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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday, 30 April 2012
The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 29 April, 2012.

1. FRANDY (Gleneagles) On the individual front Bill Ramage from Tillicoultry)kept

6 fish weighing 18lb 8oz,Tony Shepherd (Wishaw) 4 fish for 10lb 8oz, Hamish

Fulton (Menstrie) 2 fish weighing 5lb 4oz and released 3 and Alan Hawthorne

(Inverkeithing) had a brace that weighed in at 6lb and released a further 5. Raymond

Pirrie from Tullibody), fishing a sporting ticket, caught and released 12.

There was a good turnout of clubs last week with the Dollar A/C keeping 19 fish

weighing 40lb 12oz, Phoenix A/C 21 for 47lb 13oz, Ferranti A/C 16 fish weighing

33lb 8oz, Dunfermline Railway A/C 26 for 62lb 10oz and the K.A.H.T.S Whisker A/C

kept 40 weighing 89lb.

The best flies and lures included the Fritz Olive Damsel, Ace of Spades, Bloodworm

and Yellow Dancer whilst the best fishing area was on the north shore from the Dow

Burn to the Dam Wall.

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) The fishing this week at Forbes of

Kingennie has been on great form even with the really cold north and east winds. It

has been cold but the fish don't seem to notice with some great bags of fish coming

off all the ponds. The osprey has been back very regularly usually turning up twice a

day but he's not staying for long as his fishing skills have definitely improved.

The Boathouse has been very productive with some big bags of fish coming out,

the best of which fell to Mr N Prior with four fish for 28lb the best weighing in 9lb 9oz

all taken on the Damsel Nymph. A wide variety of fly patterns have been taking fish

but small Damsels have been the real killer especially when fished on a long leader

due to the high clarity of the water.

The Burnside has had a slight tinge of colour but there is about 4 to 5 feet of

visibility now and the fishing has been fantastic with fish taking about anything.

However, smaller lures have been best but Buzzers and Nymphs are being

consistent. Mr Thompson and Mr McCabe had a great session on Saturday taking

4 fish for 8lb and returning another 29 in just 4 hours - most of the fish fell to a small

Yellow Dancer.

The Bankside has been the most exposed with these strong cold winds but those

who braved the weather were rewarded with some great fishing. First time fly angler

Mr Mills went down on Saturday morning and had 2 fish for 7lb in under an hour.

The water in the Bankside is very clear at the moment and smaller flies are definitely

the way to go.

The Woodside has again has been very good with most fish falling to worms or

Powerbait. The best fish this week was caught by Mr Martin with a 3lb 4oz rainbow

taken on green Powerbait

3. MARKLE (East Lothian) S Sutherland from Edinburgh took a fine basket of 3

rainbows weighing 10lbs using a Yellow Dancer, Tommy Dickson, Dunbar, had

a nice one at 10lbs on an Okey Dokey and Jimmy Hay, Haddington, took one at

9lbs 8oz on a Yellow Dancer. G Hobbin on a visit from the north of England had a

cracking basket of 3 for 15lbs 12oz on a Cruncher, S Whitehead, Dalkeith, 3 for 9lbs

8oz on a Black Fritz and the 14 members from the Smart Building Co AC caught 88

fish retaining 33 weighing 88lbs.

4. MORTON LOCH (Livingston) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

5. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) If the weather forecast is correct the weather is going to

warm up this week so that will be good for the comfort of the anglers, who have been

very hardy this week braving the cold winds.

On Saturday the Linden FFC caught 28 fish for 69lbs 8oz with Boo Haughton

having the heaviest bag with 4 fish for 11lbs on a Gold/Pink Lure and on Sunday

6 anglers faced the cold wind to qualify for the Airflow World Bank Masters Open

Championship to be held at Elinor Trout Fishery next month and the lucky qualifier

was Malcolm Millar from Clackmannan with 16 fish on C&R and the runner up with

13 fish was Gavin Hill from Fenwick.

Also doing well last week was Jim Prentice from Tullibody with 4 fish for 10lbs,

Ron Lumsden, Rosyth, 2 fish for 6lbs on a Damsel, Harry Graham, Glenrothes, 4

for 10lbs on a Coral Fritz and Ken Moir, Dunning, 2 for 5lbs 12oz on a Dry Bibio.

Bob McGowan from Burrelton caught 2 for 5lbs on a Hare’s Lug, Bill Forsyth,

Coupar Angus, 2 for 6lbs 4oz on a Damsel, Jock Millar, Stirling, 2 for 6lbs on a Black

Fritz and Allan Morrison from Falkirk used a B lack & Green Fritz to bag 2 for 6lbs.

6. ORCHIL LOCH COARSE PONDS (Braco) NO REPORT THIS WEEK.

7. SWANSWATER (Stirling) A few big browns made an appearance in the catch

returns as the cool conditions continued throughout the week.

and overnight frosts combined to keep the water temperature at 8oC, around 4o

lower than normal for this time of year. As a result the fish are around 3 to 4 feet

down in the water and almost in “winter mode” taking mostly lures fished on an

intermediate line. Approximately 30% of fish caught this week were either Brown or

Tiger Trout, with the biggest Tiger to date, 4lb 3oz, being landed by local angler Alan

Whitton.

Damsel, Diawl Bach and Buzzer.

18 members of the Cygnets Junior Angling Club braved the cold on Sunday morning

and had a good session particularly on the Millpond where 8 different members

landed a total of 13 fish, including 3 Tigers. The newer members, who were fishing

on the Meadow Pond, are improving all the time and a few fish were lost here, due to

inexperience.

One of our lady anglers, Nan Morrison, Stirling, took the biggest fish of the week in

her 4 for 16lb, including 9lb 2oz Rainbow and 2 Tigers. John Patrick, Kilsyth 2 for

10lb 12oz including 8lb 8oz Blue, Jim Graham, Dunfermline, 3 for 11lb 8oz including

7lb Rainbow, Ricky Goodwin, Larbert, 4 for 15lb 8oz including 2 Blues, bigger one

Cold easterly winds

Favourite flies included Dancer, Tadpole, Cat’s Whisker, Ace of Spades,

at 6lb 8oz and Scott Smith, Coatbridge, 6lb Brown. Andy Henderson, Glasgow, 2 for

11lb 8oz including 5lb 12oz Blue, George Kochanek, Tullibody, 3 for 10lb including

5lb 8oz Brown and a Tiger, Alan Harvey, Glasgow, 5 Tigers for 12lb 8oz and Alan

Whitton, Stirling, 4 for 11lb 8oz including 2 Tigers for 7lb 4oz, bigger one at 4lb 3oz.

A Knox, Glasgow 4 for 10lb including 3 Tigers, Willie McAllister, Glasgow, 2 Blues for

8lb 4oz, Frank Richardson, Methil AC, 2 for 6lb 6oz including 4lb Brown and George

Ballingall, Methil AC, a Tiger and a Brown for 4lb 8oz.

ENDS