ANGLING PRESS SERVICES

JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer

Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 27 April 2015. The report is for the week ending Sunday, 26 April 2015.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) On the individual front Eric Fox & Jamie Piper from Edinburgh kept 10 fish weighing 24lb, Alastair MacMillan, Comrie, & Brian Thorne, Crook of Devon 11 fish for 23lb 4oz, Dick Bell & John Gilchrist, Falkirk, 4 fish weighing 9lb 4oz, Richard Irvine, Edinburgh, released 6 and Jimmy Hunter & George Heron from Blairgowrie kept 5 fish weighing 12lb 8oz and released 15. Eddie O’Brian & Jonathon Fox from Glasgow took 8 fish weighing 16lb 12oz, Roland Robertson, Dunfermline, 3 fish for 6lb, Tom Monaghan, Stirling, released 15, Hamish Higgins, Perth, 2 fish weighing 4lb 8oz and released 8 and .John Meek from Tullibody had 5 fish weighing 9lb. Fabio Calzetta from Tillicoultry kept 5 fish weighing 10lb 8oz, Francesco Bizazzo, Tillicoultry, 5 fish weighing 10lb and released 1, Jim Carlaw, Kinghorn, 2 fish weighing 4lb and released 4 and Ben McGovern from Sauchie released 4.
The visiting angling clubs did well with The Rubber Ear A/C keeping 5 fish weighing 10lb 14oz, Wellington A/C 37 fish for 79lb, Grangemouth A/C kept 10 fish weighing 21lb 8oz and St Mungos A/C took 17 fish weighing 34lb 3oz and released 11.  Dollar A/C had 9 fish for 19lb and Grangemouth Railway A/C kept 6 fish weighing 12lb.
The top taking flies included Cormorants, Coral Dancer, Okey Dokey and the Kate McLaren whilst the best fishing area was on the south and north Shores from Smithscleuchs and Dow Burns to the dam wall.

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) It Has been a fairly settled week at Kingennie with lots of warms spring sunshine really kick-starting growth all over the ponds. This has certainly helped the insect life as there are some outstanding hatches coming off and this has led to some buzzer fishing that has been spectacular. This in turn has brought on some really good evening rises very early in the year. The osprey has also been back very regularly, usually in the early evening to grab a quick fish before disappearing. The Burnside has been the stand out pond this week for the number of fish getting caught as well as some big fish as well. Buzzers have been the stand out method with black and red or olive and red being the stand out colours. For those fish lures a hot head damsel or blob fished on a fairly fast retrieve has been best. When the rise has been on either Hoppers or Suspenders have been the effective method either fished static or stripped under the surface making them bow wave after you for some really exciting fishing. Mr Spottiswoode had 25+ on Hoppers and Wets including specimens of 6lbs and 7lbs, Mr Barlow 23 on Buzzers and Hoppers best 8lbs and Mr Birse took 21 over 3 short trips including 1 at 4lbs and 1 at 7lbs on the Damsel Nymph. The total for the week was an outstanding with 61 c+r anglers putting back 338 fish. The Boathouse has been a bit murky this week but still produced some outstanding results. Most are still fishing lures but the Buzzers are just as effective in there. On Monday Mr Kirk had day he won’t soon forget when he landed 30 fish on Buzzers and Fabs on the washing line and this included 1 wee brown, 3 blues and 3 fish over 5 lb. Mr Bairner had 4 fish for 15lb 9oz with the biggest weighing 9lb 2oz as well as 15 returned on Yellow Dancers. Mr Rice had a good day landing 4 fish including his new personal best rainbow with a fish of 7lb exactly. The Bankside almost seemed forgotten about this week but it was still fishing just like the other ponds. The fish are well spread in here at the moment and mobile approach as always is paying off. Mr Marshall took 11 one evening including a 7lb+ fish on Black Fabs, Mr Cowan had 14 on Dries with the best estimated at around 5lb and Mr Soave had 4 for 11lb on Damsels. The Woodside has been much better this week with a huge spread of fish all over the pond making the fishing much more consistent. Worms and Powerbait have been the best baits as long as you were fishing quit shallow around 3 to 4 feet deep. Mr Bell had 10 fish for 16lb 12oz, Mr Burton and his son had 8 for 13lb and Mr Jones had 4 for 7lb.

3. MARKLE (East Lothian) There was some excellent catches recorded last week with Mark Anderson taking 15 on Blobs, Roger Williams, Hampshire 12 on Buzzers, Bobby Thomson, Dunbar, 10 on Buzzers, George Forsyth, Hampshire, 10 on Buzzers and John Thomson from East Linton used a PTN to take 8. W Neil from Tranent caught 7 on Buzzers, Alex Rowley, Mayfield took 7 – best 10lbs on Buzzers, Stewart Renwick, Edinburgh, 7 on Hoppers and George Pollock from Edinburgh had 6 on a Black Spider.

4. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) After a lovely week the weather changed at the weekend with the Falcon FFC from  Larbert having a rather cold wintery morning taking 33 fish for 92 lbs with Gregor Paterson having the heaviest basket in the morning competition with 4 fish for 11lbs 4oz on an Ally McCoist.
Also doing well was Greig Hoggan from Stirling with 3 for 12lbs 8oz on a Montana, Jim Marshall, Stirling, 3 fish for 11lbs 4oz on a Black Snake, Mike Lord, Murthly, 3 fish 9 lbs best 4 lbs on a Black Pennell, Jim Prentice, Tullibody, 2 fish for 6lbs on a Black Damsel and Alistair Lennox from Cupar used a Red Buzzer to take 3 for 8lbs. Jack Gibb from Clackmannan had a brace for 7lbs on a  Diawl Bach, Hamish Carmichael, Alloa, 2 fish for 6lbs on a Diawl Bach, Stuart Wilson, Bridge of Allan 3 for 7lbs on a Damsel, William Stanfield, Bridge of Allan, 2 for 8lbs on a Green Damsel and Ian Wilkie from Auchterarder took 2 for 7lbs 4oz on a HH Damsel. Jamie Deans from Auchterarder caught 3 for 8lbs8oz on a Bug and Ron Thomson,Caputh, 2 for 5lbs on a Yellow Dancer.

5. SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was a week of huge contrasts in the weather with hot, sunny, calm and often cloudless days for the first part of the week, followed by cool and breezy conditions at the weekend with showers of rain, hail and sleet! The fishing was also a bit variable with some days harder than others, but overall it was a good week and there were some great bags of fish landed.   There is still a good selection of various coloured fish being caught and several cracking fish in the 4lb to 7lb range were landed including some excellent Browns.The fish are still moving round the water but the best areas this week included the channel between the island and the roadside, the dam and the area around the big tree.When it was really bright and sunny they were around 4 feet down, coming up to around 2 feet during cloudier spells.  Most were taken on nymphs such as Diawl Bach, Hare’s Ear and Buzzer with other successful patterns being Dancer, Cat’s Whisker, Cormorant, Snatcher and Bloodworm. The Fishery is now open 8.00am to 9.00pm
Amongst the best bags landed this week were Jim Dempster, Glasgow, 3 for 11lb 4oz including 6lb 10oz Rainbow and 2 Blues, Jim Dempster, Jnr, Glasgow, 4 for 15lb including 5lb 10oz Rainbow and 2 Blues, Kevin Barr, Perth, 5lb 4oz Brown and Frank Barr, Falkirk, in three visits, 14 for 43lb 8oz including 5lb Brown, 4 Blues and a Gold. Andy Nicol, Stonehaven, 4lb 4oz Brown, Ricky Goodwin, Larbert, in two visits, 7 for 22lb 4oz including 2 Tigers, Stan Moore, Falkirk, in two visits, 6 for 21lb 12oz including 4 Blues, biggest one at 4lb 8oz and Danny Doherty, Denny, 5 for 17lb 8oz including 2 Blues and a Tiger. Donald McMurchy, Fallin, 5 for 14lb 6oz including a Blue and a Tiger, George Kochanek, Tullibody, 4 for 14lb 8oz including 3 Blues, Grant Mooney, Queenzieburn, 4 for 14lb including 2 Blues and Barry Hamilton, Muirhead, 4 Blues for 13lb 4oz. Tam McGarry, Dumbarton, 4 for 12lb 4oz including 2 Blues, Stephen Murphy, Motherwell, 4 for 12lb including 2 Blues, a Tiger and a Brown plus a further 14 caught and released and Eddie McKillop,Jnr, Glasgow, 3 for 9lb 12oz including 2 Blues and a Tiger, plus 4 caught and released. Allan Laing, East Kilbride, 3 for 9lb 10oz including 2 Blues, Tom Adams, Alva, 3 for 9lb including a Blue, Cliff Puttock, Salisbury, 2 Blues for 7lb 4oz, John Mooney, Queenzieburn, 2 for 7lb including a Tiger and Sandy Donald, Dunblane, 2 Blues for 7lb. John Taylor, Kilbirnie, 2 for 7lb, Tam Rogerson, Alloa, 2 Blues for 6lb 12oz, A Aitken, Dumbarton, 2 for 6lb 12oz including a Blue and Stuart McNeill, Perth, 2 for 6lb 6oz including a Blue and a Tiger. I Taylor, Tillicoultry, 2 Tigers for 6lb 4oz and Bob Baillie, Kincardine, 2 for 6lb 4oz including a Blue and a Tiger.

6. WOODBURN (Milton of Campsie) The ‘fish of the week’ was a terrific brown trout weighing 10lbs that was caught on a white lure fished on the surface, and returned safely, by Colin Gray from Cumbernauld. The weekend saw a mixture of rain, sleet, snow and sunshine which made the fly fishing slightly harder but didn’t seem to affect the bait fishing too much and those who struck it out got some good catches
Mr Dobbie from Glasgow had 3 on c/r, Mr Murrow, Moodiesburn, 4 for 9lbs 5oz, Mr Lyons, Kilsyth, 3 for 7lbs 9oz, Mr Aberham, Lennoxtown, 3 for 8lbs and Steven Dempsey from Coatbridge took 4 for 16lbs 2oz - largest 6lbs 2oz. Mark Armstrong from Bishopbriggs had 4 for 11lbs 1oz,. Ricky Johnson, Bonnybridge 5 for 16lbs – biggest 4lbs 7oz, Ian Wiper, Milton of Campsie, 2 blues for 9lbs 8oz and 6 on c/r, J. Naill, Glasgow, 2 for 6lbs and Mr Halligan from Drumchapel took 4 for 11lbs. Pat Harte from Bishopbriggs had a brace for 5lbs 5oz, Mr Anderson, Cumbernauld, 7 on c/r, Robert Ross, Kilsyth 1 at 3lbs and Josh Gillies from Bishopbriggs caught 4 for 9lbs 9oz.






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