no fewer than 4 doubles going into the record books. R P Sleight from Edinburgh used a PTN to catch one weighing 12lbs 7oz and J Hay (Haddington) took a beauty of 13lbs 8oz on a Damsel Nymph. George Sutherland from Kelso had two the biggest at 13lbs and the other at 10lbs, both on Buzzers and the Jewel AC from Edinburgh had a good outing catching 16 fish for 54lbs.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) The warmer weather got the best rises of the season going and the first hawthorn flies are around resulting in some excellent dry fly fishing. The biggest fish of the week was a cracker of 11lbs 8oz taken by Derek Renton from Glenrothes and the best basket went to B Muir (Edinburgh) with a nice brace weighing 9lbs. Other good catches were returned by W Westwater from Freuchie with 3 for 8lbs, W Dickson (Leven) had 3 for 7lbs 4oz, T Livingstone (St. Andrews) caught 3 for 8lbs and J Westwater (Leven) had a nice brace weighing 5lbs 12oz.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The very windy conditions made fishing a bit tricky last week but those catching good baskets found the Damsel, Yellow Dancer, Fritz, Buzzers and tiny Black Flies to be effective. The British legion AC from Cumbernauld had an excellent outing catching 50 fish for 111lbs with David Lewis taking the best basket of 5 fish for 12lbs 8oz. Other excellent catches included Tom Russell from Alloa with 5 for 16lbs 12oz - including 2 rainbows that weighed 4lbs 12oz each and Mark Dermott from Ireland had a nice trout of 5lbs 8oz on a small yellow fly. Also doing well were Garry Mathieson from Alloa with 3 for 9lbs 8oz on Buzzers, Tom Allan (Tillicoultry) had 3 for 7lbs 8oz on the Cat's Eye and Jim Donnelly (Tillicoultry) took 3 for 7lbs 8oz on Buzzers. Billy Grant from Crieff had 6 for 14lbs 12oz on Buzzers and 8 year old David Smith (Erroll) used a Damsel to take 3 weighing 5lbs 12oz.
SWANSWATER Stirling) It was an excellent week with no fewer than 431 fish caught and over 80 released. Davie McGuire from Banknock, fishing from the boat, took the new record Blue Trout with a superb fish of 6lbs 12oz and Alan Weir from Plean had a beauty of a brown at 5lbs 14oz that is the biggest taken so far this season. However the biggest fish of the week was a cracking 9lbs rainbow that was caught by Allan McLachlan from Perth. Also doing well were Sandy Ireland from Lochgoilhead with 5 for 13lbs, Michael Frize (Balfron Station) caught 2 for 8lbs from the Millpond with the best tipping the scales at 6lbs and John Lawson (Bannockburn) had a great 8lbs 11oz rainbow.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) Wellsfield Trout Fishery, Denny saw another excellent week of sport. The 3 lochans are all fishing very well indeed with 9 out of 10 anglers catching their bag limit with an average trout weight of 3lb 4oz. Troutmaster Entries this week included 3 double figure specimens - Paul Mitchell from Westquarter landed a monster 14lb 7oz rainbow on Tuesday in his bag of 5 for 22 ½lb, A Craig (Fallin) had 4 for 22 ½lb - best 12lbs and Rab Anderson (Stenhousemuir) landed a cracking 10 ½lb rainbow in his bag of 5 for 20lb. W Farrel from Falkirk took a nice 7lb 8oz rainbow in his bag of 5 for 16lb.
Intermediate lines or floating lines with a long leader worked best with the Yellow Dancer, Pink Fritz, Hot Head Damsels, Montanas, Buzzers and Snatchers all taking plenty of fish. Bait anglers have found wasp grubs and worms are working well.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Calder) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BEECRAIGS LOCH May on Beecraigs Loch has got off to a flying start with anglers bringing to the scales some amazing baskets of fish. Beecraigs regulars Bob Rintoul and Robert Taylor caught their 12 fish limit that tipped the scales at 46lbs. 3ozs and included in this catch was Bob's best rainbow weighing in at 20lbs 7ozs and taken on his Kendal's Gold Flasher. This lure was named after his granddaughter Kendal who was born that morning and weighed in at 8lbs. 2ozs. All in all a successful day for Mr. Rintoul. Not to be outdone his boat partner had a fine wild Brownie of 3lbs 14ozs taken on a Yellow Lure.
Danny Tennant, G. Cooke and S. McEwan have caught the best basket of trout so far this year when their 12 fish tipped the scales at an incredible 80lbs. 4ozs. Danny had the best fish on the day with a beauty of a rainbow of 20lbs. 4ozs caught on the Cat's Whiskers. Fishing on the same day was Professor Owen from Cardiff who was on his first visit to the loch. He arrived with salmon fishing tackle and hired a trout outfit from fishery staff. On returning to the Fishing Lodge some 3 hours later he weighed in 4 Rainbows for 32lbs. 8ozs including a personal best fish of 17lbs 4ozs caught on an Ally's Shrimp. Jim Christison and J. McGonagle's catch of 77lbs 1oz included fish at 11lbs 5ozs, 12lbs and 15 lbs. They used intermediate lines and found the fish to be about 18 inches down just of the dam wall. Their best flies were a Black Cat and a Nomad.
The average weight of trout at the moment is a healthy 2lbs. 3ozs.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Despite the dreadful weather the fishery produced some very good baskets of fish with a floating line working best. The Orange Fritz, Damsel Nymph, Montana Nymph are taking the bulk of the bags but on the warmer days Buzzers are doing extremely well. The biggest fish taken last week was a splendid rainbow of 13lbs 4oz caught by Stewart Halpen from Banknock. Also doing well were Tom Quinn from Cumbernauld with 2 for 7lbs 12oz, Jim Stewart (Stirling) had 2 for 6lbs 12oz - best a 3lbs 8oz blue trout and Adam Allan (Kincardine) managed a nice brace weighing 7lbs 4oz. Also doing well were Allan McClelland from Bonnybridge with 4 for 12lbs 2oz, Steven Hunter (Banknock) caught 2 for 6lbs 12oz and Robert Goodsir (Denny) had 2 for 8lbs.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross) The best flies have proved to be the Silver Humungus, Damsel and Buzzers fished for best effect on either a floating or intermediate line. There were lots of double figure fish taken off last week with Dave Winn from Kennoway taking the heaviest at 12lbs. Mr. Catignani from Kirkcaldy had a brace weighing 15lbs --best 11lbs 12oz, Mr. Fulton (Perth) had 3 for 17lbs - best 11lbs and Colin Simpson (Alloa) took 7 for 33lbs - best 10lbs. Also doing well were Robert Brown from Lundin Links with 7 for 33lbs - best an 8lbs blue trout and Ken Fenton (Kirkcaldy) had 2 for 13lbs - best 8lbs 8oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) There were some big fish taken off last week with Laurie Taylor from Bothwell taking two big doubles - the heaviest weighed in at 11lbs 14 and the other at 10lbs 12oz and were included in a basket of 4 fish for 26lbs 2oz. Laurie's top taking flies were the Orange Blob and the Rainbow Sparkler. Bob Wilson from Stirling had 12 for 25lbs 7oz - best 9lbs 8oz and Ian Wallace from Kilbirnie used an Orange Damsel to bag 10 for 22lbs 8oz - best 9lbs 8oz. Other good catches came from Roddie McLean from Stewarton with 7 for 12lbs 4oz on the Damsel and Mr. Cowell (Alexandria) had 10 for 13lbs 12oz on the Bibio and Kate McLaren.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) The extremely windy conditions kept the anglers away last week but those who ventured out enjoyed fairly decent catches. The McGregor brothers from Kirkcaldy used the White Fritz to some effect catching 8 fish weighing 18lbs 8oz, Mr. Thomson (Dunfermline) took a nice 5lb rainbow on a Buzzer and Mr. Smith (Glenrothes) had 4 for 11lbs 8oz - best 4lbs 14oz on a Damsel.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) A very quiet week due to the cold windy conditions but during the calmer spells anglers have found the Red Head Damsel, Booby Nymph, small dark Buzzers and various Fritz lures working well. Danny Quigley from Johnstone had 2 fish for 4lbs 14oz, Mr. McInally (Paisley) caught 2 for 3lbs 8oz, G Whitton (Glasgow) took a nice fish at 3lbs 8oz and Mr. Skinner caught 3 weighing 6lbs.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
INVERAWE FISHERIES (Argyll) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) COMING LATER.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
LOCH FITTY (Dunfermline) The main loch is fishing well with the Hardy's Gold Butcher, Pearly Invicta, Dunkeld and the Morning Glory all catching plenty of fish fished for best effect on an intermediate line. The Hepburn family from Ballingry had a good day out catching 18 fish for 27lbs with Frank Hepburn, a Scottish Internationalist, well pleased with his 5 with the best going to 3lbs. George Black & William Davis from Condorrat had a good day using a Damsel Nymph to boat 16 for 26lbs.
LOWER FRANDY (Glendevon) There were some excellent catches reported last week with Allan Bernard from Tillicoultry taking 10 for 21lbs 10oz including browns up to 3lbs 12oz. Mr. Summers (Edinburgh) caught 5 for 8lbs 6oz, Al Merton (Crook of Devon) had 3 for 6lbs 6oz - best 2lb 8oz brown and the Milngavie A/C took 18 fish for 30lbs.
MARKLE (East Lothian) The heaviest fish taken last week was a cracker of 17lbs caught on a Dawson's Olive by Scott Milne from West Barns. Ian Moffat from Edinburgh had a 10lb 8oz specimen in a bag of 3 for 16lbs 8oz and J Russell (Prestonpans) used a PTN to take a nice 8lb fish. Also doing well were J Bryant from Edinburgh with 3 for 13lbs on the Orange Nomad and M Marshall (Edinburgh) caught 3 for 11lbs on a Yellow Dancer.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) The extremely strong, cold winds and torrential winds throughout most of the week made fishing extremely difficult. However, overall catches held up incredibly well and a total of 465 trout, including 15 specimens were landed. This total is especially good, as the wind was so strong that the boats were cancelled all day on Thursday as well as Sunday and Monday evenings. Even when the boats were allowed out the water was very rough with only Saturday having reasonable conditions.
The biggest fish of the week weighed in at 5lb 6oz and it was caught by expert angler Fraser Ritchie of Kilmarnock. Fraser ended the day with 2 fish for 10lb 2oz and a further 11 returned to the water. All his fish were taken on a Damsel nymph.
Anglers had to work hard for their fish but those who were able to cope with the conditions, or had a bit of luck on their sides, were regularly taking bags of between 6 and 8 rainbows. Throughout the week the boats were mainly confined to the Bannock Bay and Osprey Bay and the fish were mostly feeding about two feet down. The bank anglers were finding fish in all the usual hotspots but everything really depended on the wind speed and direction.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The very cold conditions has seen a reduced angling activity but those venturing out are finding the Damsel Nymph, Buzzers, Fritz, PTN and the Yellow Dancer doing best. The Menstrie A/C had a good outing catching 56 fish for 136lbs 12oz with James Louden using a Kate McLaren to take the top basket of 6 for 17lbs 8oz. The Swanswater Cygnets - a junior angling club - also had an excellent visit taking 14 fish for 31lbs 8z with their top rod being Robert McCulloch with 3 fish for 8lbs 6oz on a Damsel. Other good catches came from Bill Dawson from Dollar with 5 for 14lbs 4oz on the Olive Fritz, Grant McKinnon (Blackford) took 3 for 8lbs 8oz on the Okey Dokey and Harry Graham (Glenrothes) caught 8 for 20lbs 8oz on the Damsel. George Austin from Errol had 5 for 12lbs and Mike Noble (Blairingone) took 5 for 12lbs on the PTN and Buzzers.
SWANSWATER Stirling) The fishing was consistently good last week despite the blustery conditions and heavy showers. An incredible 482 fish were landed this week, including several on catch and release, with an average weight of 2lb 8oz. The Brownies seemed to particularly like the windy conditions making up almost 20% of fish landed and creating a lot of sport by following flies right in to the edge of the ponds. Small lures, buzzers and wet flies fished on an intermediate line gave the best results.
Iain Watson, fishing with Vale AC from Alexandria, took the biggest fish this week with a cracking 15lb 8oz Rainbow. The Club did very well bagging 43 fish for 131lb 3oz, including 3 Browns for 10lb 4oz for Donald Hughes, Stuart McGhee caught 2 for 7lb 8oz including a 5lb blue. Scott Young had 5 for 16lbs 4oz including a 6lb 12oz rainbow and a 4lb 10oz rainbow was included in for John Cameron's catch of 2 for 7lbs.
Also doing well were Grant McAuley from Duntocher with 14 for 38lbs 2oz including 3 browns - biggest at 4lbs and a 3lb 8oz blue trout. Allan McLachlan from Plean took 28 for 75lbs 12oz, over several sessions including a 7lb 12oz rainbow and Graeme Neilson (Falkirk) had 5 for 13lbs including a 4lb brown.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Calder) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) Again the changeable weather has made things slightly more challenging but those anglers hitting on the right tactics on the day are doing well. The tried and tested intermediate line with small lure patterns, Damsel or Montana variants is a sound starting point. The best fishing areas have proved to be the west end of the loch closely followed by the north shore.
If last week was 'big fish' week then this week wasn't too bad either. Mr Ross from Edinburgh had an 8lb 12oz rainbow on Wednesday and runner-up for the week was Tay boatman Jock Tait, on a fisherman's busman's holiday, who had one at 10lb - I think he was joking when he said he got it on a 28gm Toby! - he later changed the story to a Montana gold head. Star of the show were Leslie & Glenrothes Angling Club members, Raymond Anderson and Jim Fleming fishing the north shore on Saturday when they got in amongst 'em. Raymond had a limit basket of 6 fish for a staggering 29lb 14oz including a fish at 11lb 6oz, one at 7lb 3oz and another at 5lb 15oz taken on either a damsel or a Montana rabbit fished on a slime line.Other good catches came from Raymond Anderson from Glenrothes with 6 fish for 29lb 14oz, Leslie & Glenrothes AC (6 boats) 41 fish for 112lb 7oz and Perth Anglers (6 boats) managed41 fish for 81lb 9oz
Lure tactics seem to be holding the balance just now. Rises are sporadic and buzzers are working at times but not consistently. Keep an eye on the weather and come when it's not too blustery.
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) The Yellow Dancer is working really well on the Fly only loch but other patterns worth a swim include the Viva, Black & Green Cat's Whisker and the Damsel Nymph. There are a couple of 'hot spots' worth mentioning these being the south end and the north west point. Featuring amongst the best catches were Mike McPhillips from Linlithgow with 7 for 15lbs 8oz on a Black & Green Cat's Whisker and Mr.McGill (Bo'ness) had a nice one at 4lbs 8oz on a Silver Invicta. Brown and blue trout are now being stocked in this lochan.
Fish are being taken from all over the Bait/Fly Loch but the Quarry Rocks and the north point are excellent for fly fishing. Green or orange Power Bait proved to be the top bait by far last week. Those doing well included John McGregor from Armadale with a fine brace weighing 4lbs 8oz on Green Power Bait and Mr. McNee (Linlithgow) had 8 fish for 16lbs 8oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Despite the weather having been very changeable the floating line is still best. Buzzers are proving brilliant during the right conditions but the bulk of the catches are falling to the likes of the Orange Fritz, Damsel Nymph and the Montana all fished very slowly. The biggest fish taken last week was a cracker of 18lbs caught by Alistair Bruce from Cumbernauld. Also doing well were William Findlay from Falkirk with 3 for 8lbs 4oz, Sandy Brown (Haggs) took a brace weighing 10lbs, James Gray (Dennyloanhead) caught 3 for 8lbs 12oz and Robert Tuddengham (Banknock) managed a brace for 6lbs 12oz. Also featuring were Robert Graham from Baillieston caught 4 for 11lbs, James Moffat (Denny) had a brown trout of 6lbs 8oz and on a second visit Sandy Brown took a brilliant brown that tipped the scales at 8lbs 8oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) Despite the intermittent wet weather the past week has been a record as far as numbers of anglers are concerned with anglers coming from far and wide like Mr Lindsay of Aberdeen who took lovely trout on the dry fly for just over 5lbs. I Wilson from the Borders, Brian Stobie (Kilbirnie) & S Cochran (Cumbernauld) all had their bag limits.
The Dumfries Arms angling club had 12 members fishing with notable catches from Josie Donis with 4 fish for 12lbs with one fully finned specimen weighing in at just over 5lbs mark. Alan Walsh had four nice fish for 10lbs on a Nomad and bloodworm but a special mention to Jacko, the Treasurer who had the dubious pleasure of blanking, but still managed heaviest catch hooking fellow angler Gus.
W Campbell from Kilmarnock had 4 fish on a cats whisker for 11.5lbs, first time visitors Robert Williamson from West Kilbride and friend, Middleton fishery owner John Dixon had good sport with a total of 6 fish for 15lbs on a small gold head Fritz. 6 year old Brian Maxwell had four lovely fish on the bait pond for 7.5lbs.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) The very windy weather at the Goldenloch has been hampering the anglers but by late afternoon the wind seems to abate and the fish have been responding
mostly again this week on Green or Black flies with the occasional fish being caught on olives. Alec Wilson, Glenrothes used a Black Fritz to take 3 for 12lbs 10oz returning 6 exclaiming that he had his best ever days fishing, even with the wind turning the boat round every 10 minutes. Mr Meikle from Pitlessie had 3 from the bank for 10lbs on a Black Buzzer
returning a further 3 and newcomer S Wilson (Buckhaven) used an olive damsel to catch 3 for 7lbs. P Fleming from Leven had 2 for 5 lbs on a Black & Green Fritz.
GLENSHERRUP (Glendevon) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) There were some excellent catches off last week with pride of place going to Mr. Hamilton from Beith who had 3 fish for 16lbs 8oz - 6lbs 8oz, 5lbs 8oz and 4lbs 8oz. George Whiting from Bonnybridge had 5 for 10lbs 8oz on the CDC and Alex McLean (Elderslie) used a CDC to bag 3 for 6lbs 6oz. Also doing well were John Bicker from Kilmaurs with 17 on C+R using Buzzers and a Hot Head Damsel and casting expert Jim Tomlinson (Prestwick) had 7 also on C+R.
The monthly bait competition was a big success with the competitors weighing in 118 trout. The winner was T Houston from Glasgow with a great catch of 13 for 29lbs 2oz - best 4lbs 4oz and George Milligan came second with 11 for 22lbs 12oz. Eddie McDonald from Johnstone took the prize for the heaviest fish with a nice rainbow that tipped the scales at 4lbs 6oz.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) The Kats Whisker A/C from Glenrothes had a good outing and despite the very windy conditions there 10 rods had 28 fish for 70lbs 9oz - best 5lbs 12oz caught on a Blue & Purple Damsel. Also doing well were Mr. Naylor from Leslie with 3 for 10lbs 8oz - best 5lbs 8oz on the Green Fritz and Mr. Knox (Kinross) with 4 for 10lbs - best 5lbs 4oz on a Damsel.
INVERAWE FISHERIES (Argyll) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) It was another fine week of sport on the Specimen Pool with five doubles coming off. Jim Tait from Forfar had a terrific fish of 21lbs that was included in a bag of 4 for 43lbs 12oz with one of those tipping the scales at 12lbs 8oz. On another session Jim had fish of 12lbs 6oz and 11lbs on the Green Pea and the Cat's Whisker. Hugh Bainer from Kings Barns had 4 for 22lbs - best 10lbs 8oz on a Silver Humungus, Kevin McIntosh (Montrose) took 2 for 14lbs 12oz - best 9lbs 6oz on a Bunny Leech and Stewart McLean (Penicuik) had 6 for 32lbs - best 9lbs 6oz.
The evening rises on the Bankside Pool are now phenomenal providing terrific sport and Graham Wood from Carmylie proved this by catching 9 for 22lbs - best 4lbs during several sessions last week. Also doing well were Derek Birse from Forfar with 4 for 11lbs - best 4lbs, Stewart Watson (Broughty Ferry) had 4 for 8lbs 12oz on the Copper Buzzer and Doug Easson (Dundee) caught 4 for 9lbs on Black Buzzers.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) The top fishing areas have been the Reed Beds, the Boathouse to Woodend House Shore and anywhere around the narrows. The top taking list of flies includes the Cat's Whisker, Orange Fritz, Black & Green lures and the Orange Blob. Amongst those doing well were L Smith from Falkirk with 10 for 19lbs 8oz taken mainly on the Pink Fritz and the Yellow Dancer. Also doing well was T Allardice from Blairgowrie with 5 for 17lbs 12oz - best 11lbs caught on a Montana fished on 5lb line from a floating line.
LOCH FITTY. (Dunfermline) The top taking patterns last week included the Kate McLaren, Black Pennell, Bibio, Connemara Black and the Dunkeld but on the better weather days Buzzers on a floater has been a good tactic. The Specimen Bay continues to fish well and last week airline pilot David Steven from Auchtermuchty had a good session using an Ace of Spades and a Cat's Whisker to take 4 for 20lbs 2oz.
LOCH LEVEN (Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) COMING LATER
MARKLE (East Lothian) Jackie Hay from Haddington had a great session last week taking two double figure rainbows that brings his double total so far this season to 16. Jackie used a Buzzer to take the biggest at 15lbs and a Damsel bagged the smaller at 12lbs. J Franklin from Prestonpans was also in amongst the doubles with a 14lb fish featuring in his bag of 3 for 19lbs and Frank Rawlings (Edinburgh) had 3 for 13lbs - best 8lbs 8oz on Buzzers. Also doing well was T Baxter from Prestonpans with 3 for 10lbs on the PTN.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) Strong winds and very heavy rain made fishing extremely difficult on a number of days throughout the week. However, catches held up surprisingly well and an excellent total of 486 trout, including 18 specimen fish were landed. The biggest fish of the week was an over wintered beauty of 9lb 8oz caught by David Hemphill of Cambuslang who ended the day with a total bag of 9 rainbows for 23lb 9oz including another specimen of 4lb 2oz. Mr Alec Laird of Carronshore took an excellent rainbow of 7lb in his bag of 5 trout for 13lb 8oz. However the top rod of the week was without a doubt Michael Mullen of Kilmarnock. Michael took a limit bag of 10 rainbows for 20lb, including a specimen of 5lb 6oz, and incredibly returned a further 17 fish to the water. All fish were taken on a size 10 Damsel. On top of this, two double figure fish were independently witnessed as being lost at the net.
By the end of the week the heavy rain that had been falling meant the loch had come up just over two feet and the water level is now perfect for fishing. With higher water temperatures, fish are now well spread out and all areas are fishing well. Brown trout have now started to regularly feature in catches and a high number of them have been over one pound in weight.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The best methods have been to fish a floating line teamed up with Buzzers, Damsel Nymph, Bloodworm and various Fritz patterns. The Glenochil A/C from Tullibody had a good outing catching 68 fish for 149lbs 11oz with Greg Lockhart taking the top basket of 6 fish for 17lbs. Also doing well were William Henry from Airdrie with 5 for 15lbs on the PTN, John Pirrie (Fallin) had 5 for 12lbs on the Damsel and Jim McCormick from Tillicoultry also used a Damsel to bag 4 for 9lbs 12oz. Crawford Millar from Tillicoultry caught 5 for 13lbs and Tom Adams (Alva) had 3 for 10lbs 8oz.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The cheekiest and most consistent angler this week was the osprey that has discovered the rearing ponds make an excellent take-away restaurant! The human anglers also enjoyed excellent sport all week at Swanswater with some superb bags being taken. Many regulars are now coming in several times a week and catching large quantities of fish. 403 fish with an average weight of 2lb 9oz were taken this week with the Brownies averaging around the 3lb mark. At the end of the week when it was wet and breezy, lures such as Damsel, Dancer, and Cat¹s Whisker were all catching well, but earlier in the week Buzzers and wet flies such as Kate McLaren, Butcher and Invicta were doing the damage. Amongst last weeks best catches were Ronnie Loos, Stirling, throughout the week, took a total of 37 fish for 85lb 8oz including 6 Browns. Murray McLay from Stenhousemuir had the biggest fish of the week, a rainbow that tipped the scales at 9lbs 10oz and Robert Bruce (Stirling) caught a brace weighing 9lbs 2oz - best 7lbs. Allan McLachlan from Plean had five visits taking 17 for 46lbs 8oz including 8 brown trout - best 4lbs 8oz, Justin Brake (Edinburgh) caught 2 browns for 6lbs 8oz and Gregor Fleming (Lawfield) had 5 for 13lbs 8oz.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) The Fly Lochan has fished well with those using the Damsel, Pink Fritz and the Orange Fritz doing well especially when fished at the southern end of the fishery. Bob Rintoul from Bathgate had 3 for 8lbs - best 4lbs, Mr. Graham (Philipstoun) used a Viva to bag a nice one at 4lbs 8oz and a member of the Linlithgow A/C had a fine 5lbs 8oz specimen. The Bait Lochan is also fishing well with last week's top catch falling to John Thomson from Bo'ness with 10 for 23lbs using Power Bait. Either Green or Orange Power Bait is good especially when fished around the north point.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Despite the very changeable weather the lochan has fished well with the floating line teamed up with the Orange Fritz, Damsel, Montana and small nymphs doing best. The top catch last week fell to William Ewart from Loanhead with a brace of rainbows that tipped the scales at 10lbs. Other good baskets came from Ian Trock from Newcastle with 4 for 14lbs 12oz, William Dowell (Fife) had a brace for 8lbs 8oz and Ian McNaught (Glasgow) caught 4 for 13lbs. It was a great week for the youngsters with nine year old Calum Farquhar from Edinburgh taking 2 for 6lbs 2oz and 11 y/o Rebecca O'Rielly (Bonnyrigg) had a nice fish at 3lbs 4oz.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) This was certainly a 'big fish ' week with first on Monday, John Wotherspoon from Fife had an 8lb rainbow on a Cats Whisker included in a limit bag of 6 for 20lb. On Thursday two were caught, a 9lb 12oz rainbow for Edinburgh angler John McTurk fell to a tiny buzzer but later in the day a 10lb 7oz fish took a Muddler fished by local Blairgowrie angler, David Rutherford. Greenock tackle dealer, Brian Peterson fishing with IBM Angling Club took another big fish at 9lb 8oz in a limit basket of 6fish for 19lb 8oz
During the week a wide variation of tactics caught the trout ranging from Boobies on fast sink lines down to Buzzers fished from floating lines. Included amongst the best catches were Dick Ness and party with 18 for 36lbs 8oz, Martyn Wilson & party (3 boats) caught 27 for 55lbs 7oz and the IBM A/C (11 boats) took 75 fish weighing 181lbs 3oz.
More changeable weather has made choice of the correct tactic for the day vital. What a difference a day makes, as they say! On Saturday it was overcast with a ripple and cold at times; the best catches fell to boobies and lures with just the occasional fish on the buzzer. Nevertheless a good head of fish were accounted for. Contrast to Sunday and very bright breezy conditions for much of the day made the going considerably tougher but the buzzers were doing the business. There were a few blanks and a few limits with the odd fish in between. Without exception the limit baskets were all taken on buzzers mainly fished on a floating line.
The prospects continue to be good, but as previously mentioned be adaptable and remember if the weather is anything like the thing it's well worth a go in the evening now.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) The fishery had a record week as far as visitors go and some of the catches were extremely good. Fish of the week award goes to Jamie Ferguson who landed a beautiful, fully finned over wintered fish of 13lbs that was safely returned. This fine specimen was caught on a Red Head Damsel. Michael Dick from Glasgow had a good day using a Green Nymph to take a nice trout 0f 5lbs 8oz, George Stevenson (Ayr) caught 4 for 9lbs 8oz and D Marshall (Irvine) took a lovely rainbow of 4lbs on a dry Olive. Also doing well were B McCartland from Kilmarnock who had 9 on various Buzzers and Hugh Barclay (Kilmarnock) took a brace with the best topping 5lbs. The Bait Pond produced trout all week with the anglers catching fish on the worm, sweetcorn, maggot and Power Bait.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Despite the strong gusting winds that gave anglers a few problems at the weekend the catches were very good. The top taking patterns have been Nymphs, Damsels and the Orange/Green Fritz. Unusually for this time of year is the presence of large numbers of Swallows that were feeding over the water a sure sign that something was hatching underneath the surface. Anglers made the most of this and some great catches came off including P Robertson from Monifieth with 3 for 12lbs using a Green Fritz, Mr J Horsburgh caught 3 for 10lbs on an Orange Fritz, losing his best flies to a large fish that broke his lines twice as he fished under the trees and P Fleming (Methil) had 2 for 8lbs including a blue trout at 4.75lbs using a Black/Green Fritz. Evening fishers taking advantage of the longer daylight have had good returns and catches around the 7.30 till 8.30 PM time after the wind had dropped.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) The first heat of the Challenge Competition was held in horrendous weather when the 4 competitors took 18 fish for 61lbs with the winner being Darren Barcik from Dunfermline with 5 for 19lbs. The top taking fly patterns have been the Montana Nymph, Cactus Cat, Cat's Whisker, Silver Humungus and the Damsel Nymph. Good catches were returned by Bill Abel from Kinross with 2 for 7lbs 8oz, Mr. Watson (Glenfarg) had 2 for 8lbs 12oz and Mr. Duncan (Strathmiglo) caught 3 for 5lbs 12oz and returned a further 16.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) The best fish caught last week was a beautiful 4lb natural brown trout that was taken on a Buzzer by Phil Steadman from Edinburgh and carefully returned. Also doing well were Mr. Bratchie from Lochgelly with 4 for 11lbs 12oz - best 5lbs 8oz on an Orange Fritz, G Docherty (Lochgelly) had 4 for 12lbs - best 5lbs 8oz on an IPN and Messrs. Penman 7 Pollock from Dunfermline shared 8 for 22lbs - best 5lbs on a Viva.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) It was a busy week with some nice catches going into the record books. George Galsworthy from Paisley had 5 for 12lbs 4oz on a Damsel, eleven year old David Gilmore from Howwood had a brace for 6lbs - best 4lbs 2oz on a Red Head Damsel and Mr. McSporran (Glasgow) took 4 for 11lbs 4oz on a Buzzer. Also doing well were Ian Law from Neilston with 5 for 11lbs 4oz on a Damsel, George Wright (Linwood) took 5 for 10lbs 12oz on a Black Fritz and Mr. James had 5 for 11lbs 12oz on the Diawl Bach.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) What a week on the Specimen Pool with two TWENTY POUND + rainbows coming off. The first at 21lbs 4oz, the best so far this year, was taken by Alan Carlyle from Monifieth on a Goldhead Damsel. Rod Holes from Dundee used a Buzzer fished off a sight bob to tempt a cracker that turned the scales at exactly 20lbs. Not only that - Jim Tait from Forfar on three visits amassed 11 fish for 59lbs including what could be a Scottish recorded tiger trout that scaled 11lbs 4oz. Also doing well were George Baillie & party from Linlithgow with 27 fish for 108lbs including two doubles - 16lbs 8oz and 11lbs 10oz on the Damsel, Neil Sanderson (Edinburgh) took 12 for 58lbs - best 10lbs 2oz rainbow and a 5lb brown on the Dancer.
The Bankside Pool also fished well and the Aerodrome A/C from Perth had a great outing taking 53 fish for 114lbs with the winner being Willie Townsley with 5 for 14lbs 12oz. Other good catches came from Brian Longmuir from Arbroath with 2 for 5lbs on Buzzers, Colin Gill (Arbroath) took 4 for 11lbs - best 3lbs and Graham Wood (Carmylie) had 9 for 22lbs on Buzzers and CDC.
LOCH FITTY. (Dunfermline) The fish have been freely rising all week and some excellent baskets have been returned. Kenny McEwan from Dunfermline and Ken Clark (Lochgelly) won the Pair's Competition with a catch of 23lbs 13oz and picked up a cheque worth £250. The total catch for the event was 204 trout weighing 339lbs giving an average size of 1lb 10oz.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) There were some fine catches off last week with three double figure rainbows being landed. Eddie Agnew & Jim Mitchell from Barrhead had 8 fish for 31lbs 4oz including specimens of 11lbs 12oz and 10lbs 4oz taken on the Humungus and the Cat's Whisker. Messrs Hymer & Skelton from County Durham used the Black Tadpole to bag 20 rainbows including one at 10lbs 4oz. Also doing well were Messrs. Cairns & Livingston from Troon with 16 for 24lbs 4oz mainly caught at Woodend House on Orange patterns, Mr. Marno (Crianlarich) took 8 for 12lbs and Mr. Scott (Ayr) had 10 for 15lbs 12oz.
MARKLE (East Lothian) There were some brilliant fish taken last week with Dick Sinclair from Bonnyrigg topping the charts with a cracker of 15lbs 4oz on a Damsel. D Cameron from Edinburgh used a Damsel Nymph to bag a beauty of 14lbs 12oz, 14 y/o Stewart Lusk (Tranent) had one at 10lbs on a Damsel and J Dickson from the Stable Bar A/C had a great catch of 3 for 17lbs - best 8lbs on a Yellow Dancer. Mike Blackwood from Gala was also amongst the 'biggies' but this time he Bagged the fishery record blue trout with a great specimen of 11lbs 4oz that fell for the charms of his Black Buzzer.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY (Stirling) Catches were yet again excellent for the week as a whole even although weather conditions were extremely variable. A superb total of 563 trout, including 27 specimens were caught. The biggest fish of the week was caught by Mr James Morrison of Darvel and it was a magnificent, over wintered fish of 9lb 12oz. Mr Morrison ended the day with a fantastic bag of 10 rainbows for 27lb 10 oz, including another specimen of 4lb. Mr Mike McEwan of Perth was fishing in the Troutmasters competition when he took a beauty of 9lb 6oz on a Muddler and intermediate line with this fine specimen helping him to win on the competition. Mr Westfield of Edinburgh had his best ever rainbow which weighed 8lb 14oz. His total bag was 9 for 22lb 6oz and a further 3 trout returned to the water.
With the weather swinging from hot and bright to bitterly cold with strong north and east winds, conditions were not ideal for the boats and bank anglers were definitely doing the best. There were no particular hot spots with most areas producing fish. Once again, nymphs and traditional flies fishes on intermediate lines was the most consistent method.
This year the fishery is continuing with its extremely popular special offers for over 60's or unemployed anglers on a Tuesday and Wednesday. On these days a permit only costs £12 per person for boat or bank, if they are eligible. However, please remember that proof of status will be needed on the day.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The best patterns last week included the Bloodworm, Cat's Whisker, Buzzers, PTN and various Fritz patterns fished on either a floating or intermediate line depending on the wind. The Craufurdland A/C from Fenwick had a successful outing catching 76 fish for 172lbs with Tom Mitchell taking the heaviest bag at 10 for 21lbs 7oz. Also doing well were Gavin Lindsay from Tullibody with 3 for 7lbs 8oz on the Cat, Harry Hamilton (Kirkintilloch) took 3 for 9lbs 12oz, Laurence Lindsay (Tullibody) had 3 for 8lbs 8oz and Willie Munnoch (Kirkintilloch) managed 3 for 9lbs 12oz on the Montana.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) There was some excellent sport last week with 441 fish averaging 2lb 8oz being landed. Since the start of the season, over 500 Brown Trout with an average weight around the 3lb mark have been taken from the three ponds. Some lovely Blue Trout in the 5-6lb range are also causing a lot of interest along with the usual top quality Rainbows. Plenty of fish were seen moving around the water but the best results this week were from small gold heads fished on an intermediate line. On the days when the wind was causing problems, small lures fished deeper were also giving good catches.
Amongst the good catches were Grant McCauley from Duntocher with a lovely 11lb 9oz rainbow that fell to a Yellow Dancer and was included in a fine bag of 3 for 17lbs 12oz. Alex Ross from Slamannan had 4 for 11lbs 8oz - best a 3lbs 8oz blue, Billy Wilson (Carronshore) took 3 for 9lbs and Crawford McKay (Paisley) caught 5 for 12lbs 4oz - best a 3lbs 8oz brown trout.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
ALLANDALE TARN (West Lothian) Despite the north east wind the Easter Fun Day was a big success with Neil Spiers from Blackburn landing the first fish that earned him the 1st Easter Egg of the day. George Stevenson from Livingston won the event with a catch of 5 fish for 9lbs 14oz, Robert Nicol (Edinburgh) was second with 5 for 9lbs 11oz and third placed was Nigel Burns from Edinburgh with 5 for 9lbs 10oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) Despite the weather turning a bit colder mid week a floating line is still working best with the Orange Fritz,Damsel, Montana Nymph and small lures accounting for some nice bags. Steven Thacker from Oakley took the 'fish of the week' award with a lovely rainbow that weighed in at 8lbs. Also doing well were William Findley from Falkirk with 3 for 9lbs 10oz, David Quinn (Dunfermline) took 4 for 10lbs 8oz, Steven Narborough (Comrie) had 4 for 10lbs 8oz and Ian Morrison (Stirling) caught 3 for 1llbs 6oz. Others catching nice baskets included G McEwan from Bannockburn with a nice trout of 3lbs 8oz, Richard Findley (Falkirk) had 3 for 9lbs 12oz and J Canns (Oakley) managed 4 for 10lbs 13oz.
BUTTERSTONE. Either a floating line or a sink tip is the best with Buzzers and Nymphs now very much 'on' with the Black & Green, Black & Orange Buzzers being excellent but Bloodworm, PTN and the Hare's Ear are also doing well. The best fishing areas have been the north shore up by the roadside, the west bay and the south shore. Davie Wallace from Glenrothes used a PTN fished on an intermediate line to take a limit bag of 6 for 21lbs 8oz - best fish 10lbs 8oz. Also doing well were St. Serfs Ladies with 96 fish for 210lbs, the Albert Angling Club had 45 for 92lbs and Glenrothes Kingfishers managed 28 weighing 70lbs 10oz.
Prospects continue to be good given reasonable conditions. The early spring has got the fishery off to a great start with some consistent surface activity starting to be seen. The average weight of the fish is currently over 2lb and a few considerably larger trout have been caught and some have been lost. The easterly wind has now settled down and fish are rising steadily from midday onwards. Some rain would be welcome to stir things up a bit as the water is very clear necessitating fine leaders..
LOCH FITTY. (Dunfermline) The water temperature has now risen to 13oC which has given absolutely ideal conditions for fly-fishing. The best fishing has again been in the shallower areas and towards the east end where the Damsel Nymph and Black or Claret Buzzers will work well.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) It has been an other excellent week with catches that have produced good quality fish of an average size of 2lbs 8oz. The best patterns have been Black /Green/Orange Fritz with quite outstanding results for some fished for best results on either an intermediate or sinking line. Buzzers worked well in the early mornings and evenings but the day fishing was definitely the realm of the Fritz patterns. Other successful flies being used were the Damsel and Hare's ear with moderate success. Amongst the best catches were P Wood from Leven with 2 for 6lbs 8oz, P Fleming, (Leven) had 3 for 9lbs on a Green and Black Fritz and McColcan had 3 for 8lbs 8oz using a Green Fritz.New for 2003 is our Short Ticket giving anglers a 2 fish bag for £10 and 3 hours on the loch Boat or Bank. This ticket is has been introduced by popular demand of our clients and is mostly suited for those wishing angling at odd times, i.e. early morning or late evening.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) There were some nice baskets taken last week including those from Mr. Thomson from Glenrothes with 4 for 10lbs 10oz - best a blue trout at 4lbs, Mr. Taylor (Cardenden) had 4 for 10lbs on the Damsel and Messrs. Thom & Chalmers (Glenrothes) took 8 for 18lbs - best 4lbs 8oz on the Ace of Spades. Mr. Breckenridge from Ballingry had a great session on Harperleas for the brownies catching and releasing 515 with the best weighing around 2lbs 8oz. His best flies proved to be the Invicta and the Black Zulu.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) At the present time the Diawl Bach, Black Pennell, various Buzzers and of course the Red Head Damsel are catching a lot of good fish. John Bicker from Kilmaurs had a nice rainbow that tipped the scales at 7lbs and Cameron Neil fishing catch and release had a fine fish that was estimated to weigh around the 10lb mark. Mr. Watson had 4 for 8lbs 4oz on the bait pond and Mr. Leggett from Paisley had 2 for 4lbs on the Damsel Nymph.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) It was another cracking week on the Specimen Pool with six doubles being caught. The biggest fell to John Campbell from Montrose for his fine fish of 13lbs 14oz on the Silver Humungus, Jim Gibb (Dundee) used a White Gladiator Fritz to bag one at 10lbs 12oz and Donald Marno (Aberfeldy) had a nice one at 12lbs 12oz on a Bunny Leech. Others taking doubles included Jim Tait from Forfar who had 8 for 42lbs - best 11lbs 6oz and a Tiger of 5lbs, Jim Hughes (Pitemweem) caught 4 weighing 24lbs 12oz - best 12lbs 8oz 0on a White Cat and Ross Anderson (Newbigging) managed 4 weighing 24lbs - best 11lbs 6oz.
The Bankside Pool has also fished well with Andrew McLeary from Monifieth using a Gold Head Damsel to catch the biggest of the week at 6lbs. Also doing well were Ronnie Rodger from Dundee with 4 for 8lbs on Buzzers, Davie Westwater (Arbroath) had 4 for 8lbs 12oz on the Okey Dokey and Brian Hogan (Monifieth) caught 6 for 16lbs - best 4lbs on the Hare's Ear.
LAKE OF MENTEITH. The good catch rate has continued with 4.4 fish for 8lbs 3oz being returned per boat hire. A population explosion of Daphnia has helped to clear the water that is now standing at 2m and the water temperature is 12oC. The east winds have redistributed the fish - which can now be found pretty much all over the fishery and areas performing exceptionally well have been Hotel Bay, Dog Isle and Stable Point. Best lines have been the high intermediates although deeper tactics have also produced good bags - according to the drift. Techniques and flies have also varied but the lures that have been most effective have been the Grizzle Cat, Red Tailed Kate, Viva, Montana, Gold Fritz and the Booby Nymph.
This week the fishery received a cheque of £11 700 being the advance payment from the 378 Scottish Angling Clubs that have registered to take part in the 2003 Scottish Club Championships and Champion of Champion Competitions. This is hosted by the Lake and sponsored by the Daily Record with additional rod and reel prizes provided by the Angling Centre Stirling.
Amongst the many good catches were Messrs. McGregor & Cairns with 15 fish for 29lbs, Messrs. Muckle & Smith from Mid-Calder had 13 fish for 26lbs and Messrs. Barclay & McCabe took 15 for 28lbs.The angling clubs doing well included Falkirk Fly Dressers (6 boats) with 51 fish for 92lbs, Falkirk and Municipal (12 boats) managed 72 fish for 130lbs and the Edinburgh Alliance (6 boats) caught 30 fish for 52lbs.
LOCH FAD. There were some nice catches taken off last week including Messrs, Garfoot & McIntosh from Helensburgh with 17 for 32lbs 15oz including a specimen of 10lbs 14oz and Messrs. Clegg & Thomson (Kilbirnie) managed 20 fish weighing 29lbs 14oz. Also doing well were John Bowman & Derek Dewar from Dundee who had 9 trout for 23lbs 15oz - best 10lbs 8oz with the Viva and Dawson's Olive proving their top taking flies.
LOCH LEVEN. The top taking flies have been the Humungus, Dunkeld, Cat's Whisker and the Booby Nymph and the best drifts have been the North Shore to the Black Wood, the Sluices and the Thrapple Hole. There were 8 entrants for the Trout Fisherman 'fish off' and this was won by Brian Adam from Leven with 5 fish for 7lbs 5oz. The angling clubs have been doing well with the Thack A/C from Ayrshire taking 36 for 51lbs from 5 boats, Milnathort A/C (4 boats) took 22 rainbows weighing 22lbs 15oz and the Dunfermline Artisans (3 boats) caught 13 for 22lbs 8oz. The best individual anglers included Mr. Kettles with 9 for 10lbs 12oz, Mr. Malcolm who took 5 for 7lbs 11oz and Mr. Lowe with 6 for 10lbs 8oz
MARKLE (East Lothian) An excellent week topped off by the capture of two really big heavyweight rainbows. Alan Cook from Jedburgh used a Black Buzzer to tempt the biggest at 17lbs 8oz whilst the same pattern accounted for a 17lb specimen landed by Gordon 'Skunk' Scott from Hawick. Also featuring in the doubles list was 11 y/o D Stewart from Edinburgh with a beauty of 10lbs and Jack Hay (Haddington) also had one that tipped the scales at 10lbs. A Morris from Edinburgh caught 3 for 15lbs - best 8lbs on a Buzzer and J Gordon (Edinburgh) had 3 for 12lbs also on the Buzzer.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) There have been some excellent fly hatches and resulting rises of trout that seem very keen on the likes of size 20 Olives and size 16 Grey Dusters. Twelve year old Grant Osler from Ceres used a Pink lure to catch a 6lb 8oz rainbow - definitely the biggest trout he's caught to date and the BIGGEST grin ever seen at Newton! There were fine catches returned by Nancy Small from Dundee with 5 for 14lbs, Tom Livingstone (St. Andrews) had 5 for 11lbs 12oz, Neil Small (Dundee) took 4 for 9lbs and R Proudfoot (Linlithgow) had 4 for 8lbs.
NORTHIRD. Fishing throughout the week was yet again excellent and even although most days saw very bright and warm weather a fantastic total of 604 trout was landed, including 24 specimen fish. The biggest fish of the week was a beautiful rainbow of 14lb 12oz. David Brown of Dumbarton caught this specimen and it was his biggest ever fish. Included in his final bag was another trout of 4lb 12oz. Regular angler, Jim Corbett of Stepps landed the second double of the week and it weighed in at 12lb 8oz. Jim finished the day with a bag of 6 trout for 26lb 12oz, including another beautiful specimen of 7lb 12oz.
Thirteen year old Steven Martin of Cumbernauld landed his first ever rainbow on Sunday and it was a fantastic fish of 6lb 2oz. He took his trout on a Damsel whilst boat fishing in the Narrows. Gregor Paterson of Stirling had an amazing day on the Thursday when he took 8 rainbows for 25lbs and included in his total were specimens at 6lb 9oz, 5lb 8oz and 5lb 8oz. All were taken from the bank at the Mound.
The fish are now starting to spread out and the boats have been finding that Maitland's Bay, Osprey Bay, Lagoons and Bannock Bay have all been fishing well. Bank anglers have been taking fish everywhere, with the Lagoons, Mound and Paul's Run being especially good. Nymphs and traditionals, fished in the size range 12-14, have been producing the best results when fished in conjunction with an intermediate line..
ORCHILL. The fishing has been excellent with the trout being found near the top where the Damsel, Diawl Bach, Buzzers and dry flies are accounting for good baskets of rainbows. The Patons & Baldwins A/C from Alloa had a good day catching 58 trout weighing 134lbs with Alex Walls having the top basket of 6 fish weighing 16lbs on the Yellow Dancer. Also doing well were 86 year old Alex Bremner from Perth with 4 for 9lbs 8oz on the Damsel, Colonel Eric Woodman (Perth) caught 4 for 10lbs on the Cat and Rab Mitchell (Menstrie) took 4 for 10lbs on the Damsel. Robert Kane from Tullibody had 3 for 6lbs 14os and Crawford Millar (Tillicoultry) caught 5 for 13lbs 8oz on a Damsel.
SWANSWATER. Another week of excellent fishing bit on some days the bright sun and cold easterly wind put the fish down and made them harder to find. A total of 426 fish averaging 2lb 8oz were landed with 2 double figure Rainbows and a nice selection of fish in the 4lb to 9lb range also taken. In the mornings when the water was calm, buzzers were catching well, but once the wind got up, lures with a fast retrieve were needed to attract the fish. The Brownies were quite hard to come by early in the week but were creating a lot of sport by following flies right in to the edge of the ponds and then turning away. The conditions over the weekend seemed to suit them better and more were actually caught.
Allan McLachlan from Plean had a couple of visits and on the first had 5 fish for 30lbs 4oz including rainbows at 12lbs 15oz and 9lbs 12oz - his other visit was less spectacular with 5 for 12lbs. Colin Weir from Cambusbarron took the other double this week with a nice fish of 10lbs 12oz that was included in a bag of 3 for 14lbs 12oz. Others doing well included Ian Leishman from Stirling with a 9lbs 12oz rainbow, Gary McMunn (Stirling) had one at 8lbs and David Robertson from West Lothian caught a brace weighing 9lbs 4oz - best a 6lbs 12oz golden trout. Henry Somerville from Larbert caught a 4lb 12oz rainbow, Donald Williamson (Falkirk) had 3 for 9lbs 2oz - best a 4lbs 8oz blue trout and Martin Baranowski (Bridge of Allan) had a beautiful brown at 4lbs. |
Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
PREMIER FISHERIES
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld) The best patterns last week were Black & Green Fritz, Montana Nymph and the Nomad fished for best effect from an intermediate line. Buzzers are coming into their own during the warmer spells and Black & Green and Black & Orange are the favoured colours. The best fish taken last week weighed in at 4lbs 2oz and was caught on a Black Tadpole by Peter Lock from Blairgowrie. Other good catches came from Ian Carstairs & friends who had 24 fish for 54lbs from their 2 boats, Stanley A/C caught 68 for 142lbs 12oz and Mark Sherriff had 12 for 22lbs 8oz.
When things on the Tay were a bit quiet last week regular visitors Bill and Sandra Robbins from Gloucestershire upped sticks complete with their ghillies Jock Tait and Jim Graham for a visit to Butterstone, joining forces with loch regular Alex Panton from Scone. Their 2 boats accounted for a total of 25 fish for a weight of 52lb 12oz and included Sandra catching her first ever rainbow on the loch - she's hooked, she said while enjoying a well earned dram in celebration of a great days sport
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) There were some fine catches off last week including Stevie O'Neill from Barrhead who had 10 for 28lbs 12oz including the 'fish of the week' at 12lbs taken on an Orange Blob. Also doing well were Robert Watt & Mark Cruikshanks from Paisley with 13 fish for 18lbs on Rabbits, Boobies and Blobs and Tom Taggart & Jane Wright (Helensburgh) took 12 for 25lbs 12oz on the Woolly Bugger. Eric Lang from the Castle A/C used an Orange Fritz to catch 7 for 12lbs 11oz and Grantley Bridge (London) had 8 on C+R using Black & Green patterns.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) Last week it was the floating line with Buzzers, Damsel, Yellow Dancer and various Fritz patterns that did the damage. The A,B,C & D A/C had a good day with their 12 rods taking 36 fish for 79lbs 8oz. Other good catches came from Harry Graham from Glenrothes with 8 for 20lbs on the Damsel, Jim McCormack (Tillicoultry) had 5 for 12lbs 8oz on the Rainbow Warrior and Sandy Stewart (Fallin) managed 3 for 10lbs on the Craftye Fritz. Also doing well were Marshall Jamieson from Perth with 3 for 10lbs on the Yellow Dancer and Crawford Millar (Tillicoultry) had 8 for 2olbs 8oz on the Damsel Nymph.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) In a week that saw 401 fish averaging 2lb 8oz landed, two records were broken with Rab Don from Plean, taking the new record for a Tiger Trout when he landed a cracking 7lb fish in his 2 for 10lb 4oz and the other one a brown. On Sunday evening, Martin Baranowski, Bridge of Allan, took a 6lb 15oz Golden Trout from the Millpond to break the old record for a Goldie, in his bag of 3 for 11lb 5oz.The east wind towards the end of the week made conditions a bit harder after the very mild weather everyone enjoyed earlier on. The fish were well up in the water and on the calm days were taking buzzers, small nymphs and even dry flies. In general the Browns were looking for something retrieved quickly whereas slower tactics were taking Rainbows.
Other good catches came from Alec Kinross from Cowie had the 'fish of the week' with a rainbow trout of 11lbs 3oz, Allan McLachlan (Plean) had 9 for 27lbs 12oz in two visits topped by a 10lb 6oz rainbow and Ronnie Loos (Stirling) had 20 for 49lbs 14oz in the course of the week including one at 10lbs 1oz. Winkie Haughton from Throsk had 3 for 13lbs 12oz - best 10lbs and Mick O'Donnell (Grangemouth) took one at 9lbs 9oz.
OTHER FISHERIES
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow) Intermediate lines have been best of the fly only lochan especially when teamed up with the likes of the Damsel, Black Buzzer and the Dancer. The top fishing areas have been the north east bank. Mr. Graham from the Linden FFC had 11 fish for 26lbs - best 4lbs on the Cat's Whisker. The Bait lochan continues to fish well to those using maggot green Power Bait and sweetcorn. Frankie King from Bo'ness had 7 fish for 22lb s 8oz with two specimens at 4lbs 8oz, J Nutt (Sauchie) took 5 for 12lbs and Steven McKay (Bo'ness) used Power Bait to catch a nice rainbow of 4lbs 8oz.
Diary date. A competition and barbecue will be held on Saturday 26th April on both fly and bait lochans. Cost of entry will be £20 on the 2 fly lochan and £18.00 on the Bait lochan.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The good weather has kept the water temperature up a bit so floating lines are still the best. The top patterns have been the Orange Fritz, Damsel Nymph and the Montana all fished for best effect on a long leader. There was some considerable excitement last Thursday when Camelon angler Allan McLaren broke the fishery record with an awesome rainbow of 28lbs 4oz and then followed this by catching an 18lbs rainbow and a 3lb 8oz Blue - quite a catch!
Also doing well were Jim Jarvie from Stenhousemuir with 4 for 14lbs 6oz, Tom Quinn (Cumbernauld) had a nice rainbow of 12lbs, Robert Tuddenham (Banknock) had one at 3lbs and Robert Quinn (Cumbernauld) took a brace weighing 8lbs 10oz.
LOCH FITTY. (Dunfermline) The warm weather has brought out good hatches of Buzzers so the trout are feeding all day allowing anglers to fish more imitative fly patterns. Amongst those producing excellent catches were the Bridge Inn A/C from Linlithgow who weighed in 84 fish for 140lbs 7oz and Davey Wallis & James Shearer (Crossgates) had 15 for 29lbs 8oz on the Brown Buzzer and the Diawl Bach.
GOLDEN LOCH (Newburgh on Tay) Anglers have enjoyed some of the best fishing for a long time with buzzers in the water and the fish actively feeding. Catches have been excellent with anglers doing best fishing the 'top of the water'. D McConnagh from Errol used a Black Green Fritz to catch 3 including a nice brown trout of 6lbs that was safely returned. Work will soon be completed at the loch side, which will allow the anglers with the stiffer joints and the elderly, to get their cars and kit to the fishing jetties.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) The fish are still lying deep and hugging the margins but they can be tempted by the Green Montana, Cat's Whisker, Orange Fritz and the Ace of Spades. Amongst those doing well were S Hynes from Dunfermline with 3 for 6lbs 4oz, W Stewart (Evanton) had 3 for 10lbs 2oz, Mr. Lawson (Shetland) took 3 for 6lbs 10oz and M. Lister (Dunfermline) caught 3 for 7lbs 13oz - best 3lbs 12oz.
HOLL. (Nr Glenrothes) There were some superb catches taken last week with Mr. Mitchell from Inverkeithing using a Dawson's Olive to take 4 for 16lbs 8oz - best fish 7lbs 8oz, Mr. Weir (Kingseat) had 4 for 15lbs 12oz - best 5lbs 4oz on a Damsel and Mr. Smith (Aberfeldy) had 4 for 11lbs 8oz - best 4lbs 7oz on a Damsel. Mr. Machony and his daughter from Glenrothes had a nice outing with the pair catching 5 for 14lbs 7oz - best 5lbs 12oz on a Peter Ross.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The bait competition was a big success with no fewer than 187 fish weighing 352lbs being taken. The winner was Robert Bonner from Paisley with 14 for 25lbs 4oz, Rab McMullen (Paisley) was second with 11 for 19lbs 12oz and joint third were Paisley anglers Stewart Gordon and Jimmy Adams who had 10 fish and 9 fish catches that weighed exactly 18lbs. T Houston from Glasgow had the heaviest fish at 3lbs 10oz. Other good catches included Graham Bicker from Kilmarnock with 11 C+R on Suspender Buzzers, Mr. Haggerty (Glasgow) caught 3 for 6lbs 5oz and Mr. Robertson had 5 for 9lbs 4oz on Buzzers.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry) It was quite a week on the Specimen Pool when no fewer than TWELVE doubles featured in the catches with the gin clear water making individual fish stocking possible. Jim Tait from Forfar paid three visits and was well rewarded with 9 fish for 93lbs 8oz including specimens of 15lbs 12oz, 13lbs 8oz, 11lbs, 10lbs 8oz and 10lbs 4oz mainly on the Green & Black Fritz Montana. The biggest fish was a whopper of 17lbs 8oz taken on a mini Cat by Gordon Livingston from Leatham, Ian McCrae (Bridge of Orchy) had one at 10lbs, Albert Buchan (Peterhead) 10lbs 8oz on the White Cat and Kevin Cargill (Arbroath) 11lbs 8oz on the Hare's Lug. Also featuring in the doubles list was Hugh Bairner (King's Barns) with 3 for 31lbs 8oz - best 12lbs 8oz on the Hare's Ear, Charlie Walls (Monifieth) took a brace for 20lbs - best 12lbs 4oz on the GH Damsel and Kenny Gerrard (Perth) had 3 for 26lbs 6oz - best 17lbs 6oz on the Montana.
The Bankside Pool has fished well with the Pirates A/C from Kirkcaldy taking 56 for 132lbs and others doing well included Bruce & Jim Martin (Dundee) with 8 for 21lbs, Doug Easson (Dundee) had 4 for 10lbs - best 4lbs on the GH Damsel and Stan Grewar (Dundee) caught 4 for 8lbs on the Damsel.
MARKLE (East Lothian) The biggest fish caught last week was a beauty of 15lbs caught on a Green Buzzer by Paul Begbie from Livingston. William Brash from Mayfield used Buzzers to take 3 for 15lbs 7oz - best 8lbs, D Smith (Edinburgh) had 3 for 13lbs - best 7lbs on a Damsel, S Cowans took 3 for 11lbs 8oz and Harvey Campbell (Berwick) caught 3 for 13lbs on a Black Fritz.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife) It was another splendid week of fishing with Ronnie Leuchars from Dundee catching and releasing a fine rainbow of 12lbs. Robert Norrie from Dundee had 3 for 13lbs 4oz on a Black & Green Tadpole - best 10lbs 9oz and Dai Carruthers caught and released the first brown trout of the season. Other good returns were posted by Ian Smith from Glenrothes with 6 for 13lbs 8oz, Darren Malcolm (Tayport) had 4 for 11lbs, Neil Small (Dundee) took 4 for 8lbs and Mr. Wallace (Leven) had 3 for 6lbs 12oz.
WELLSFIELD FARM (Denny) The biggest fish off last week was a fine 12lb 8oz rainbow taken by Paul Mitchell from Westquarter and included in a basket of 8 fish for 29lbs 8oz. Peter Evans from Grangemouth had one at 12lbs on an Olive Tadpole and Mark Sinnington (Livingston) took 4 for 19lbs 4oz - best 10lbs 7oz on a Yellow Dancer. The best fly patterns have been the Yellow Dancer, Olive Tadpole, Damsel and the Cat's Whisker.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (NR. Linlithgow)
The best patterns on the Fly loch have been the Yellow Dancer, Cat's Whisker and the Montana and although most areas have fished well the south east corner has been very productive. Amongst the best catches were Ian Jardine from Polmont who had 4 for 9lbs 8ozn using a Yellow Fritz and Mr. Milligan (Bathgate) had a nice 3lb rainbow.
The Bait/Fly loch continues to fish well with Gary Black from Moodiesburn picking up the £200 tagged fish pot with a nice 2lb rainbow taken on green Power Bait. Mr. Forth from Linlithgow use maggot to catch a beautifully conditioned 4lb rainbow and Peter Bell (Falkirk) had 9 fish for 20lbs on green Power Bait.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge)
The warm sunshine pushed the water temperature up to 8oC on Saturday and that got the fish on the move. A floating line has been best and the taking flies include the Orange Fritz, Damsel and the Montana Nymph fished on a long leader with a slow retrieve. Featuring amongst the best catches were Mike Noble from Ballingry with 3 for 10lbs 8oz, John Goodall (Stirling) caught a brace weighing 6lbs 10oz, Mike Sheenan (East Kilbride) took 4 for 11lbs 12oz and Robert Harley (Banknock) had 2 for 6lbs 1oz. Others doing well included Alex Donald from East Kilbride with 4 for 13lbs 11oz, William Powell (Fife) took 3 for 9lbs 12oz and James Graham (East Kilbride) had 4 for 12lbs 5oz.
BUTTERSTONE LOCH (Dunkeld)
The week was fairly quiet in terms of anglers fishing the loch but those who ventured out were generally not disappointed despite sometimes encountering less than favourable conditions. It's not usual that we hear the comment 'too bright' at this time of year, but that was undoubtedly the case on occasion. If anglers 'found the fish' they tended to do well, with a good few catching their 6 fish limit. But sometimes they didn't find the fish until late in the afternoon!
The overnight temperatures are still low, quite often below freezing, and this is keeping the fish off the surface although they are not hugging the bottom. There are prolific buzzer hatches but the fish aren't tending to surface feed just yet. This should change in the next couple of weeks given continuing settled and reasonable weather. Prospects continue to be good, given that very bright or windy days, as usual, will prove more testing
The best tactics have been intermediate lines teamed up with the Black & Green Fritz, Montana Nymph or the Nomad but from time to time there are reports of Buzzers taking fish. Amongst last week's good catches were S Docherty from Fort William with 6 for 13lbs 5oz, Ian Youll & Alex Panton (Perth) shared 11 for 23lbs 6oz, Edinburgh Civil Service (3 boats) took 23 weighing 47lbs 12oz and the Stanley A/C managed 88 fish for 182lbs 12oz.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross)
The best flies last week were the Humungus, Damsel, Orange Fritz and Buzzers fished for best effect on either a floating or intermediate line. There were two doubles off last week with Bob McRobbie from Tillicoultry including a 13lb specimen in his 3 fish for 18lb bag and Mike Stubberfield (Alloa) took 8 for 32lbs 8oz - best 10lbs 12oz. Others with big specimens included Gordon Fisher from Kelty with 3 for 20lbs - best 9lbs 4oz, Ronnie Lessells had 3 for 14lbs 2oz - best 9lbs 2oz and Janet Sinclair (Pitlochry) took 3 for 12lbs 8oz - best 7lbs.
GLENSHERRUP(Glendevon)
There were some nice catches off last week including Mr. Smith from Blairingone with 10 for 23lbs 4oz, Mr. Brady (Stirling) took 9 for 19lbs 12oz, Ross Nixon (Glendevon) had 4 for 9lbs and Bobby Reid (Glasgow) managed 9 for 19lbs. Also doing well were Raymond Pirie (Alloa) with 18 on C+R, Alex Prentice (Clackmannan) caught 8 on C+R and Mr. Gray (Kirkcaldy) had 5 for 11lbs - best a brownie of 2lbs 8oz.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross)
The fish are still hugging the margins and are lying a bit on the deep side and as they are still very wary a change of tactics often pays off. The flies that have been doing well are the Kate McLaren, Cat's Whisker, Montana and the Damsel Nymph. Amongst the good catches were R Meikle from Pitlessie with a beauty scaling 4lbs, Brian Longmuir (Arbroath) had 5 for 12lbs 14oz - best 4lbs 12oz, Tom Allan (Alloa) took 2 for 5lbs and Mr. Sharp (Alva) caught 2 for 5lbs.
HOLL. (nr Glenrothes)
The top taking patterns last week were the Bloodworm, Damsel and Buzzers. Overwintered rainbows featured amongst the top catches with Messrs. Clark & Milne from Cardenden having two specimens of 4lbs each in their 4 for 15lb aggregate basket and Mr. Wilson (Kinross) had a lovely specimen of 5lbs on a Damsel Nymph. Also doing well were G Naylor from Glenrothes with 4 for 18lbs - best 9lbs 6oz on a Black & Green Fritz and Mr. Watt (Dunfermline) took 4 for 15lbs - best 7lbs 8oz on an Ace of Spades.
HOWWOOD (Renfrewshire) The top patterns last week were the Hot Head Damsel, Red Head Damsel and during the warmer spells small dark Buzzers and the CDC were working well. Amongst the best catches were Frank Meechan & A Edwards from Kirkintilloch who had 5 for 9lbs 2oz and 4 for 9lbs respectively on the Damsel Nymph. John Bicker from Kilmaurs took 9 on C+R with the best at around 4lbs, Mr. Slattery & son (Johnstone) took 6 for 13lbs 9oz and A Lomas (Glasgow) had 5 got 10lbs 2oz. Others doing well were Davie McCafferty from Paisley with 5 for 9lbs 14oz, James Bailey (Paisley) caught 5 for 9lbs 6oz and John McMullen (Johnstone) had 5 on C+R using a CDC.
KINGENNIE FISHINGS (Broughty Ferry)
One of the best baskets ever to come from the Specimen Pool was taken last week by regular Charlie Walls from Monifieth who had 4 fish for 41lbs 8oz including rainbows of 17lbs 12oz and 11lbs 8oz with both the biggies being taken on the Millennium Bug. Also doing well were Jim Tait from Forfar with 6 for 39lbs - best 10lbs 12oz on the Green Pea, Chris Barclay (Penicuik) had 4 for 19lbs 12oz - best 8lbs on the PTN and Tom Duncan (Bathgate) took 4 for 20lbs - best 9lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer.
The Ferry Fly Dressers A/C had a great start to their competition season on the Bankside Pool when their 13 rods took a total of 53 fish for 117lbs 9oz with their top rod being Sam McFadgen with 5 for 11lbs 4oz. Others doing well included Jim Dickson & Bob Geddes from Arbroath with 4 for 9lbs on the mini Cat, Jim Gibb (Dundee) caught 5 for 11lbs 12oz on the Damsel Nymph and Graham Wood (Carmylie) had 4 for 8lbs on Buzzers.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute)
There were some excellent catches off last week including Gordon Price from Kilmacolm with 10 fish for 18lbs 8ozs taken on the Orange Fritz, Ian Young (Paisley) had 6 for 9lbs on the Green/Black Fritz and Bill Kennedy (Glasgow) managed 10 fish for 15lbs 4ozs on a Fritz Zonker. On his second visit of the week Ian Young from Paisley took 4 for 15lbs including one at 10lbs 5ozs taken from the Boathouse area on a Black Fritz and Mr Adam Dalziel from Ayr took 4 fish weighing 17lbs 1oz including one at 12lbs 13ozs on the Carrot Fly fished on a 5lb leader from an intermediate line. The best areas have been the dam wall, boathouse area and the reed beds.
The 2003 season on Loch Quien opened to beautiful settled weather, if a bit bright and cold. Not many anglers ventured out but those that did were rewarded by early season brownies of 1½ to 2lbs. The bright sunshine made it feel like May in the afternoons, although the water temperature was still cold. A decent number of fish were showing interest in the flies but were coming short. Alex McLellan from Glasgow, an Isle of Bute Angling Association member, had the first fish of the season which weighed in at 1lb 12ozs and was caught on a woven Czech nymph. Alister McFarlane had two on his first outing, one of which was crammed full of snails. Both fish weighed around the 2lb mark. Mr White from Hawick had an exceptional day with seven fish from 1¼ to 2lbs, mostly on black and pearly spiders.
MARKLE (East Lothian)
There were some excellent catches taken last week with S Aitchison from Eyemouth taking the biggest at 14lbs 8oz and this fine specimen was included in a bag of 3 for 18lbs 2oz caught on a Cat's Whisker. P Black from Edinburgh had 3 for 17lbs 8oz - best 10lbs on a Black & Green Fritz, J Fenton (Edinburgh) had specimens of 8lbs 8oz and 6lbs in her three fish catch that weighed 18lbs 4oz and Steven Graham (Ormiston) had 2 for 17lbs - best 10lbs on a Black Buzzer.
NEWTON FARM. (Wormit, Fife)
Darren Malcolm from Tayport used a Dawson's Olive to take a bag of 3 - weighing 16lbs with the best tipping the scales at 12lbs and Dai Carruthers from Dundee released 2 at well over 6lbs on Sunday afternoon. The loch has been fishing well generally, with sporting anglers reporting releasing 20 fish in an outing. With the new "6 fish and move" rule, it's a good sign that anglers are obviously hitting fish all around the loch. Fish have mostly been taken on small green, olive or black lures in the daytime, but the new early evening (3-8pm) session anglers are reporting fish coming to the Pennell or palmered patterns. Amongst the best returns were - Canon AC (6) - 20 fish for 39lbs, "Wattie" (Ladybank) had 4 for 10lbs, Mr. Bairnes (St. Andrews) took 3 for 8lbs 4oz and Neil Small (Dundee) had 3 for 7lbs.
NORTH THIRD TROUT FISHERY
The fishery had another week of fantastic fishing with a total of 657 trout, including 27 specimens being landed. The biggest fish of the week weighed in at 9lb 2oz and it was caught by Mr. Wells of Newcastle. He was bank fishing with an intermediate line when he took what is his biggest ever trout on a size 12 gold head Hare's Ear. He ended the day with 8 for 20lb 1oz, plus a further 4 returned to the water. The best boat of the week was Mr. Skilling and partner from Shotts with 5 trout for 10lb 4oz, including one at 4lb 4oz, and returned a further 22 rainbows to the water. Messes Brown and McKnight of Stirling nearly equalled this with a total of 19 for 33lb 8oz, including one at 3lb 6oz, and a further 4 returned.
Water temperatures are still very low and flat calm, bright conditions made fishing more difficult on Monday and Thursday. However, there were large hatches of buzzers taking place most days and fish were starting to move on the surface. Successful tactics ranged from intermediate to fast sinking lines, usually fished with darker coloured flies in the size range 12 - 10. Just to confuse matters, there were certain times when only hot orange mini lures would do the trick.
After a slow start, the Lagoons and Mound are now fishing very well to both boat and bank anglers. Other bank hotspots continue to include Paul's Run and Robin's Bay. The main boat fishing area has been the Bannock Bay, as is usual at this time of year. The Craigs and Maitland's Bay are still not in top form due the low water temperatures but this should change very soon.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco)
With the lovely warm weather great sport was enjoyed with the fish being located very near the top of the water. The top taking patterns have been the Damsel, Dancer, various Fritz patterns, Hare's Ear and the Bloodworm. The Doc Ferry's A/C from Broughty Ferry had a good outing with their 5 rods taking 11 fish for 28lbs 8oz. Other excellent baskets were recorded by John Wotherspoon from Stirling with 5 for 12lbs 8oz on the Orange Fritz, Harry Graham (Glenrothes) took 6 for 15lbs 8oz on a Black & Green Fritz and James Walkingshaw (Ballingry) caught 3 for 8lbs on the Hare's Ear. Also doing well were Ian Pirie from Stirling with 3 for 7lbs 8oz on the mini Cat and Sandy Stewart (Fallin) had 3 for 8lbs on the Green Fritz.
SWANSWATER (Stirling)
Some superb brown trout were taken last week with the biggest of the season to date being 5lb 8oz. Plenty of top quality rainbows were also landed, the biggest weighing in at 9lb. The average size of the Rainbows has increased and the overall average weight for the 435 fish landed this week was 2lb 5oz. The Brownies were looking for something to chase and were taking Yellow Dancer, Ace of Spades, Viva and other lures near the top of the water. Some were also tempted by small black flies such as Spider, Pennell and Bibio. The rainbows were slightly deeper and were taking Buzzers and Bloodworm in addition to the usual lures.
Included amongst the many excellent catches were Peter Boyle from Alva with 3 for 14lbs including the 'fish of the week' at 9lbs, Derek McNeill from Tillicoultry had 4 brown trout for 12lbs - best 5lbs 8oz and Jim Stevenson (Dunfermline) caught 4 for 10lbs 10oz - best a 3lbs 4oz brown. Also doing well were Mike McGill from Stirling included 4 browns in his 5 for 15lbs 10oz, Keith Dunbar (Cambusbarron) took 4 for 10lbs and Tom Brown (Killearn) had a brace of rainbows for 6lbs - best 4lbs.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports by Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (Linlithgow) The best fly patterns on the fly only lochan have been the Damsel Nymph and the Montana that are working particularly well along the north bank and at the dam wall. Amongst the good catches were David Izzy from Blackridge who had 5 for 10lbs and Falkirk angler David Morris used a deep-fished gold headed Damsel to take 4 for 9lbs.
On the bait lochan Calum Gilfeather and Mathew Osimski from Bathgate had 4 for 8lbs 8oz and 8 for 16lbs respectively. The best methods have been green Power Bait and maggots.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The beautiful weather of last week has warmed things up a bit and now a floating line is producing the best results. The top taking flies have been the Orange Fritz, Damsel and Montana best fished on a long leader with a very slow retrieve. The biggest fish off last week was a very fine rainbow of 11lbs 6oz that was caught by James Moffat from Denny. The Bridge Inn A/C from Linlithgow had a very productive outing with all their members enjoying excellent sport. Others doing well included Ian Sharp from Carronshore with 2 fish for 6lbs 12oz, John Martin (Linlithgow) had 4 for 11lbs 8oz, Derek Cochrane (Linlithgow) took 4 for 12lbs 10oz and Ian Brown (Glasgow) had 2 for 6lbs 4oz. Also doing well were John Paterson from Linlithgow with 4 for 14lbs, Robert Tuddingham (Banknock) had 2 for 6lbs and John Paterson (Linlithgow) caught 4 for 14lbs.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) The 'catch of the week' came from Rab Miller with 4 for 12lbs 8oz plus a further 14 on C+R using a small Damsel and various Buzzer patterns. W Frew from Cumnock used a small Epoxy Buzzer to catch 17 on C+R. Others doing well were C Murray from Glasgow with 3 for 7lbs 8oz on a Cats Whisker, A Ballantyne (Cumnock) used a Black Buzzer to take 3 for 7lbs and J Barclay (Kilmarnock) had a brace weighing 6lbs 8oz on a Black Zonker. K McCarlie from Kilmarnock had 2 for 5lbs on a Green Buzzer and J McNeill from Ayr used maggots on the bait pond to catch 6 for 10lbs. The bait pond produced regular bag limits all week with W Hainey from Ayr having a superb basket of 6 for 10lbs 8oz.
EASTER BALADO (Kinross) The best fly patterns last week were the Humungus, Damsel, Orange Fritz and Buzzers fished for best effect either on a floating or intermediate line. There were some nice catches off last week with Ken Fenton from Kirkcaldy including a nice 9lb 4oz rainbow in his basket of 7 for 31lbs 10oz and Mr. Band (Kinross) had 5 rainbows weighing 35lbs 12oz including specimens of 13lbs 14oz and 10lbs 4oz. Robert Brown from Lundin Links took 6 for 21lbs 2oz and Murray Dick (Kinross) had 3 for 17lbs 2oz - best 9lbs 4oz.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) Quite a quiet week over on this island fishery but those who visited had some excellent sport. Mr. McKenzie and party from Kirkintilloch had 8 fish for 17lbs 14oz - best 8lbs 4oz using Orange, Yellow and Black based lures and Messrs. Anderson & Kirk from Helensburgh took 8 for 13lbs 4oz. Mr. Dickson from Balloch caught 7 fish for 12lbs on a Sunburst Cat's Whisker and Mr. Scott (Motherwell) had a cracking specimen that tipped the scales at 10lbs 2oz.
HEATHERYFORD (Kinross) This popular Kinross fishery is now well and truly open for the 2003 season and had its first big stocking of rainbows last week - the brownies will be going in at the beginning of April. The best flies last week were the Orange Fritz, Cat's Whisker, Red & Black Fritz and the Green & Yellow Fritz. Amongst those with excellent baskets were Mr. Brass from Dalgety Bay with 3 for 5lbs 8oz, A Berger (Glenrothes) took 2 for 3lbs and Mr. Cachia (Cupar) managed to bag 4 for 9lbs. J Dryburgh from Rosyth caught 3 for 8lbs 3oz - best 4lbs 2oz, S Logie (Kennoway) had 2 for 5lbs 8oz and A Hawthorn (Inverkeithing) took 3 for 5lbs 8oz.
HOLL and HARPERLEAS (Fife) The opening day was a great success with 102 rainbows weighing 187lbs coming off the Holl fishery. Mr. Ritchie from Glenrothes used a Black & Green Fritz to great effect to take 4 for 15lbs 2oz with the heaviest tipping the scales at 8lbs 10oz. Mr. Kerracher from Glenrothes had a 6lb Blue Trout on a Humungus.
Neighbouring water, Harperleas opened in fine style as well with Messrs. Mazur and Cruikshanks from Edinburgh catching 18 brown trout mainly on the Bibio and palmered flies.
HOWWOOD. (Renfrewshire) There were some nice baskets taken last week including those from Alex Reid from Johnstone with 14 on C+R to the Red Head Damsel, John Gilmore from Paisley used the same pattern to extract 4 for 8lbs and Graham Steel (Paisley) caught 3 for 6lbs and returned a further 4. Also doing well were Mr. Keefe from Glasgow with 5 for 9lbs 8oz, Jim Kyle (Newton Mearns) had 5 on C+R using the Bloodworm and Mr. Burns (Johnstone) caught 2 for 5lbs on the Yellow Fritz.
KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) What a terrific week it was on the Specimen Pool with a quite astonishing EIGHT double figure fish going into the record books bring the double tally for the season so far to 70. Kevin Duncan from Inverarity had a terrific catch of 8 for 79lbs including specimens of 14lbs 12oz and one at 10lbs 2oz caught on a Silver Blob. Fraser Robertson from Forfar had a brace weighing 20lbs 120z - best 10lbs 12oz, Walter Pittendreich caught one at 11lbs and best achievement of the week was by Ryan McLeod (Dundee) who used a size 14 Black Buzzer to bag one at 13lbs 4oz. Stewart Gibson from Irvine had 11 for 54lbs (4 visits) - best 12lbs 8oz on a White Bunny Leech, Craig Ferguson (Glasgow) caught 11 weighing 68lbs - best 10lbs 12oz and Kenny Garrard (Perth) used a White & Green Bunny Leech to take 4 for 20lbs - best 7lbs.
It was bumper catches as well on the Bankside Pool with Phil Clark from Arbroath using a mini Black Cat to take 10 on C+R and the heaviest fish of the week at 6lbs 8oz was taken on a Gold Head Damsel by Iain Johnstone from Dundee. Also doing well were Bill Glasson from Dundee with 4 for 8lbs on the Cat, Jamie Smith jnr. from Tealing had 4 for 9lbs 4oz - best 4lbs on a Consett Budgie and Robert Richardson (Dundee) took 9 on C+R using a White & Green Fritz.
LAKE OF MENTEITH (Aberfoyle) Opens for the 2003 season on Saturday 29th March.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Linton) Willie Brash from Mayfield added yet another great double to his fast growing tally by landing a great 16lb 10oz rainbow on a small Black Buzzer and Walter Scott from Bonnyrigg used a Dancer to bag one at 15lbs. P Dresser from Berwick upon Tweed had a great brace weighing 17lbs 8oz - best 9lbs and the Tap Shop A/C from West Calder had a great outing taking 21 fish for 80lbs.
NEWTON FARM (Wormit, Fife) This extremely popular fishery has its 'reopening' next Saturday, 22nd March and anyone wanting to come along and fill the few available spaces should contact either Katherine or Gordon on 01382 542513. The opening has been delayed a bit this year as a walkway has been constructed over the causeway and regulars will see this as a big improvement after the last two wet summers. A new rule has been brought in to combat 'stockie bashing' with anglers now having a duty to move after they have caught 6 fish from the same spot. A tremendous amount of effort has gone into clearing out weed so the anglers should find lure fishing a lot easier now.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) There has been excellent sport on offer with the nice weather bringing the fish right up to the top where they are being tempted by the Damsel, Black & Green Fritz, Yellow Dancer and the Red Buzzer. The Linden FFC from Stirling had an excellent outing catching 72 fish for 182lbs and the heaviest basket of 5 for 15lbs - best a 5lbs 8oz brown trout was caught by John Fowler. Others doing well included Crawford Millar from Tillicoultry with 3 for 8lbs 8oz, Jim McCormack (Tillicoultry) had 3 for 8lbs 8oz, Mike Noble (Blairingone) took 3 for 9lbs on the Damsel and Hector Wilson (Bannockburn) used a Budgie to catch 3 for 8lbs.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The first of the brown trout have come off with specimens up to 4lbs 8oz featuring in the baskets that also includes some excellent rainbows and blue trout. The best patterns proved to be the Dancer, Cat's Whisker, Damsel and Fritz patterns with the best colours being yellow, orange and green. Some of the best catches included David Skinner from Stirling with a 4lb 8oz brown trout, Willie Lowe (Stirling) caught 5 for 15lbs - best a 4lb rainbow and Willie Salmond (Falkirk) had 4 for 11lbs 8oz including 2 brown trout for 6lbs 12oz. Nan Morrison from Stirling had 8 for 17lbs - best a 2lb 8oz tiger trout, Grant McCauley (Duntocher) included 2 browns in his 10 for 23lbs and Billy Wilson (Carronshore) took 3 for 8lbs.
WELLSFIELD FARM (by Denny) The brown trout season got off to a cracker of a start when Gavin Harkins from Kirkintilloch caught and released a superb fish of 5lbs 12oz taken on a claret Shipman's Buzzer. During the course of the week there were three double figure rainbows caught with S Wilkie from Stepps using a Silver Humungus to take a cracker of 18lbs 2oz. T Boardman from Dunfermline used a Yellow Craftye to bag one at 14lbs 1oz and H Higgins (Lanark) had a 12lb 5oz specimen on a Black & Orange Buzzer. Intermediate or floating lines are best especially when teamed up with the Dancer, Humungus and the Montana Nymph.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (Linlithgow) It has been a good opening week with both lochans fishing well and now the bait pond has bigger fish than in the past. The rollovers are well worth winning standing at £140 and £200. On the fly loch the best patterns have been the Yellow Dancer, Damsel and during the warmer spells small dark Buzzers have worked well. Amongst the good catches last week were Mr. Graham from Linlithgow with 5 for 11lbs and Mr. Cochrane (Falkirk) had 5 for 10lbs 8oz.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The changeable weather, including cold winds, have put the fish down deep so an intermediate line is the best choice. The top taking fly patterns are the Orange Fritz, Damsel Nymph and Montana and from time to time the buzzers are good. John Patrick from Fankerton had a good session taking 4 for 13lbs 8oz including one at 6lbs 12oz that turned out to be the 'fish of the week'. Also doing well were Alex Marrs from Falkirk with a nice rainbow weighing 3lbs 8oz, P Lawrie (Grangemouth) caught 2 for 7lbs 12oz and G Montgomery (Falkirk) had one at 3lbs 12oz. Others doing well included C Stewart from Carronshore with 2 for 6lbs 4oz, John Ramsay (Kilsyth) had 2 for 6lbs 80z and Kevin McKenzie (Hallglen) caught 4 for 12lbs 8oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) A very busy week with some excellent catches coming off. The Crown Fly Fishers from Dreghorn had a very successful competition that was won by Tom Campbell with 6 fish weighing 14lbs 8oz. Other notable catches during the week were posted by Billy Hunter with 6 for 14lbs, Colin Osborne caught 6 for 13lbs and Robert Irvine managed 6 for 12lbs 8oz. Jamie Ferguson used a gold head Damsel to take the 'fish of the wee' - a beauty that tipped the scales at 9lbs 8oz. The top taking patterns include the mini Cat, Black & Green Fritz and the Damsel along with red, black and olive Buzzers. The bait pond remains fairly quiet but those have fished have gone away delighted with the sport.
LOCH FAD (Isle of Bute) It was a good opening week with some catches being reported including 4 double figure rainbows. Jock Esplin from Bonnybridge had 10 for 29lbs including the best of the week at 11lbs 3oz that fell for an Orange Fritz. Also amongst the 'biggies' were Mr. Riddicks from Ayr with 10 for 27lbs 9oz - best 10lbs 10z on a White Zonker, Mr. Ward (Dumbarton) caught 9 for 26lbs 8oz - best 11lbs on an Olive Damsel and Mr. Sinclair (Alexandria) had one at 10lbs 10oz in his basket of 6 for 18lbse 2oz. Also doing well were Mr. Walker from Gartcosh with 10 for 16lbs 4oz, Mr. McColgan (Glasgow) had 9 for 15lbs 10oz and Mr. Gallacher (Paisley) took 7 for 13lbs 4oz on the Black Zonker. The top taking patterns were The Orange Fritz, Sunburst Blob, Orange Blob and the Black & Green Fritz.
HOLL (Fife) The good news is that this popular Fife fishery opens its doors for business on Saturday 15th March.
HOWWOOD. (Renfrewshire) There were some nice catches taken last week with Mr. Minto from Johnstone taking 4 for 9lbs 4oz - best 4lbs on a Black & Green Fritz, Ian Ritchie (Johnstone) had 2 for 4lbs on the Damsel and Mr. McDade (Barrhead) caught 3 for 6lbs 8oz. Others doing well were Brian Colwill with 5 for 10lbs 2oz and Mr. White (Paisley) with e for 6lbs 4oz on the Damsel. The best fly patterns have been the Red Head Damsel, Yellow Dancer and the Black & Green Fritz.
KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) There were two great doubles off the Specimen Pool last week with specimen hunter Jim Doyle from Montrose taking a cracker of 15lbs 5oz on a Bunny Leech and this fine fish was included in a nice basket of 4 for 34lbs. Jim Tait from Forfar used his famous Green Pea to take the other that weighed in at 12lbs. Other good catches were reported by Brian Chalmers from Wellbank with 4 for 27lbs 8oz - best 9lbs 12oz on a Bleeding Cat, Jim Gibb (Dundee) managed 4 for 24lbs - best 8lbs 4oz on the Gladiator Fritz and Davie Simpson & party took 9 8 for 44lbs - best 8lbs on various lures.
The Bankside Pool continues to fish well with Mr. McIntosh from Dundee catching a cracker of 7lbs 8oz on a Black & Green Fritz. Also doing well were Willie Christie from Forfar with 4 for 8lbs on Buzzers, Tony Vetraino (Dundee) caught 4 for 8lbs 8oz - best 3lbs and Tommy Adams (Arbroath) managed a brace for 5lbs 12oz.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Linton) There were a couple of big fish caught last week, both weighing 1llbs, and John Russell from Prestonpans used a Viva to tempt his whilst Graham Barker from Edinburgh landed his specimen on a Yellow Dancer. Amongst the many other excellent catches were Carol Dunn from Edinburgh with 3 for 14lbs - best 7lbs 12oz on a Pearly Montana, A Leadbetter (Edinburgh) used a Yellow Dancer to take 3 for 14lbs 4oz, Rab Barrie (Edinburgh) caught 3 for 15lbs on an Orange Dancer and A Thompson (Bathgate) had a super catch of 3 weighing 16lbs. The best patterns have been various coloured Dancers, Buzzers and the PTN.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) There was excellent sport last week with the top three feet of the water again producing the bulk of the catches. The best fly patterns have been the Black & Green Fritz, Buzzers, Damsel Nymph and the Black & Silver lure. Amongst the many excellent catches were Jim Hunter from Cowdenbeath with 5 for 16lbs 8oz - best 6lbs on a Floating Fry, Walter Graham (Alloa) had 3 for 9lbs on the Damsel and Derek Bradley (Alloa) took 2 for 4lbs 8oz. Others featuring in the top bags were Tam McKay from Torrance with 2 for 5lbs on Buzzers, Peem McMeechan (Fallin) had 5 for 14lbs 8oz and Steven Stewart (Alloa) caught 3 for 10lbs 8oz on the Okey Dokey.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The extremely changeable weather led to the need for a variety of tactics during mid week but some absolutely superb fish in the 3-4lb range were landed. Buzzers, Hare's Ear and Nymphs fished near the surface have been taking fish but at the weekend when the fish were lying deeper lures such as the Craftye, Dancer, Cat's Whisker and the Fritz did better.
The Troutmaster fish off on Saturday was won by Brian Paterson from Cambusbarron with 5 for 12lbs 2oz and he will represent the fishery at the final at Grafham Water in May. Other good catches were recorded by Willie Martin from Stirling with 7 for 15lbs 8oz, Chick Brown (Belshill) had 4 for 10lbs 10oz - best 3lbs 11oz, Alan Armstrong (Dollar) caught 3 for 7lbs 12oz and Gordon Todd (Stenhousemuir) had 4 for 10lbs 4oz.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The very changeable weather has put the fish down a bit deeper so an intermediate line is now working best. For good results try teaming this with the Orange Fritz, Damsels and the Montana but on the warmer days the buzzers were taking nice catches. Tom Quinn from Cumbernauld had the 'fish of the week' a nice rainbow that tipped the scales at 5lbs 12oz. Other good catches were reported by John Nellis from Limekilns with 2 for 5lbs 10oz, Simon Bell (Falkirk) had 3 for 9lbs 12oz, John Kay (Glasgow) managed 2 for 7lbs 2oz and Andy Whyte (Cumbernauld) had 2 for 6lbs 12oz. Also doing well were David owns from Baillieston with 2 for 5lbs, John Robertson (Falkirk) had 2 for 5lbs 14oz and Peter Simpson (Stirling) took a nice specimen rainbow at 4lbs 9oz.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) A floating line with a Buzzer did the trick for Mr. Longridge from Linwood who had a great bag of 4 fish for 18kbs with the best being a beauty of 11lbs. Robert Young from Stirling had 12 on C+R taken on either a Claret Buzzer or a White Rabbitiser stripped back slowly just sub surface, Andrew Bell (Glasgow) had 3 for 7lbs 8oz on Black Buzzers and Wilson Gray (Lanark) caught 3 on a Green & Black Fritz.
The bait pond is also fishing well with A Little and son Andrew taking 6 on sweetcorn, Mr. Rutherford (Ayr) used a garden worm to include a nice specimen of 4lbs in his catch and John Baird (Glasgow) had 4 for 12lbs on maggot.
EASTER BALDO (Kinross) The best patterns have been the Snatcher, Yellow Dancer, Orange Fritz and Buzzers fished for best effect on either the floating or intermediate line. There were some excellent catches taken last week with Jim Pratt from Dunfermline catching 6 for 34lbs - best 10lbs & 9lbs, Willie Harley (Kirkcaldy) had 9 for 33lbs - best 9lbs and Mr. Muir (Alexandria) had 10 for 38lbs 10oz - best 10lbs. Also doing well were Mr. Eastwood from Kinross with 3 for 15lbs - best 9lbz, Robbie McRobbie (Tillicoultry) had 3 for 12lbs, Alex Prentice (Clackmannan) caught 3 for 12lbs 8oz and Ian Jane (Kirkcaldy) managed 3 for 11lbs 4oz.
HOWWOOD. (Renfrewshire) There were some superb catches off last week including Mr. Blackwood from Lochwinnoch with 3 for 13lbs 9oz - best 9lbs 9oz on a Red Head Damsel, Kevin McAllion had 2 for 7lbs 9oz - best 5lbs 9oz and Jim Black (Johnstone) took 5 on C+R with the best tipping 6lbs. Also doing well were Alison McRae from Lochwinnoch with 3 for 6lbs 6oz on the Damsel and John Bicker (Kilmaurs) caught 10on C+R using a Damsel and Bloodworm imitative.
The Bait competition was won by Graham Steel from Paisley with 10 for 21lbs, Rab McMillan (Paisley) was second with 7 for 13lbs 2oz and Robert Bonner (Paisley) came third with 6 for 12lbs 8oz. The heaviest fish prize was won by Mr. Munro from Glasgow with a rainbow of 3lbs 10oz.
KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) There were two doubles off last week at the Specimen Pool including a terrific 20lb 10oz specimen taken by Tony Fenemore in the 'opening weekend' competition. Jim Tait had 8 fish for 48lbs on two tickets including a beauty of 10lbs on a Blue Tailed Green Pea. Also doing well were Ramsay Page from Cardenden with 4 for 24lbs 8oz - best 7lbs on the Damsel, Ian Adam (Glenrothes) caught 4 for 24lbs - best 8lbs on the Bunny Leech and Alan Carlyle (Monifieth) had a nice brace of 15lbs - best 10lbs on the White Cat. Derek Birse from Forfar won the Saturday competition with 5 for 24lbs 10oz and on Sunday the winner was Fraser Robertson from Forfar with 3 for 17lbs 10oz.
The Bankside Pool is fishing well with some much larger fish featuring in the 'opening weekend' competition that was won on Saturday by George Gall from Arbroath with 5 (+2) for 20lbs 4oz, Ian Donald (Monifieth) was second with 5 for 16lbs 4oz - best 6lbs and Brian Longmuir (Arbroath was third with 3 for 13lbs - best 6lbs 12oz. Other good Bankside catches came from Ron Ferme from Carnoustie with 4 for 10lbs on Buzzers & lures, Gilbert Cheetham (Monifieth) had 4 for 13lbs 12oz - best 4lbs 4oz and Paul Baldwin (Scone) took 2 for 5lbs 8oz on the Damsel. Davie Forsyth from Rattray won the Sunday competition with 5 (+5) for 18lbs 2oz, Graham Wood (Carmylie) was second with 5 (+3) for 17lbs 4oz and Andy Brown (Arbroath) was third with 5 (+1) for 13lbs 4oz.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Linton) The biggest fish last week was a cracking rainbow of 13lbs taken on a small Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear by J Thomson from East Linton and John Williamson from Haddington caught a terrific Tiger trout of 5lbs 8oz on a Damsel. Also doing well were P Ryan from Berwick upon Tweed with 3 for 11lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer, A Thomson (Bathgate) took 3 for 16lbs on a Dancer and Willie Hall (Dalkeith) had 3 for 18lbs on Buzzers.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The fish are still being caught in the top three feet of water on the Black & Green Fritz, Yellow Dancer, Pink Dancer, Damsel Nymph and the Cat's Whisker. The Falcon Fly Fishing Club from Larbert had a very successful visit taking 36 fish for 106lbs with Willie Barr having the heaviest basket with 6 fish weighing 16lbs. Also doing well were Bert Strathearn from Cowdenbeath with 3 for 13lbs - best 7lbs, Alex McMillan (Sauchie0 had 4 for 12lbs on the Damsel and Hamish Carmichael took 3 for 8lbs on the Humungus. Other good catches came from Hector Wilson from Bannockburn with 3 for 8lbs on the Damsel, Harry Graham (Glenrothes) had 7 for 17lbs 8oz on the Damsel and John Wright (Stirling) caught 3 for 11lbs 8oz on the Cat.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was another up and down week with the fish being very active some days when they were taking Buzzers, Bloodworm and small Nymphs whilst on others it was deep and slow with lures like the Damsel, Montana, Viva and the Cat's Whisker. Over all the total catch was 305 fish with an average weight of 2lbs 3oz and this week sees the delivery of some pretty good Blue trout that should stir things up.There were two double figure rainbows last week with Rab Don from Plean including a lovely specimen of 13lbs 4oz in his bag of 3 for 17lbs 8oz and Ryan Craig from Falkirk had 3 for 16lbs with the heaviest weighing in at 11lbs 12oz. Also doing well were Bruce Dysart from Sauchie with 2 for 6lbs 9oz - best 4lbs 8oz, John Logan & Jim Brown from Banknock shared 6 for 13lbs from the boat and Peter Ferrier (Clydebank) caught 5 for 14lbs 4oz - best 6lbs.
WELLSFIELD FARM (by Denny) The best fly patterns last week were the Craftye Cat, Yellow Dancer, Orange Dancer, Buzzers and the Green Damsel. The average weight last week was 3lbs 6oz and two double figure fish were caught. Grier Forsyth had 3 for 16lbs 8oz including a cracker of 10lbs 8oz and D Brown had a brace weighing 15lbs 6oz - best 12lbs. Last week the fishery received a stocking of big steelheads, blues and plenty of brown trout.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (Linlithgow) The great news is that from next Saturday - 1st March the fishery will be open for seven days a week from 8.30am and 4.30pm. There are still a good number of tagged doubles waiting to be caught with a free days fishing up for grabs for the return of the tag. The rollover cash is now pretty substantial with the pot standing at £200 on the Fly Pond and £150 for the Bait Pond. A fair number of excellent brown trout have been reported and these nice specimens weigh anything between 1.5-2lbs
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) No report this week due to the fishery being frozen over. Things should now be getting back to normal.
COYLE WATER (Ayrshire) The fly pond fished very well last week but unfortunately the bait fishers were out of luck with their pond being covered with ice.
The fly fishers doing well included A Walsh from Cumnock with 4 on the Ace of Spades - best 4lbs, Mr. Barclay (Kilmarnock) used Black Buzzers to catch a nice brace and Mr. McCartland (Kilmarnock) had a couple with the best weighing in at 5lbs. Also doing well were Mr. Johnstone from Ayr with 4 for 10lbs on a Green & Black Fritz, Mr. Moon (Maybole) took 4 on the Green Buzzer and J McMillan (Ayr) had 3 on Green & Black Buzzers.
HOWWOOD. (Renfrewshire) A busy week on both fly and bait areas with some nice catches coming off. Gerry Riorden from Glasgow had 8 on C+R using the Damsel, Jamie Girvan (Glasgow) took 5 for 10lbs 8oz, Mr. Fulton (Greenock) used a Fritz to bag 5 for 9lbs 8oz and Bobby Beggs (Johnstone) took 3 for 6lbs 10oz on the Red Head Damsel. Amongst the top catches on bait were Mr. Smith & son from Ayrshire with 6 for 11lbs 2oz, Mr. Fleming (Johnstone) took 5 for 9lbs 8oz and Mr. Adams (Brookfield) had 6 for 12lbs 6oz.
KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry)The best fish off the Specimen Pool last week was a nice 9lb 4oz taken on the deadly White Bunny Leech by Bob McHardy from Carnoustie and this was included in a fine basket of 3 for 21lbs. The water is gin clear and at present it is a toss up between lures and buzzers for being the best to use. Also doing well were Jim Tait from Forfar who on three visits had 10 for 53lbs - best 7lbs on the blue tailed Green Pea, Peter Boyd (Montrose) caught 4 for 24lbs - best 7lbs on a Buzzer and Hector Connell (Inverbervie) took 4 for 21lbs - best 6lbs on the White Fritz.
The Bankside Pool is also fishing well with Brian Longmuir from Arbroath having a great session on C+R catching 9 on the Pink TT fished on a fast glass line. The 'fish of the week' - a nice rainbow of 5lbs 8oz was taken on a Dundee Budgie by John Thomson from Dundee. Other fine baskets were reported by James Nasmith from Spittalfield with 3 for 9lbs 4oz - best a 4lbs 4oz blue trout, Darren Kearnan (Dundee) took 4 for 10lbs 12oz on Buzzers and Garry Milne (Coupar Angus) used a Black & Green Fritz to tempt 8 for 17lbs 8oz - best 4lbs.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Linton) There were some nice catches taken last week despite the cold conditions at the start. T Rogerson from Edinburgh used a Damsel to tempt 3 for 15lbs 12oz - best 8lbs, Ronnie Senior (Penicuik) had 3 for 13lbs 8oz on the Dancer and K Peebles had a 5lb 8oz Tiger Trout on a Yellow Dancer. Also doing well were Jackie Hay from Haddington who caught a nice specimen rainbow that tipped the scales at 8lbs and David Murray (Edinburgh) caught 3 for 10lbs 12oz using a Damsel Nymph.
ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The ice is off and the fish are now extremely active and are being taken from all areas of the fishery. They are still to be found around 2/3 feet down where they are being tempted by the likes of the Buzzer, Damsel, Yellow Dancer, Pink Dancer, Cat's Whisker and the Viva. There were some excellent catches taken last week including Jock Esplin from Bonnybridge with 5 for 19lbs 8oz on a size 14 Black & Green Fritz, Jim Prentice (Tillicoultry) had 10 on two visits for 30lbs 8oz on the Damsel and John Hardie (Sauchie0 used a Damsel to take 3 for 11lbs 8oz. Also doing well were Crawford Millar from Tillicoultry with 4 for 10lbs on the Black & Green Fritz and W Munnoch (Kirkintilloch) with 3 for 8lbs 4oz on the White Minkie.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) The use of the aerators meant that the fishery was open all week but on some days the extremely low water temperature made the fishing really hard but over the week 300 fish were landed with an average weight of 2lbs 3oz. The top taking patterns were Buzzers, Bloodworm, PTN, Montana and the Dancer.
During the week four double figure fish were landed with Jim Brown from Banknock taking the biggest at 13lbs 6oz on a Montana whilst boat fishing. Jim Dougall from Kincardine had 3 for 16lbs 4oz - best 12lbs 6oz, John Wilson (Edinburgh) used a Yellow Fritz to lure one at 12lbs 3oz and Steven Macdonald (Cumbernauld) had 7 for 23lbs - best 12lbs on a Black & Silver.
Also doing well were Sandy Kopyto from Kirkcaldy with 5 for 13lbs 12oz - best 5lbs 12oz, Danny Doherty (Denny) had 5 for 11lbs and Alan Henderson (Grangemouth) and Kimmin Smith shared 7 for 16lbs from a boat.
WELLSFIELD FARM (by Denny) It was another great week of fishing with the average weight standing at a whopping 3lbs 8oz. There were two double fish taken with D Penman having the heaviest at 13lbs 12oz and B McMillan with a nice one at 10lbs 2oz. Last week both fly and bait lochans were stocked with 6 rainbow trout weighing between 18 and 20lbs and the white tagged competition kitty stands at £200 for each lochan.
The best patterns have been the mini Cat, Damsel, Orange Fritz and Red Buzzers fished for best effect on a long leader from an intermediate line. The bait anglers are finding lobworms and wasp grubs best.
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Colin Johnson
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Subject: Reports from Jim Boyd
BOWDEN SPRINGS (Linlithgow)
Will anglers please note that, until March 1, 2003 the fishery is open at weekends only between 8.30am and 4.30pm.
BURNHOUSE LOCHAN (Bonnybridge) The weather was extremely cold last week resulting in ice problems towards the back-end. A floating or intermediate line is still fine especially when teamed up with patterns like the Hare's Lug, Damsel and Montana fished on a very long leader. There were no 'biggies' off last week but some excellent catches were reported. Alistair Kerr from Cumbernauld had a superb brace that weighed in at 7lbs 5oz, Jim Anderson (Falkirk) took 3 for 10lbs 4oz and Graham Thomson (Camelon) had 2 for 6lbs 4oz. Also doing well were Peter Mason from Falkirk with 2 for 6lbs, Sandy Whyte (Stirling) caught 2 for 6lbs 2oz and Ian Simpson (Denny) had 2 for 5lbs 8oz.
EASTER BALDO (Kinross) It was a terrific week of fishing with no fewer than 9 doubles being taken. The ladies were certainly to the fore with Janet Sinclair from Pitlochry taking 3 for 23lbs 12oz including the 'fish of the week' at 16lbs 12oz and Michelle Boyer from Edinburgh had two doubles - one at 10lbs 4oz and another at 10lbs 2oz. Regular angler, Jim Pratt from Dunfermline weighed in 3 for 24lbs including a beauty of 11lbs and this was Jim's 30th double from Easter Balado and Mr. Mitchell (Perth) had 3 for 21lbs - best 11lbs. To complete the doubles honours list Findlay Meachan from Kincardine 10lbs, Mr. Connolly (Kirkcaldy) 11lbs 8oz, Mr. Duff (Lochore) 10lbs 10oz and Willie Harley (Kirkcaldy) 10lbs 8oz.
The total double figure fish caught during 2002 was a terrific 287. The best methods of late have been to use either a floating or intermediate line teamed up with the Snatcher, Black & Yellow Tadpole, Orange Fritz and the White Tadpole.
HOWWOOD. (Renfrewshire) The fishery is currently iced over - anglers wishing an update should give John a ring on 01505 702688.
KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) It was a great Festive Season at the fishery at the Specimen Pool when over the two weeks an astonishing 13 doubles came off. Last week Andrew Lowe from Glenrothes had three visits taking 9 fish for a whopping 76lbs and this haul included specimens of 12lbs and 10lbs taken on the Bunny Leech. Also doing well were John Campbell from Montrose with 3 for 25lbs - best 10lbs on the Bunny Leech, John Ovens (Elgin) had 3 for 25lbs 10oz - best 9lbs 8oz on the Black & Green Bunny Leech and Drew Young (Monifieth) had a great brace weighing 17lbs - best 9lbs on the Damsel Nymph.
The Bankside Pool also performed well with Joseph Semple from Stirling taking 8 for 26lbs 4oz including fish of 5lbs 4oz and 4lbs 4oz, Gilbert Cheetham (Monifieth) caught 4 for 13lbs - best 4lbs 4oz on a Black & Green Fritz and Willie Keith (Dundee) had 8 for 22lbs 12oz - best 4lbs 10oz on a White Technocat.
MARKLE FISHERY (East Linton) There were three double figure trout caught last week with Alan Brash from Mayfield taking the biggest at 12lbs 8oz on a Cat's Whisker and quite incredibly the same fish was taken less than five minutes later on the same fly. Hack Hay from Haddington used a Minkie to tempt a beauty weighing 11lbs and J Steven (Edinburgh) had one weighing 11lbs on a Gold Headed Daddy. Amongst the top baskets were Jimmy Watters from Gorebridge with 3 for 18lbs - best 8lbs 8oz on a PTN and R Green (Edinburgh) took 3 for 15lbs - heaviest 6lbs 8oz on a Fritz.
ORCHILL LOCH (Auchterarder) With the much colder weather the fish are now lying a bit deeper so an intermediate line is preferred. The top taking patterns have included a Black & Green Fritz, Damsel Nymph, Yellow Dancer and the mini Cat's Whisker. The aerator pump is managing to keep most of the ice at bay. Jock Esplin's 'bottle competition' was a big success with the competitors taking 53 fish for 136lbs 8oz with the winner being James Hepburn with 6 fish weighing 15lbs 8oz. Other good catches were reported from Hector Wilson from Bannockburn with 3 fish for 10lbs - best 5lbs on the Orange & Black Fritz, Crawford Millar (Tillicoultry) had 2 for 7lbs on the Black & Green Fritz and Mathew Wishart (Kinglassie) had 2 for 6lbs 8oz on a small Damsel Nymph.
SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was a good finish to the old year and a great start to the new one as the fishery continued to produce great fish and fishing. A total of 306 fish averaging 2lbs 9oz each were landed last week and included 4 doubles. Due to the very cold weather the bulk of the fish have been caught on lures like the Damsel, Dancer and Cat's Whisker. Sandy Mabon from Linlithgow had a great start to the New Year when he caught a superbly conditioned 11lb 6oz rainbow on his first cast using a Yellow Dancer and went on to a bag of 5 for 21lbs 2oz. The biggest fish of the week was a cracker of 13lbs 1oz taken by Ben McGovern from Sauchie and included in a basket of 2 for 15lbs. Adrian Pirie from Sauchie had 3 for 16lbs 10oz - best 12lbs 10oz and Andrew Knox (Denny) had 5 for 28lbs 14oz including rainbows at 11lbs 11oz, 6lbs 3oz and 4lbs 10z. Other good catches were weighed in by Willie Brown from Bannockburn with 3 for 13lbs 12oz - best 9lbs 12oz and Gerry McDonald (Glasgow) had a nice rainbow that tipped the scales at 9lbs 12oz.
WELLSFIELD FARM (by Denny) John Thomson from Cumbernauld used a size 12 Bloodworm to take a tremendous rainbow of 16lbs 2oz included in a basket of 5 fish for 25lbs 3oz. There were another two double figure trout caught last week and they came from R Stewart from Alva with a brace tipping the scales at 13lbs 4oz including one at 11lbs and E Saunders (Linlithgow) had 2 for 15lbs 6oz with the best weighing 11lbs 3oz. Other good catches came from P Ramsay from Dunblane with 5 for 15lbs 12oz, Stewart Sheriff (Govan) had 4 for 14lbs 12oz and Andy Mason (Larbert) caught 4 for 14lbs 8oz.
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