ANGLING PRESS SERVICES

JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer

Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 15 July 2013.

The following report is for the week ending Sunday, 14 July 2103.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) Jim Watson & Dave Gonsales from Auchtermuchty kept
11 fish weighing 25lb, Norman Thomson & Ron Bakie, Tillicoultry 7 fish weighing
15lb, Alastair MacMillan, Comrie & Brian Thorne, Crook of Devon 7 for 16lb and
George Keith & Tom Langdon from Dunfermline took 7 fish weighing 14lb and
released a further 7. Kenny MacMillan from Perth kept 4 fish weighing 8lb 8oz, Ian
Gibson & Jock McKenzie, Edinburgh, 5 fish weighing 12lb, James Barrett & Scott
Barrett, Stanley, 5 fish for 10lb 8oz and Ian Skilling & Robert McLay from Shotts
fishing with a sporting ticket caught and released 15.

On the club front Royal Perth Golfing Society A/C kept 5 fish weighing 12lb, Heriot
A/C kept 8 fish weighing 18lb 8oz and released a further 26, Cove & Kilcreggan A/
C 7 fish for 18lb 8oz and the Dollar A/C took 6 fish weighing 13lb 8oz. Crown Fly
Fishers fishing with sporting tickets on the bank caught and released 9, Perth ExServicemen’s A/C kept 7 fish weighing 17lb 10oz and Aberdour A/A kept 38 fish
weighing 89lb.

The favourite flies and lures used last week included the Muddler, Kate McLaren,
CDC Hoppers, Diawl Bach and the Yellow Dancer whilst the best fishing areas were
on the north shore, dam wall and the north shore of the Dog-Leg.

2.  FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) At last there is a real summer to
enjoy, which has brought out a lot of anglers. Unfortunately the very hot spell is now
beginning to make the trout somewhat fickle. Catches on the Boathouse Pool have
not been great this week but the fish taken have been around the 4lbs 8oz mark.

Small lures are the best bet as many fish are following the flies but refusing to take
them.  Burnside, the deepest pool has fished the best. Buzzers below a bung/dry
fly have accounted for most fish. Ian Barlow had 10 rainbows on catch and release.

Saul Birse landed and returned a beautifully conditioned brownie estimated at 2lbs
12oz.  Bankside Pool is again evidencing a large amount of surface activity but the
fish are generally very difficult to tempt. However, Bruce and Jim Martin conjured up
31 fish between them on catch and release. Most fish fell to a delicately placed Black
Hopper. Water-levels are now low in the Woodside Pool and the fish are becoming
less easy to catch. The best day was Wednesday when 22 anglers took a total of
47 fish weighing 62lbs. Green Powerbait again proved the most successful bait,
although a couple of the bigger fish fell to small Mepps type spinners.

3.  MARKLE (East Lothian) Bruce Hunter from Edinburgh had a couple of great
sessions using a Damsel Nymph on both to take fish of 14lbs, 11lbs 8oz and 10lbs
3oz. The Fishers Tackle Shop from Penicuik had a good outing catching 11 fish for
28lbs 8oz and the Mayfield Inn AC from Dalkeith took 15 fish for 30lbs. Jack Hay
from Haddington had a fish of 8lbs on a Buzzer, Jack Stevenson, Ormiston, had 6 on
a Montana, B Hynd, Edinburgh, 8 on the Diawl Bach, John Gordon, Perth, 15 on the
Bibio and E Sandlands, Perth, also used a Bibio to catch and release 10.  

4.  ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) Despite last week being the hottest in the records of
the fishery the anglers still managed to catch a few fish. The water has of course
warmed up but fortunately the springs are keeping the level up as there is no water
coming down the burn and this has resulted in anglers having to switch tactics and
fish deep and snow. Stan Guzik from Sauchie took a brace weighing 6lbs on Dries,
Fay McLeod, Perth 1 fish weighing 4lbs on a Snatcher, Jim Coghlan, Auchterarder, 2
fish for 6lbson the Ally McCoist and David Lewis from Larbert took 3 fish for 9lbs 4oz
on the Montana Nymph and Buzzers. Stuart Clark from Kilsyth had 3 for 8lbs 4oz
on an Ally McCoist, Robert Young, Kilsyth, 3 for 8lbs and John Patrick from Kilsyth
used a Silver Ally to take 3 fish for 10lbs 8oz. Last but not least David Laird from
Bannockburn took 3 fish for 10lbs on a Diawl Bach.

5.  SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was a quiet week at Swanswater, both for anglers
and for fish, with the hot, bright weather making conditions better for barbecues and
sunbathing than for fishing!   The water running into the rearing tanks from relatively
deep in the main pond was sitting at 20oC so the surface temperature must have
been quite a bit higher.   Consequently the fish were deep in the water and either a
bright lure fished slowly or a buzzer fished more or less static, were the best ways to
tempt them out;  other patterns proving attractive included Diawl Bach, Bloodworm,
Viva and Damsel nymphs. The boats were generally doing better than the bank
as they were giving access to deeper water.   The water is still very clear with no
evidence of algae showing.

Amongst the best bags this week were Alan Kirkham, Glasgow, 5 for 15lb 8oz
including a Blue, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 10lb including 2 Blues, Keith Lewis, South
Queensferry, 3 for 10b 2oz including 4lb 8oz Tiger and a Blue and Frank Turner,
Alloa, in two visits, 7 for 20lb 8oz including 4 Blues. Dennis Raynor, Stirling, 3 Blues
for 8lb from the Millpond, plus 2 returned, Jim Kettings, 2 Blues for 7lb 8oz, Charles
Devine, Stirling, 2 for 6lb including a Blue, plus 4 returned and William Campbell,
Aberdeen 4lb 4oz Blue from the Millpond. Keir Hardie, Stirling, returned 14 on one of
the new sporting tickets and Brian Lockie, Stirling, returned 5 from his float tube on a
sporting ticket.

6. WOODBURN FISHERY (Milton of Campsie) The extremely hot weather of the
past week made fishing very tricky but despite this those who turned up had good
sport like Pat Harte from Bishopbriggs who had 3 for 7lbs 8oz – best 4lbs 8oz on
the maggot, Alex Lyle, Kilsyth, landed 2 rainbows including a beauty of 4lbs 12oz,
William Wright from Kilsyth had one at 4lbs 12oz on the maggot and Jim Cook from
Glasgow took 1 at 3lbs 4oz on the worm.

On the fly front Raymond James used an Ally McCoist to catch and release a brown
trout that tipped the scales at 4lbs 8oz, Robin Hood from Kilsyth had a rainbow
weighing 3lbs 8oz on a Buzzer, Sam Brown, Cumbernauld, 3 rainbows for 8lbs 8oz –
best 4lbs on an Ally McCoist and Joseph McLaren from Kirkintilloch took rainbow of
3lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer.

ENDS