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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday, 25 July 2011
The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 24 July 2011.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) Tom Langdon from Dunfermline kept 5 fish weighing 12lb

12oz, Eddie Collins (Cowie) 3 for 8lb 8oz and Donald McKellar (Bearsden) caught 3

fish weighing 7lb 12oz.

A good number of angling clubs visited last week and the Perthshire F/C kept

6 fish weighing 15lb, Ladies St Serfs A/C 8 fish for 24lb 6oz – heaviest 5lb 8oz,

Alexander’s A/C took 19 fish weighing 49lb 12oz – heaviest weighing 6lb & 5lb

10oz and the Priory F/C kept 23 fish weighing 62lb 12oz. Broughty A/C took 4 fish

weighing 10lb 8oz and Cowdenbeath & District A/C managed a good haul of 25 fish

weighing 63lb – heaviest 5lb 4oz.

All areas continue to fish well and the top taking flies and lures included the Muddler,

Bibio Hopper, Kate McLaren, Red Head Damsel and the CDC Hopper..

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) Warmer weather has seen good

hatches of flies and fish feeding throughout the day. The bright conditions have

necessitated fine leaders, but Bankside anglers ready to use small flies, buzzers

and CDC's, have been rewarded with some lovely fully finned, hard fighting trout.

The Osprey continues to visit at least twice a day to take a fish giving everyone a

fantastic show as he dives for fish. Evening sessions on the Bankside have seen

some massive rises of trout as dusk approaches, and some catch and release

regulars have enjoyed double figure catches. The average size is between 2 and 3

pounds, but a number of bigger fish from 4 to 6 pounds have been reported.

The Burnside has fished well J Martin taking a 5lb 4oz rainbow on a Cormorant,

with His fish along with most of the fish this week have been caught on intermediate

lines about 4 foot under the surface. Lures have been the flies of choice this week

with lots of fish also being caught on naturals.

On the Boathouse anglers on kill tickets have had no trouble at all in reaching limit;

fish that have been kept from the Boathouse this week have averaged 4.5lb. All

sorts of flies have done well from big lures to tiny dries and everything in between.

The water is gin clear at the moment making spotting fish very easy but a stealthy

approach is necessary to catch them.

The Woodside any legal lure pond has also fished well this week, with fish

averaging one and a half to two pounds. Among the Woodside catches was Mr Baird

2 for 3lbs, Mr Stevens, 3 for 6lbs, Mr Martin, 6, 9lbs and Mr Mill, 2 for 3lbs 8ozs.

3. HOLL (near Kinross) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

4. MARKLE (East Lothian) LATE REPORT TO FOLLOW

5. MORTON FISHERY (Livingston) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

6. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The fish have been taking a wide variety of dries and

lures this week and the depth has been varying with the changeable weather and

of course the lovely sun we have had. You can see lots of flies hatching and loads

of water beetles and tiny pin minnows in the water just now as well as lots of the

electric blue gorgeous damsels.

Ian Sloan from Almondbank caught 5 fish for 13lbs on a Damsel, Tam McEwan,

Stirling, 3 for 13lbs on a Pinkie, Richard Kerr, Fallin, 6 for 15lbs on Snatchers,

Douglas Murray, Bridge of Allan, 3 for 10lbs on Buzzers and Frank Malkiewilz,

Tullibody, 5 for 12lbs 12oz on a Damsel. Gerry Stephenson from Gargunnock took

3 fish for 8lbs on a Muddler, David Young, Dunfermline, 3 for 10lbs on a Gold Head

Sedge, Paul Shepherd, Gilmerton, 5 for 14lbs 12oz on a Black Buzzer and David

Low, Stirling, 2 for 4lbs 12oz on Dries. Johnny Weir from Airdrie had 3 fish weighing

8lbs on a Soldier Palmer, Colin Venters, Comrie, 2 for 7lbs 12oz on a Yellow Dancer,

Jim Prentice, Tullibody, used a HH Olive Flexi Cat to take 4 for 13lbs and Craig

Kilgour, Stenhousemuir, 5 fish for 15lbs 8oz on a Damsel.

7. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) The match on the Snake on Sunday

was the Orchill Central Coarse Angling Club with 21 anglers taking part. The match

was won by Brian Docherty Snr. With 47lbs 7oz on pellet, Jim Jones was second

with 46lbs, Neil Chapman came third with 42lbs 6oz and fourth place went to

Steph Hunter with 42lbs 5oz. Also doing well was Grant Clark with 28lbs 7oz, Brian

Hewitt 27lbs 7oz, George Yardley 21lbs 7oz, Brian Docherty Jnr. 19lbs 9oz, Tony

Ball 18lbs 9oz and Paul Joyce 17lbs 9oz.

8. SWANSWATER (Stirling) July is never the best month for fishing but there were

some really good spells this week, although there were times, especially when it

was very warm with bright sunshine, that conditions were pretty tough.

of the week the fish were near the surface and taking a variety of dries, wets and

nymphs.

water, particularly if fishing with a small gold-head nymph. A fairly fast retrieve was

also working well, especially when the fish were a bit deeper.

included Daddy, Muddler, CDC, Bibio, Butcher, Spider, Damsel, Montana, Buzzer

and PTN. For much of the week the boats seemed to have the edge over the bank

although plenty of fish were being taken all round the ponds.

For most

Many anglers were reporting takes almost as soon as the fly hit the

Favourite patterns

Best bag this week was taken by Steven Derry, Grangemouth, with 4 for 18lb

14oz including Blues at 8lb 4oz and 6lb 4oz. Others doing well included Donald

McMurchy, Fallin, 12 for 37lb 12oz, in 3 visits, including 6 Blues biggest one at 7lb

13oz, Danny Doherty, Denny, 5 for 17lb 8oz including 7lb 14oz Blue, John Moyes,

Grangemouth, 2 for 8lb 6oz including 6lb 4oz Blue, Peter Bryce, Alloa, 5 for 18lb

including 4lb 8oz Blue and 4lb 4oz Rainbow and Gary Stewart, Glasgow, 2 for 6lb

4oz including a Blue. Peter O’Brien, Camelon 5 for 14lb including 3lb 8oz Brown and

a Blue, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 11lb including a Brown and a Blue and Bob Garvie,

Lennoxtown, 2 for 6lb including a Blue, Jim Craig, Balloch, 4lb Blue

9. LOCH VENACHAR (Trossachs) LATE REPORT TO FOLLOW

ENDS