Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Fishing report by Jim Boyd
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James Bayne Fishing Tackle in Callander |
ANGLING
PRESS SERVICES
JIM BOYD - angling journalist/photographer
Issued
by Jim Boyd on behalf of the following fisheries on Monday 02
September 2019. The report is for the week ending Sunday, 01
September 2019.
1.
FRANDY
(Gleneagles) NO REPORT THIS WEEK
2.
ORCHILL TROUT FISHERY
(Braco) Saturday was one of the worst days for fishing with lashing
rain and a strong swirly wind all morning. The Falcon FF Club were
fishing for the Allan Davenport Memorial Cup which was one by Andy
McAlpine with 4 fish weighing 8lbs 8oz on a Cat Whisker but luckily
it dried up in the afternoon for the very enjoyable social side of
the day. Also doing well was P King from Shieldhill with 2 fish
weighing 8lbs on a Super Ally, Donald Blyth (Doune) 2 fish for 5lbs
8oz on a Black Nymph, David Pitcaithly (Falkirk) 2 fish for 7lbs on a
Wotsit, and J Hannah from Denny used a Yellow Dancer to take a nice
fish of 4lbs on a Yellow Dancer. Billy Docherty from Tillicoultry had
a fish of 2lbs 12oz on a Green Bug and Hector Wilson from Bannockburn
took 3 for 9lbs 8oz on a Wotsit.
Will
readers please note that next Sunday the 8th September the fishery is
fully booked with a Charity Day for Strathcarron Hospice being run by
Clackmannan Masons.
Because
there is so much natural feeding in the water right now the fish are
being attracted by bright colours so flies and lures incorporating
bright green, red, yellow and orange are all doing well. The Eagle
Club from Tillicoultry had 10 fish for 36lbs 8oz with A Beverage
having the top bag with 3 fish for 12lbs - best fish 6lbs on a
Bloodworm.On Sunday, Alexander Buses had 21 fish for 53lbs 8oz -
heaviest basket S Bennie with 4 fish 12lbs - best 4lbs 12oz on a
Bright Green Buzzer, Ian Law (Paisley) 3 fish weighing 7bs 8oz on a
White Fritz and Alistair Sangster from Blackford used a Damsel to
take 2 for 5lbs.
Greg
Lockhart from Dunblane caught a couple for 5lbs 8oz on Buzzers, G
Frater (Stirling) 3 fish for 8lbs on the CDC and Damsel, Jim Linton
(Moodiesburn) 8 fish for 21lbs on Blobs
and
Hector Wilson from Bannockburn took 3 fish for 7lbs 8oz on an Okey
Dokey.
3.
FORBES OF
KINGENNIE
(Broughty Ferry) NO
REPORT THIS WEEK
4.
MARKLE
(East Lothian)
NO REPORT THIS WEEK
5.
SWANSWATER
(Stirling)
The week started warm and
sunny becoming wetter and windier as it went on. From midweek there
were frequent showers turning to rain on Friday. The water was
slightly coloured on Saturday as a result of Friday’s rain but
other than that it remains clear with the water temperature dropping
by 1oC over the course of the week. Most days the fish were to be
found in the top 3 feet of the water with the Golds still very
visible in all the ponds. Some days the fish were more active than
others and were attacking flies aggressively. On other days takes
were much softer. With the water cooling the fishing is improving
with the fish being more “switched on. As fishery managers it is
always good to get July and August behind us and settle into better
conditions as the autumn comes in. Best flies this week included the
usual lures - Fritz, Dancer, Cat’s Whisker; nymphs such as PTN,
Diawl Bach and Cormorant; Buzzers; and some dries including Black
Spider, Daddy Long Legs and Sedge.
Again
this week there were several anglers managing to hold on to one or
two fish but some of those doing a bit better included Charles
Findlater, Stirling, 3 for 11lb 12oz including 5lb 12oz Blue and a
Tiger, Frank Barr, Falkirk, 4 for 10lb including a Gold and a Brown,
Laurence Eddie, Grangemouth, 2 for 6lb 4oz including a Brown, George
Dobbie, Glasgow, 2 for 5lb 4oz including a Gold and Craig Orr 3lb 8oz
Rainbow from the Millpond. Dougie Forbes caught and released 7
including a Tiger estimated at 8lb, Steve McQueen caught and released
4, Dougie Lewis caught and released 3, John McGoughey caught and
released 3 and Robert Brown caught and released 3.
There
were a good number of bait fishers out this week, many of whom had
one or two fish, but amongst those doing well were Agris and Monta
Kalns shared 6 for 12lbs 8oz including 5 Golds, Martin Prowe and
William Wilson shared 4 for 9lbs including 2 Golds and a Blue,
Jonathan Russell 3 for 8lb including 2 Golds, Gordon Anderson 3 Golds
for 6lbs, A Zarina 3 Golds for 6lbs and John Pearson 3lb 4oz Rainbow.
Orange, Brown and Green Power Bait, Mouse Tails and Maggots were
attracting the fish in the bait pond where the fish were well spread
out and being caught from many different platforms.
6.
WOODBURN
(Milton of Campsie) With
the much cooler and wet weather no with us the water temperature now
dropping nicely getting the trout back in the feeding mood with
Buzzers and Dries being their preferred choice. There have been some
good catches recently with as usual some hefty specimens featuring in
the catches. The heaviest fish recently was a whopper of 14lbs 8oz
included in a bag if 3 c/r posted Duncan Stewart and close behind was
Johnny Curran who had 3 c/r and returned one at 14lbs 2oz. Also
included amongst the double figure fish was K Houghton with 2 for
6lbs and returned one at 11lbs, Mr. Duncan from Milton of Campsie had
4 c/r – best 10lbs, Jim Caldwell kept 2 for 5lbs and returned 1 at
10lbs, Davie Christie 2 c/r – best 10lbs and Jim Steel returned 1
at 10lbs. Mr. Stringer from Glasgow had 6 c/r, Brian Paterson
(Glasgow) 1 at 3lbs, Neil Montgomery kept 3 for 9lbs 8oz, Alan Kerr 4
for 11lbs, Chris Kerr 4 for 14lbs, W Houghton (Stirling) 2 for 6lbs
8oz and Jay Wilkie from Croy had a brace weighing 7lbs. Mr. McLean
from Glasgow returned 1 weighing 7lbs 8oz, Murray Watt (Glasgow) 3
for 10lbs 8oz, R McIntyre (Kilsyth) 1 for 2lbs 8oz, Jim O’Reilly
(Glasgow) 1 for 4lbs 4oz and W McCallum weighed in a couple for
10lbs.
ENDS
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