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Issued by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday, 04 June 2012
The following reports are for the week ending Sunday, 03 Jun, 2012.

FRANDY (Gleneagles) All areas of the loch are fishing well and the top taking fly

patterns include the Cormorant, Fritz Damsel, Sedge Muddlers, various Hoppers,

Kate McLaren, Sedgehogs and various Snatchers.

On the individual front Bob Dick from Kinross kept 4 fish weighing 20lb – heaviest

8lb 8oz, Bill Ramage (Alva) 4 fish for 11lb 8oz – heaviest 4lb 2oz, Kenny McCall

(Clackmannan) 4 for 9lb 12oz, Allan Hawthorne (Inverkeithing) 2 fish for 9lb and

released 3 and Brian & Andy Clapperton (Alva) kept 7 fish weighing 22lb. Alastair

Anderson from Dollar kept 3 fish weighing 10lb, Jimmy Williamson (Perth) 3 fish

weighing 9lb 8oz, William Kennan & John Knox (Cowdenbeath) 7 fish for 17lb 12oz

and Ian Gibson & Jock McKenzie (Edinburgh) kept 5 fish weighing 15lb 13oz. Alan

Pate (Polmont) had 4 fish weighing 14lb 2oz – heaviest 7lb 2oz and Jim Donnelly

(Tullibody) kept 2fish weighing 7lb 8oz and released 7.

A number of angling clubs visited during the week with Dollar A/C keeping 3 fish

weighing 8lb, Aberdour A/A 29 fish weighing 82lb 14oz – heaviest 7lb 4oz, Heriot A/

C 13 fish for 39lb 8oz and released a further 38, Grangemouth Railway A/C 13 fish

weighing 36lb 12oz and the Riverside FFC kept 9 fish weighing 17lb 8oz.

2. FORBES OF KINGENNIE (Broughty Ferry) The warmer weather has made all

the difference this past week at the fishery with most fish falling to either dries or

buzzers.

The Bankside has been on very good form, most of the fish are holding in the

deeper water but are still very keen to take. Buzzers really have been the most

consistent method with black and light olive being the favoured colours. The dry fly

fishing has been very good but the flies really do need to be small. Mr Barlow had

a great mornings sport thought the week releasing 13 fish in just 4 hours fishing all

taken on small Buzzer patterns.

The Boathouse has been fishing well now that the colour has dropped out of the

water. Lures continue to take most fish but smaller flies are taking more than their

fair share - the Okey Dokey has been very popular. Mr Holmes took 2 fish for 12lb on

Friday morning both taken on a small Damsel.

The Burnside has been a bit more fussy with Buzzers again being the preferred

method but there has also been a lot of fish taken on fast sinking lines with big lures.

Mr Crowther took 11 fish in just a couple of hours on a White Polar Bear fished on a

Di 5 line.

The Woodside has been very good with green Power Bait doing best. Some better

than average fish have been taken this week with biggest falling to the rod of Mr

Hughes with a 3lb 4oz rainbow.

3. MARKLE (East Lothian)

4. MORTON LOCH (Livingston) NO REPORT THIS WEEK

5. ORCHILL LOCH (Braco) The water has been fishing well this week in all kinds

of weather with Dries, Buzzers and all colours of lures – the depth has been varying

with the conditions. On Sunday, James Kirkcaldy from Auchterarder, on his second

cast, caught a beauty of 10lbs which took his Yellow Dancer which is his favourite

fly.

Also doing well was Jim McCulloch from Cumbernauld with 3 fish for 10lbs

– best 6lbs on a Hare’s Ear, Ian Bayne, Dunblane, 2 for 6lbs 8oz on a Mini

Muddler, Graham King, Almondbank, 3 fish for 9lbs on Hoppers, E MacKenzie,

Aberuthven, 2 for 7lbs on a Damsel and William Smith from Menstrie used a Black

& Green Fritz to take a fine brace weighing 8lbs. Allan Stirling from Auchterarder

had 2 fish for 7lbs on Dries, Hendry Laurence Snr., Glasgow, 2 for 8lbs 12oz on

Buzzers, Hendry Laurence Jnr., Glasgow , 2 for 6lbs on Dries and Harry Graham,

Glenrothes, 4 for 13lbs on a Black Fritz. William Hall from Livingston caught 2 fish

weighing 7lbs on a Black Fritz, John Beatson, Sauchie, 3 for 9lbs – best 5lbs on

a Damsel, Jim Prentice, Tullibody, 3 for 8lbs on a Black & Green Fritz and Jim

McIndoe from Cambusbarron took 4 fish for 12lbs on a Cat’s Whisker.

6. SWANSWATER (Stirling) The return to cooler, cloudier conditions and the rain

midweek freshened things up, with the result that the water is beautifully clear in all

three ponds.

rises, even on the slightly milder evenings. An intermediate line and a small lure or

The fish are still around 3 to 4 feet down in the water with very few

nymph with a fast retrieve is still the best tactic, with successful patterns including

Dancer, Damsel, Cormorant, Blob, Montana, Diawl Bach, Buzzer and Hare’s Ear.

Anglers looking for Tigers are still finding them close in to the bank.

ponds continue to fish very well with several anglers finishing their tickets there when

conditions on Swanswater were more difficult. Others chose to fish the small ponds

and return fish rather than taking them.

The small

Kevin McCallum, Dunfermline, 8lb 2oz Rainbow, John Patrick, Kilsyth, 5 for 15lb

including 2 Blues, Donald McMurchy, Fallin, 5 for 14lb including 3 Blues, Yvonne

Hutton, Edinburgh, 5 for 10lb from the small ponds including a Blue and 3 Tigers,

Derek Hutton, Edinburgh, 5 for 10lb 4oz from the small ponds including 3 Blues and

John Mathieson, Doune, 4 for 10lb 8oz including 2 Blues, a Tiger and 3lb 4oz Brown.

Ricky Goodwin, Larbert, 3 for 9lb including a Blue and a Brown, John Campbell,

Stirling, 2 Blues for 7lb, Paul Murtha, 2 for 6lb including a Blue and a Tiger, Frank

Turner, Alloa, 2 Tigers for 6lb and TJ Falloon, Glasgow, 2 for 6lb including a Blue

and a Tiger. Bob Garvie, Lennoxtown, 2 for 6lb and Dougie McLean, Cumbernauld,

returned 16 to the small ponds over the course of 3 visits.

ENDS