It definitely wasn’t a week for the fair weather fisher! Thankfully the miserable weather did not deter the hardened anglers and we have seen some amazing sport here at Burnhouse.
With daddy season in full swing, it’s not hard to imagine what the top fly this week was and it gave anglers the rush of the surface take. For the majority of the week, the fish have been just under the surface, spurring excitement when the larger fish are feeding. One gentleman said, “it was like torpedos were travelling across the water!”
FISH OF THE WEEK- This week’s top spot goes to one of our regulars IAN DON who landed a 13lb rainbow caught using a Greenwell’s spider. Well done, Ian!
FLIES OF THE WEEK- This week’s top flies were the daddy, Kate McLaren, spiders and the yellow dancer. Other successful flies were a pink squirmy worm, yellow lure, damsels, sedge, Ally McCoist, Daiwl Bach, hot head damsel, Greenwell’s spider, hot head humongous, silver humongous, black gnat, beetle and a blue flash dancer.
EDDIE HUNT weighed in 1 for 3lb caught using a Daiwl bach on a floating line.
GRAHAM LEITCH weighed in 1 for 5lb 8oz caught using a daddy on a floating line.
JIM ANDERSON JNR safely returned 3 stunning rainbows weighing 10lb 8oz, 9lb 5oz and 8lb 7oz caught using a yellow dancer and a hothead damsel on a floating line with a fast retrieve.
IAN DON had a very memorable evening safely returning a fin perfect 13lb rainbow caught using a Greenwell’s spider on a floating line. He then went on to net another beauty weighing 8lb 5oz caught using a yellow dancer also on a floating line. Later in the week he safely returned a 10lb rainbow caught using a pink squirmy worm static under a bung. What a week Ian!
ALLAN DOWNIE was ecstatic with his evening session safely returning 3 rainbows all over 7lb caught using a hot head silver humongous on a floating line. Later losing this fly to “a monstrous fish” he played this fish for over 10 minutes and he didn’t get a chance to see it, it stayed strong and deep. “The one that got away“ it’s still there awaiting your next visit.
IAN McDONALD safely returned 1 caught using a black gnat on a floating line.
DOUGIE CRAWFORD weighed in 1 rainbow for 7lb 4oz caught using a daddy on a floating line.
ALAN HASTIE thoroughly enjoyed his day safely returning 5 caught using a daddy and a beetle on a floating line. What a day Alan well done.
BRIAN McGREGOR safely returned an 8lb 5oz rainbow caught using a black spider on a floating line. “What a beautiful fish and a memorable fight”.
JIM ANDERSON SNR safely returned an 8lb 3oz rainbow caught using a silver humongous on a floating line. The humongous proving to be Jims go to fly at the moment.
JACK THOMSON after an “epic” fight safely returned a 10lb 7oz rainbow caught using a Kate McLaren on a floating line.
JAMES McINTYRE weighed in 1 rainbow for 7lb 10oz caught using a spider on a floating line.
GEOFF APPLETON safely returned 2 rainbows both estimated to be around 5-6lb caught using a yellow lure on a floating line.
KYE GOLDIE safely returned 1 blue caught using a Kate McLaren on a floating line.
ALEX BANATINE safely returned an 8lb rainbow caught using a daddy on a floating line.
COLIN MARSHALL safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a damsel on a floating line.
ROBERT TAYLOR safely returned 2 rainbows one weighing 9lb caught using a daddy on a floating line.
STUART McINTOSH safely returned 1 caught using a sedge on a floating line.
ROBERT RANKIN went home with a sore arm after the fight he got from 2 9lb rainbows! Both were caught using an Ally McCoist on a floating line. “I’ll be back!” Glad to hear it Robert we look forward to your next visit.
JONNO McDONALD safely returned 3 rainbows 2 weighing 8lb and the other 3lb, the smaller putting up as good a fight as the big guys! All 3 were caught using a blue flash dancer on a floating line.
There were some pretty impressive fish caught this week and I have heard tales of even bigger from our anglers; one gentleman, in particular, caught 2 for 25lb however we don’t have it down on our records so unfortunately, we can’t put a name to this outstanding catch. Please check in with us on your departure so we can keep a good record of the fish caught and your experience with us.
Thank you to all of our anglers this week, we look forward to seeing you again.
Tight lines for the week ahead!
