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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Tuesday, 14 February
2012
The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 12 February, 2012.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) Frandy Fishery in Gleneagles will open their door for 2012

business, weather permitting, on Thursday 1st March. It’s usually still cold up there

at that time so the fish will be lying deep but something in a black/green combination

is pretty certain to do the business.

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

3. HOLL (Fife) NO REPORT UNTIL MARCH 2012

4. MARKLE (East Lothian) It was very quiet due to the fishery having been iced over

for well over a week but the good news is that the ice finally melted off last week-

end. Matty Devine from Hagston celebrated the re-opening with a great catch of 12

on catch and release including a fine 16lb 4oz rainbow – most of the fish fell to the

charms of a Bloodworm. Jack Hay from Haddington used a Dancer to take one of

11lbs and Tommy Dickson, Dunbar, had a tremendous 15lb 3oz specimen on an

Okey Dokey.

5. MORTON LOCH (Livingston) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

6. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The ice is completely cleared from the water now and

hopefully that will be the fishery open for the rest of the week as the forecast looks to

be mild again.

7. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) NO REPORTS UNTIL MARCH 2012

8. SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was generally a very good week for fishing at

Swanswater.

to suit the Tigers with almost 50 being taken over the week and 20 landed on

Sunday alone.

the coming months and hopefully they will continue to put up a great fight when

hooked.

water continues to settle down after the digging work.

for most of the week and did a great job keeping the ponds more or less ice free.

For much of the week the fish were fairly deep and taking a variety of small lures,

although at the end of the week they were around 3 to 4 feet down and nymphs and

wet flies were working well.

Tadpole, Ace of Spades, Cormorant, Diawl Bach, PTN, Damsel, Buzzer and small

Black Spider.

roadside being the hotspots at various times of the week. The small ponds continue

to fish very well and many anglers are enjoying some excellent sport on them.

Kirk Johnstone, Airdrie, landed the biggest fish of the year to date a lovely 11lb 11oz

Rainbow in his 4 for 18lb, Peter Hart, Cleland, 2 for 13lb 4oz including 10lb 12oz

The slight rise in temperature at the end of the week seemed

There are still around 3000 of these lovely fish to be stocked over

Two double figure Rainbows were also landed this week as the main

The aerators were needed

Favourite patterns included Dancer, Cat’s Whisker,

Fish were being taken all round the main pond with the channel and

Rainbow and a Tiger, Joe Smith, Haggs, 2 for 11lb 8oz including 8lb 12oz Rainbow,

Davy Morrison, Carronshore, 5 for 13lb 12oz including 4lb 8oz Blue and Stephen

Anderson, Glenrothes, 5 for 11lb 14oz including a Blue and 2 Tigers. Donald

McMurchie, Fallin, 5 for 11lb 5oz including 3 Tigers, Alan Beattie, Larkhall, 4 for 12lb

12oz including 3 Tigers, Alex Weir, Bathgate, 3 for 9lb 12oz including a Blue and a

Tiger and Nigel Muckle, Mid Calder, 3 for 9lb 12oz including 2 Blues. David Miller,

Falkirk, 3 for 8lb 12oz including a Blue, Derek Russell, Stoneyburn, 3 Tigers for 6lb

from the Millpond in one visit and 2 Tigers for 5lb 1oz from Swanswater in another

visit. Jim Craig, Balloch, 3 for 6lb 8oz including a Blue and a Tiger and Alan Buchan,

Stirling, 2 Tigers for 4lb 8oz.

9. LOCH VENACHAR (Trossachs) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

ENDS