JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer

Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 24 August 2015. The report is for the week ending Sunday, 23 August 2015.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) On the individual front Tom Melville & Jim Galloway from Blairgowrie kept 10 fish weighing 29lb, Bill Ramage, Alva, 4 fish weighing 8lb 2oz, Raymond Pirrie, Tullibody, fishing with a sporting ticket caught and released 9, Dave Gonsales, Auchtermuchty, kept 3 fish weighing 6lb and Martin Ridley from Comrie kept 3 fish weighing 6lb 12oz. The Scottish Police Fly Fishing West AC kept 66 fish weighing 159lb 7oz and released a further 6, Last Cast A/C 21 fish for 57lb 7oz, Cowdenbeath & District kept 17 fish weighing 44lb and Linlithgow A/C took 11 fish weighing 28lb 6oz. Heriot A/C caught kept 8 fish weighing 21lb and released a further 11and Stanley & District A/C kept 7 fish weighing 18lb 8oz. The best catching flies proved to be the Daddy Longlegs, Bibio Hopper, Pearly Invicta, Sedge Muddler and the Cormorant whilst the top fishing areas were the Dogleg, North Shore and Dam Wall.

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry). Another week of fairly settled weather has brought on more great fishing with some anglers taking extremely good bags. The water is still very clear in all the pools and this is definitely helping with the fishing. The osprey is still around most days taking a fish but it won’t be long before they head off for the winter as summer is noticeably on the way out, with the nights getting notably shorter. The evening fishing is still available with off the water at 9pm at the moment.
On Sunday the 13th of September Kingennie will be holding a fundraising competition to help raise funds for the Scottish Stillwater Fly Fishing Team who will be travelling to Ireland in October for the international. This is a self-funded team and all support given to the team travelling to represent Scotland is greatly appreciated. The competition will be fished to catch to catch and release rules with lunch included and a raffle on the day. Fishing will be charged at £25 per head and starting at 9.15. If you would like any more information, then please call on 01382 350777/350213 for more details.
The Boathouse has been fishing really well this week with the water clarity as clear as it is. The best method has been to fish small but they have also been taking lures if not a bit more cautiously. Top flies have been Buzzers and Nymphs fished on the washing line held up by a Fab. This was the method that Mr Kirk used to great affect landing 14 fish with the best being one of the big blues at around 10/11lb caught on an Orange Fab. Mr Crombie and his group had 51 fish between the seven of them, all of which were returned. The best was estimated at around 9lb with several fish from 4-6lb also caught. The Burnside is getting clearer by the day and the buzzer fishing is getting better and better with it Mr Barlow to 16 fish in 3 hours on small Black Buzzers, Mr Wilson had 3 for 8lb and put back 9 on Black and Olive Buzzers under the bung. Mr Gowan had 9 on a damsel fished quickly on a fast glass with the best around 6 lb. There have also been fish out on dry and various lures at times but they have been fussy while chasing and have been hard to connect with, often just plucking at the tails. The Bankside has been either very easy or very hard at times as the fish are moving around a lot. Mr Sherriff had an outstanding day landing 29 fish on a mixture of Dancers, Squirmies and Hoppers with the largest at around 6lb. Mr Spence had 3 for 10 with the biggest 5lb 8oz caught on a Cat’s Whisker. The fish have been very unpredictable recently and has made it challenging on this pond at times but one big positive is the fry bashing just getting better and better every week on the pond which is going to make for some really interesting fishing in the coming months.The Woodside has been the very similar but they are moving about a bit more and location has been the key. If you are on the fish a blob of Powerbait will soon catch them. Over the weekend there were 58 anglers land a total of 93 fish for a weight of 148lb

3. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) It has been another challenging week for the anglers as with plenty of natural feeding the fish can be very fussy at times.A wide variety of dries and mini lures have been doing well on the top or just under the surface.Robert Wright from Linden FFC had 4 fish for 12lbs on Buzzers, Charlie McKinlay, Dunipace, 1 for 7lbs on a Daddy, A Ford, Milnathort, 4 for 12lbs 8oz on a Shipman's, Stuart Terry, Perth, 3 for 11lbs 8oz on a PTN. Dave Lawson from Methven had 3 fish for 14lbs 4oz – best 6lbs 8oz on a Black Fritz, Gav Baxter, Methven, 2 for 6lbs 8oz on a Sedge B Anderson, Rubber Ear Club, 3 fish for 8 lbs on Dries and H Thompson from High Valleyfield caught 3 for 14lbs 8oz on a Damsel. David Duncan from Slamannan had a couple for 7lbs on the Ace of Spades, Bert Hancock, ochgelly, 3 for 10lbs on a Denise the Menace and James Kirkcaldy, from         Auchterarder used a Yellow Dancer to take 3 for 9lbs. Anne Suddas from County Durham had 3 for 9lbs on an Ally and Jim Suddas, County Durham also used an Ally to bag 4 fish for 11lbs 12oz.

4. MARKLE (East Lothian) There were some nice individual fish and baskets off last week with Harry Blackley from Edinburgh using a Daddy to take one at 8lbs 8oz, Graham Jack took a brace weighing 9lbs 8oz on a Grey Hen and Rusty, Bruce Hunter from Edinburgh had a specimen of 9lbs 8oz on a Black Pennell T Russell Jnr, Earlston, had 23 on Dries and Tom Russell Snr took 13 on Dries. S McKenzie from Portobello had 7 on Emergers, N Maxwell, Duns, 10 on the CDC, Craig Inglis, Ormiston, 4 on Buzzers, Tommy Dickson, Dunbar, 12 on a CDC Shuttlecock and Joe Beattie from Edinburgh used a Damsel to take 5.

5. SWANSWATER (Stirling) It was a lovely week, weather-wise, at Swanswater but the warmth and bright sunshine led to a drop in oxygen levels which, in turn, led to the fish being slightly less active and more lethargic. In general the fish were still up in the water except for the spells when it was really bright. Most were being taken just under the surface, although those fishing deeper at the weekend were doing better than those sticking to floating lines. Anglers fishing lures were successful deep down if they were not actually hitting fish on the drop; otherwise nymphs, wets and dries were taking fish in the top couple of feet. Dry flies were particularly successful on the small ponds.Those fishing near the surface were seeing fish following their flies right in, but in many cases they were turning away at the last minute rather than taking the fly. Favourite patterns this week included Buzzer, Damsel, Daddy, Klinkhammer, Yellow Owl, Sedge, Hopper, Diawl Bach and Bibio.
Willie Torrance, Glasgow, 5lb 8oz Blue, Willie Hutchison, Glasgow, 5 for 16lb 12oz, Darren Scott, Rosyth, 5 for 16lb 2oz, Brian Harvey, Prestonpans, and Peter Cockings, Southampton, shared 7 for 19lb 6oz from the boat. Danny Doherty, Denny, 5 for 14lb plus 5 caught and released, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 7 for 15lb 6oz, John Mooney, Queenzieburn, 4 for 14lb 8oz plus 4 caught and released, Keith Muckersie, Peebles, 4 for 13lb 8oz and Frank Turner, Alloa, 4 for 12lb 4oz including a Blue. Davy Thorburn, Peebles, 4 for 12lb, Chris Kerr, East Kilbride, 4 for 11lb 4oz including 2 Browns, Martin Watt. Glasgow, 3 for 9lb 4oz, Donald McMurchy, Fallin, 2 for 7lb 8oz and Billy Watt, Airdrie, 2 for 7lb. Gordon Ferguson 2 for 6lb 12oz including a Blue, David Halcrow, Stenhousemuir, 2 for 6lb 8oz, R Cummings, 2 for 6lb 4oz from the Meadow Pond plus a further 7 caught and released and Andy McBride caught and released 11 in two visits. Jocky Weir, Shotts, caught and released 9

6. WOODBURN (Milton of Campsie) Last week the CDC, Bloodworm, various Nymphs, Daddies and size 14-16 traditionals are really doing the business at present. The bait pond is really fishing well and both will be restocked Wednesday.Peter Tanner from Kirkintilloch had 3 for 10lbs – best 4lbs, Mark Anderson 1 for 3lbs on C+R, Andy Corner, Cumbernauld, 1 at 3lbs on C+R, Mr Meldrum, Lenzie, 4 for 10lbs and Ally McNair from Clydebank took 1 for 3lbs. John Dick from Clydebank had a brace for 4lbs, Stuart Allan, Clydebank, 1 at 3lbs, Mr McCallum, Kirkintilloch, 1 for 2lbs 5oz, John Shaw, Kilsyth, 3 on C+R, Davie Cairns, Kirkintilloch, 3 on C+R, Paul O'Hara, Glasgow, 1 for 3lbs and John  Rafferty from Kilsyth took 4 for 12lbs. Mr McLaren from Kilsyth had 2 for 6lbs 5oz, A Wright, Kilsyth, 1 for 2lbs 8oz and 3 on C+R – best fish 4lbs, Mr Patterson, Kirkintilloch 3 for 9lbs, Iain Crilley, Glasgow 2 for 5lbs 3oz and Ewan Kennedy from Torrance had 4 for 13lbs – heaviest fish 6lbs 3oz. H Blackley from Dunbar took 3 for 10lbs, Mr A McClymont, Glasgow, 1 weighing 2lbs 8oz, Jimmy Duncan, Glasgow, 1 for 2lbs 5oz, Mr Patterson, Denny, had a  brace for 4lbs 8oz and Mr Dobbie from Glasgow had a couple on C+R the heaviest being a 5lb blue trout. Jim Morrison from Glasgow took 2 for 7lbs, Davie Cairns from Kirkintilloch had a blue weighing 4lbs 8oz, Mr Fleming, Springburn, 4 for 9lbs 5oz – best 3lbs 8oz, Mr Wallace, Dumfries, 4 for 8lbs 8oz, Yusaf Nasin, Glasgow, 3 for 9lbs 6oz and
Charles McKenzie from Milngavie took 1 for 4lbs 8oz.





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