ANGLING PRESS SERVICES

JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer

Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 04 July 2016. The report is for the week ending Sunday, 03 July 2016.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) All areas continue to fish well with the top taking fly patterns including the Bibio Hopper, Sedgehogs, Kate Maclaren, CDC Hoppers, Sedge Muddlers and Klinkhammers.
On the individual front Keith Findell & Gordon Price from Kilmacolm kept 10 fish weighing 20lb and released a further 10, Sandy Blackett, North Berwick, & Rick Fulsham, Aberfeldy, 5 fish for 12lb, Sandy Nicoll & Kenny Thomson, Tillicoultry, 10 fish for 21lb 8oz and Bill Ramage & Chris Logan from Alva retained 9 fish weighing 19lb and released a further 16. John & Andrew Dunbar from Tillicoultry kept 10 fish weighing 20lb 2oz, Jim Kaylor, Colorado, & Alan Robertson, Falkirk, 5 for 10lb, Joe Forshaw, Stirling, 3 fish weighing 7lb, Walter Davies & party, Cumbernauld, 11 fish weighing 23lb, James & Lorna Kennedy, Braehead, 6 fish weighing 13lb 8oz and  Scott & Graham Scotland from Boness had 5 fish for 9lb 8oz. The CIBA A/C kept 24 fish weighing 53lb 4oz and released a further 10 whilst Kelty Artisan A/C took 21 fish for 45lb.
 
2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) The changing weather recently has made fishing somewhat challenging. However, the ponds are in fine condition and some excellent returns have been recorded. The Boathouse Pool has fished especially well on dry flies and buzzers. Mr. Smith returned fourteen taken mainly on dries and Mr. Egan returned nine, including a superb brown trout estimated at 5lbs (on Damsels). Damsels also accounted for a bag of four fish weighing a total of 11lbs for Mr. McDermid.  There has been a lot of surface activity on the Burnside Pool but the fish have been very selective in what they are feeding on. Mr. Leslie returned fourteen fish taken on dries including spider patterns. Mr. Polson took two fish for 10lbs including a rainbow of 8lbs. Our own fisheries manager, Grant Osler returned eight fish including a fine rainbow estimated at 9lbs; these were taken on an Apps Bloodworm or Damsel patterns. Bankside Pool is undergoing weed clearance at present but there have still been some decent catches taken. Mr. Sanders took two for 5lbs 12oz and returned a further seven on Dries. The same tactics worked for John Barr who returned eight, all of which fell to dry patterns. On the any legal method pool, the Woodside, Powerbait has again proved its worth, out-fishing any other method by a long way. Mr. Evaldas caught six rainbows weighing a total of 9lbs 12oz whilst Mr. Chesters took five fish for 8lbs.

3. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco). It has been a very changeable week with at times the fish being caught on the top with dries then at others deeper down lures. On Friday the Live Line Angling Club caught 15 fish for 57lbs. Also doing well was William Williams from Sauchie with 2 fish for 7lbs on Buzzers, Bill Stanfield, Bridge of Allan, caught 2 for 8lbs on a Black Nymph, Graham King, Almondbank, 2 for 8lbs 4oz on a Damsel and Clive Clement from Tyndrum had 4 fish for 11lbs on a Diawl Bach. Eighty five year old John McLaren from Causewayhead took a nice fish weighing 3lbs 8oz on an Ally then Bobby Wilson from Falkirk, who has clocked up 89 years, used an Ally to take three fish for 9lbs. Bill Dawson from Dollar caught 3 for 9lbs on a Mini Cat, John Score, Alloa, 2 for 8lbs on a Yellow Dancer and A Birrell from Alloa used a Yellow Dancer to take 3 for 9lbs.

4. MARKLE (East Lothian)Another good week for the catch and release boys  with D Miller from Edinburgh catching 9 on the F Fly, D Darling, Edinburgh, 6 on a Diawl Bach, John Daly, Edinburgh, 5 on Buzzers, Bruce Hunter, Edinburgh, 4 on Buzzers and Martin Williamson from Tranent had 3 on a CDC. J Quinn from Edinburgh caught 3 on lures, R Dewar, Edinburgh, 3 on a Damsel and D Munro from Tranent took 4 on a Damsel.

5. SWANSWATER (Stirling) The fishing remained hard this week with lots of anglers picking up one or two fish but only a few taking many more.The fish were switching on and off and if an angler happened to be in the right spot at the right time and using the right fly then things were good.   One angler reported catching five from the boat in the space of 15 minutes!   Perseverance and willingness to move and change tactics were the keys to success this week.   When the fish were feeding, which was usually when the wind dropped, they were in the top couple of feet of the water and were taking mostly small wet or dry flies.Favourite patterns included Muddler, Kate McLaren, Black Pennell and Black Spider.Damsel, Diawl Bach, Dancer and Buzzer also took a few fish.  
Jim Craig, Balloch, 2 for 9lb 4oz including 7lb Brown, George Kochanek, Tullibody, 2 for 8lb 4oz including 5lb 12oz Rainbow, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 9lb 8oz plus 1 returned, Allan Laing, Carluke, 4 for 9lb including 2 Browns, S McGill, 4 for 8lb 8oz from the small ponds and Greig Donaldson, Alloa, 3 for 7lb including a Blue. Willie Martin, Stirling, 3 for 6lb 12oz, Mike Cunningham 2 for 5lb 4oz including a Brown, Ricky Goodwin, Larbert, 2 for 5lb, Lee Petale, Stirling, 2 for 5lb, Robert Park, Glasgow, 2 for 4lb 8oz and Adam Wywial, Grangemouth, kept 1 and returned 4 on the Millpond.

6. WOODBURN (Milton of Campsie) Top of the water is certainly the way to go right now with dries working especially well as they are bringing some really big specimens up to the surface with Peter Tanner from Kirkintilloch having 9 on C/R – largest 9lbs and John Shaw, Kilsyth, 4 C/R – biggest 8lbs 8oz.. Also featuring amongst last week pick of the catches was Ian Anderson from Cumbernauld with 15 on C/R, Mr Love, Glasgow, 2 for 6lbs 5oz – best 4lbs, D. Stewart, Lenzie, 5 on 5 C/R, Mick McKinney, Irvine, 4 for 13lbs 8oz and Mr Hart from Cumbernauld took 3 for 7lbs 8oz. Mr Shovlane from Milton of Campsie caught 4 weighing 10lbs 6oz, Gary Paton, Kilsyth, 4 for 12lbs, Alan Baird, Kilsyth, 4 for 14lbs – biggest 5lbs 8oz and Alan Fitzpatrick from Kilsyth had 4 for 11lbs 6oz. J. Wilson from Kilsyth had 4 for 13lbs 5oz – best 4lbs 10oz, I. Batcher, Irvine, 3 for 8lbs 8oz, J. Bannerman, Irvine, 1 for 2lbs 8oz, J. Nisbet, Irvine, 1 at 3lbs 2oz and I. Moffat  from Irvine took 4 for 11lbs 6oz.

ENDS