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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday, 12 September
2011.The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 11 September 2011.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) On the individual front Robert Peden from Kelty kept 2 fish

weighing 15lb 12oz – heaviest 8lb, Robert Bellamy & Gary Porter (Grangemouth)

8 for 27lb 12oz including two weighing 5lb and one weighing 4lb, Bobby Paterson

(Stirling) 2 fish weighing 9lb 8oz – heaviest 5lb and released a further 3 and Jim

Donnelly (Tullibody) kept 2 fish weighing 7lb – heaviest 4lb 8oz and released a

further 5. Jim Carlaw from Kinghorn had 1 fish weighing 7lb, Kevin Duff (Alloa) 3

for 15lb – heaviest 8lb 8oz, Magnus Corkish (Alva) 2 fish for 8lb and Willie Gibson

(Stenhousemuir) kept 2 fish weighing 11lb – heaviest 6lb.

On the angling club front SSEB A/C kept 27 fish weighing 92lb 15oz including 2

weighing 5lb, Methil A/C 4 fish weighing 17lb – heaviest 7lb 9oz, Clydesdale Bank

A/C 17 fish for 64lb 6oz – heaviest 8lb 10oz and Kinglassie A/C kept 4 fish weighing

17lb 4oz – heaviest 8lb 12oz. Raith Last but not least Lake Raiders kept 4 fish

weighing 16lb 4oz and the Aberfeldy A/C had 4 fish for 11lb 14oz.

The top taking flies and lures have proved to be the Leggy Bloodworm, Yellow

Dancer, Hothead Damsel, Daddy longlegs, Red Damsel Hotty and the Olive Hotty.

Once again all areas of the fishery are performing well.

Best Areas: All areas.

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) The fishery has been fishing well over

the past week with all ponds taking good numbers of fish. The cooler weather and

flush of freshwater over the last week has made the fishing easier. The Bankside

is at last getting back on form with most anglers coming off with their fish. Most

methods have been taking fish but Buzzers and Dries are the top method with small

Black and Olive Buzzers and the CDC being the favoured patterns. Black and red

lures and the White Humongous have also taken lots of fish. also. The top catches

this week have been L Smart with 4 for 10lb and 9 returned, D Cox 2 for 5lbs and 11

returned and D Smith 10 returned.

The Boathouse has been fishing well but it has been hard work with the need to go

down in fly size and line weight to get the results. The top method has been nymphs

such as the Cruncher and small lures such as the Montana and the Damsel Nymph.

The top bags this week have been I Meldrum with 4 for 22lbs – best 8lbs and T

Morgan 2 for 12lbs – best 7lbs 8oz.

The Woodside has been producing lots and lots of fish to a number of methods but

the worm still seems to be the most popular. Power bait and sweet corn have still

been taking their fair share of the fish. The top bags have been N Brown with 6 for

9lbs, D Whiteford 4 for 6lbs and the Drury Lodge AC took 36 fish for 64lb.

The Burnside has been fishing very consistently with very good numbers of fish

coming out. They are being caught on most methods with Buzzers (olive) and

Crunchers being the best option. Lures are still taking plenty of fish but smaller

flies seem to be more effective. Damsels, mini Yellow Dancers and Cormorants

have been the top lures. One of the brig browns was caught and released through

the week with a weight estimated at 10-12lba. The top bags this week have been

R Watson with 4 for 6lb and 10 returned, D Bett 2 for 4lbs and 8 returned and C

Donaldson 11 returned.

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 weather was certainly very mixed for most of the

week with the fish generally to be found just under the surface with dries, Damsel,

Hare's Ear and Buzzers have been the most popular flies

On Saturday the rain the Linden FFC caught plenty of fish with the heaviest bags

going to Robert Wright and Gordon Porter who both had 5 fish for 15lbs 2oz and

young Ryan Seath who had joined them had 5 fish for 15lbs 8oz.

Also doing well was Jim Prentice from Tullibody with 5 for 14lbs on a Damsel;

George McLuskey from Spittalfield took a brace weighing 8lbs on an Orange Fritz,

Frank Armstrong, Bankfoor, 4 for 11lbs on Dries and John Cowie, Crieff, 3 fish

for 9lbs 4oz on a Damsel. William Hunter from Alva caught 3 fish for 9lbs 8oz on

a Damsel, Kenny MacLeod, Perth, 3 for 10lbs on a Sedge Pupae, Fay MacLeod,

Perth, 3 for 8lbs on a Hare’s Ear and Paul MacKenzie, Almondbank, 4 for 10lbs plus

a big brownie that was returned – all fish took a Black & Green lure. Robert Kettles

from Perth had 4 fish for 9lbs 4oz on Dries, Ian Bayne, Dunblane, 3 for 9lbs 4oz on a

Mini Muddler, David Murray, Bridge of Allan, 2 for 6lbs on a Black Buzzer and Willie

Martin from Stirling used a Damsel to bag 5 for 13lbs.

7. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) The Sunday Sweep was won by Mark

Cook with a great basket weighing in at 69lbs 15oz. David Mathew was second with

49lbs 14oz and Neil Chapman came third with 37lbs. Auchterarder angler, Mark

Gleave, had a superb 80lb catch of mixed fish from the Midton Lake.

8. SWANSWATER (Stirling) The ever changing weather conditions at the fishery led

to mixed fortunes this week. The slightly calmer days at the start of the week saw

the fish remain high in the water with many anglers enjoying some top of the water

action with dry fly, including Daddy and Heather Fly, proving very effective. Other

patterns doing well were Kate McLaren, Spider, Diawl Bach and Snatcher. As the

week went on the anglers had to battle against the deteriorating weather conditions

and the fish went deeper in the water, intermediate lines were required with a

mixture of smaller lures working well, these included Hot Head Damsel, Dancer, Ace

of Spades and Bunny Leach.

The biggest Brown of the season was caught this week (weighing 7lb) along with

some other superb smaller Browns featuring in the catches. Danny Doherty, Denny,

5 for 18lb 12oz including 9lb 10oz Rainbow, Peter O’Brien, Camelon, 4 for 16lb

including 7lb and Ian Hunter, Alva, in 2 visits, 8 for 22lb 4oz. Frank Turner, Alloa,

in 2 visits, 6 for 17lb 12oz including a Blue, Jim Donnelly, Milton of Campsie, 5 for

15lb including a 5lb Rainbow, Darren Hill, Alva, 5 for 14lb, John and Grant Moodie,

Queenzieburn, shared 8 for 23lb from the boat, including 4lb and Blue, with father

John also returning another 4 on the small ponds. Gavin O’Connor, Edinburgh, 4

for 12lb 10oz including a Blue, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 12lb including 3lb 10oz

Brown, Stuart Nicholson. Yoker, 4 for 11lb 8oz including a Blue and Martin Stewart,

Glasgow, 3 for 9lb 8oz including 2 Blues, bigger one at 4lb 12oz. Kevin O’Brien,

Camelon, 2 for 7lb including 4lb 8oz Rainbow, Charles Devine, Stirling, 7lb 4oz

Rainbow from Millpond and Kevin Duff, Alloa, 6lb Gold.

9. LOCH VENACHAR (Trossachs) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

ENDS