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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday, 28 November
2011.The following report is for the week ending Sunday, 21 November 2011.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) NOW CLOSED UNTIL SPRING 2012

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

3. MARKLE FISHERY (East Lothian) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

4. HOLL FISHERY NO REPORT THIS WEEK.

5. MORTON FISHERY (Livingston) It has been another great week at the Morton

fishery with some excellent catches going into the record books. Ian Dobbie from

Falkirk had 10 on C+R including specimens of 13lbs 8oz and 10lbs, Bill Adair,

Millhall, had one at 11lbs on a Zonker, Mr. McLean took 4 for 14lbs 8oz and returned

a further 4 on a Black & Green lure and Messrs Dodds and Moffat, fishing from a

boat, used Bloodworm to share 8 for 28lbs 2oz – best 8lbs. S Penny took a cracker

of 13lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer, A Mitchell, 2 for 12lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer, B

Hunter, 4 for 19lbs 8oz – best 11lbs 8oz on a Black Damsel, J Bryce, 4 for 13lbs 4oz

and A Herbert 4 for 24lbs on an Olive Bunny – best fish a 10lb 12oz specimen that

was safely returned.

ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) It has been another week of very mixed weather with the

worst of the weather last week-end. There has been a very wide variety of flies

taking fish mainly in the top three feet and with the changeable weather anglers just

have to adjust to the conditions.

Last Sunday Jock's Bottle Day was fished a month earlier to beat the snow with 50

fish being caught for 112lbs 4oz - Willie Goldie took the heaviest bag with 5 fish for

11 lbs., and everyone went home with a bottle of alcohol of some kind.

Iain & Tito Illidge from Dubai had 6 fish weighing 13lbs on a PTN, Gordon

Galletly,

Mitchell,

5 for 12lbs 12oz on various Fritz patterns and Eddie McKeown, Kirkintilloch, 3 for

8lbs on a Damsel. John Gavin from Perth had 3 fish for 9lbs – best 6lbs on a Black

& Green Fritz, William Alexander, Menstrie, 3 for 8lbs 8oz on a Purple & Yellow,

Andy Templeman,

Gilchrist,

7. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) NEXT REPORT SPRING 2012

8. SWANSWATER (Stirling) The good weather early in the week led to some

excellent fishing, although the heavy rain and strong winds at the end of the week

meant things were a lot more difficult. Although the water was very high and

coloured on Saturday and Sunday the level has dropped and, at the time of writing,

is almost back to full clarity. There is still a good mix of varieties coming out including

several lovely Tigers, with many anglers already having worked out what they are

looking for and how to present it. This week’s favourite flies included the usual lures,

with some nymphs and a few wets still catching. Best patterns were Cat’s Whisker,

Dancer, Fritz variants, Blob, Damsel, PTN, Buzzer and Kate McLaren.

Stirling, 5 for 10lbs 8oz on a Diawl Bach & Damsel, Sandy

Polmont, 4 for 9lbs 12oz on Buzzers, Hugh Bratchie, Lochgelly,

Blair Atholl, 3 for 13lbs 12oz on a Yellow Dancer and John

Stirling, 3 for 10lbs on a Black Fritz.

George Novell, London, 3 for 12lb 8oz including 5lb Rainbow and a Blue, Willie

Keenan, Cowdenbeath, 4 for 12lb 12oz including 4lb 12oz Blue and a Tiger, Stuart

Nicholson, Knightswood, 5 for 15lb 12oz, Grant Barr, Wishaw, 5 for 15lb 4oz

including 2 Blues, bigger one at 4lb 2oz and Archie Smith, Greenock, 5 for 14lb 12oz

including 2 Blues and a Tiger. Eddie Scanlon, Glasgow, 5 for 14lb 8oz including 2

Blues, Bill Storie, Polmont, 4 for 13lb including a Tiger, Alec Knox, Glasgow, 4 for

12lb 8oz including a Blue, Paul Murphy, Cowdenbeath, 3 for 10lb 12oz Stuart Neil,

Greenock, 3 for 10lb 8oz including a Blue and David Cairney, Lennoxtown, 3 for

10lb. Davy Horne, Stirling, 3 for 8lb 8oz including a Blue and a Tiger, Alex Drain,

Balloch, 3 for 8lb 8oz including a Tiger, Jim Donnelly, Tullibody, 3 for 8lb including

2 Tigers, Cha Cairns, Greenock, 3 for 7lb 12oz including a Blue and 2 Tigers

and Stuart Henderson, Dunfermline, 2 for 8lb. Jim Marshall, Stirling, 2 for 6lb 4oz

including a Blue

9. LOCH VENACHAR (Trossachs) There is very little to report this week from what

is fast becoming one of Scotland’s most prolific pike waters due to the absolutely

horrendous weather that even managed to sink a boat in the harbour. The bank

fishing hasn’t been helped either with the water level being a bit silly as well. The

only two fish that were known to be caught were taken at a mark at the first car park

- one at ten pounds and the other at two and a half pounds both taken on mackerel

dead bait. Dead bait packs are now for sale at the Boathouse.

ENDS