Friday 24/09/2021 – Friday 01/10/2021

 What a brilliant week we have just had, the dreich weather providing some spectacular sport! The conditions finally favour the anglers! The bigger specimen fish are finally making the nets and 296 fish were caught in just 5 days not including fish caught by staff or by anglers who caught but didn’t report back to the bailiff at the end of their sessions. Some days were quiet due to the rain, but the rain is exactly what we want, so the next time you see the rain pouring from the sky remember that some of the best sport comes in conditions like that, pop your waterproofs in your bag and come fishing!

We could not have asked for a better start to our collaboration with Woodhall flies to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. On September the 25th we held our first qualifying round for the 2021 Caffrey cup and to say that we are happy with how it went would be an understatement! The conditions could not have been more perfect, and the fish turned up on the day! The competition was so tight that it kept everyone on their toes and the adrenaline flowing! It was a day to remember, brilliant company, good laughs, a tasty lunch and amazing fishing! We thank everyone who participated, our helpers and everyone who has contributed so far! We have already raised an impressive amount and we still have 2 competitions, over a month and several fundraisers to go! We are immensely proud to be part of an angling community that is uniting for this great cause!

FISH OF THE WEEK –  This weeks top spot goes to PAUL ROE with a beautiful 10lb rainbow. Well done, Paul!

FLIES OF THE WEEK – This weeks top 5  flies were BUZZERS, CORMORANTS, FABS, APPS and BIBIOS.

Other successful flies were EGGS, FOAM BEETLE, DAIWL BACHS, CATS WHISKERS, ORANGE FRITZ, SPIDERS, DAMSELS, WHITE LURES, ZONKERS, BLACK RABBITS, ORANGE SHIMMY, CINNAMON & GOLD, DADDIES, SEDGEHOG, SHIPMANS, PINK DANCER, VIVA, MRS SIMPSON, BLACK & GREEN LURE, HARES EAR, SMOKERS, YELLOW DANCER, ASTROID, LOCH ORDIE, ALEX FERGUSON, CUTTHROAT RABBIT, WOTSITS, HUMUNGUS, TADPOLE, MERMAIDS, MUDDLERS, OLIVE DOUBLE HUMPY, NYMPHS, and BLOBS.

CATCH REPORT

  • BILLY HOEHLE – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using cormorants, daiwl bachs and an olive double humpy all on a floating line.
  • KENNETH ROBERTSON – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a gold head olive nymph on a floating line.
  • JAMES TULLIS – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a black nymph on a floating line.
  • DECLAN WINTERS – Safely returned 6 rainbows caught using smokers, and a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • BOAB MC – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using buzzers and an orange blob on a floating line.
  • CEERAN MCGUKIN – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using an orange fritz and a white fritz on a floating line.
  • DAVIE GORDON –Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using mermaids on a floating line.
  • MARGARET HORNAL – Weighed in 1 fish for 2.4lb caught using a cutthroat cat on a floating line.
  • JIM HORNAL – Weighed in 1 rainbow for 2.3lb caught using a bibio on a floating line.
  • ROY SCOTT – Weighed in 2 fish for 6lb caught using a cutthroat cat and a muddler on a floating line.
  • COLIN ANDERSON – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a green egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • KEVIN MCGOLDRICK – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a bibio on a floating line.
  • ALAN DOWNIE – Safely returned 1 rainbow using a gold Humongous on the floating line.
  • ALAN WALKER – Safely returned 5 rainbows using a bibio on the floating line.
  • SCOTT WALKER – Safely returned 2 rainbows with a damsel & diawlbach on the floating line.
  • JEFF APPLETON – Safely returned 7 rainbows inc 1 at 5.5lb black spider and wotsits under the indicator.
  • ROBERT THOMSON – Safely returned 5 rainbows using a yellow dancer, orange & black and green lures on the floating line.
  • PETER TANNER- Safely returned 4 rainbows using a humongous and a cinnamon & gold wet on the floating line.
  • DARIO SZVARC – Safely returned 3 rainbows using a diawlbach, cormorant & tadpole on the floating line.
  • IAN REDDIE – Bagged up 3 rainbows for 9.8lb using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • DAVE HARRINGTON JR – Safely returned 9 rainbows with cormorants & a white snake using a DI5 line.
  • DAVE HARRINGTON SR – Safely returned 3 rainbows using a fab, yellow dancer & cormorant on a floating line.
  • TOM MATHIESON – bagged up 1 rainbow for 2.63lb using a loch ordie wet on a floating line.
  • PETER SMITH – bagged up 1 rainbow for 2.9lb using a loch ordie on the floating line.
  • DOUGIE RUTHERFORD – Safely returned 1 rainbow using an Alex Ferguson on the floating line.
  • ALEC KYLE – bagged up 2 rainbows for 4.96lb using a cutthroat cat and rabbit lure on the floating line.
  • NATHAN STRACHAN – Safely returned 4 rainbows using buzzers and a white lure on the floating line.
  • LAWRENCE MCDONALD – Safely returned 8 rainbows using fabs and diawlbachs on the floating line.
  • ROBERT BIRRELL – Safely returned 3 rainbows using an Okey Dokey on the floating line.
  • BILLY WILSON JR – Safely returned 6 rainbows using buzzers on the floating line.
  • BILLY WILSON SR – Safely returned 2 rainbows on a white lure with the floating line.
  • GORDON FERGUSON – Safely returned 3 rainbows inc a 6lb rainbow on a damsel & cormorant using a floating line.
  • PAUL ROE – Safely returned 6 rainbows inc a double at 10.1lb using damsels and cormorants on a floating line.
  • IAN DON – Safely returned 4 rainbows using a Spider on the floating line.
  • ROBERT MCALL – Safely returned 3 rainbows using an orange fritz & buzzers on a floating line.
  • GORDON MCVICAR – Safely returned 1 rainbow using a cormorant on a floating line.
  • JIM HORNAL – Bagged up 2 rainbows for 4.3lb using cormorants on a floating line.
  • JOHNNY PORTEOUS – Safely returned 1 rainbow using an egg under the sight indicator.
  • COLIN ANDERSON – Safely returned 2 rainbows using diawlbachs & a cats whisker on the floating line.
  • GEORGE WHYTE – Safely returned 1 rainbow using a diawlbach on the floating line.
  • DUNCAN MCPHERSON – Safely returned 1 rainbow with a cormorant using the floating line.
  • BILL HOLDERAN – Bagged up 2 rainbows for 5lb using a sweetcorn fab on the floating line.
  • DONALD FORBES – Safely returned 9 rainbows using a sweetcorn fab & a foam beetle on a floating line.
  • DAVID YOUNG – Bagged up 1 rainbow for 3lb using a buzzer on the floating line.
  • ROBERT PATON – Safely returned 5 rainbows using buzzers & fab on a floating line.
  • BRIAN SKINNER – Safely returned 4 rainbows using Buzzers & eggs on a floating line under the sight indicator.
  • DAVIE GARTSHORE – Safely returned 5 rainbows inc 1 at 5.2lb using buzzers on the floating line.
  • JIM MCINTYRE – Safely returned 3 rainbows using a red fab & eggs on a floating line.
  • FRANK BRADLY – Safely returned 1 rainbow using a buzzer on the floating line.

 

1st QUALIFYING ROUND FOR THE 2021 CAFFREY CUP IN SUPPORT OF MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT.

1st – JOHN DONALDSON – 30 points, 22 fish caught using olive apps and a black rabbit.

2nd – JOCK MCDOUGAL – 28 points, 14 fish caught using daiwl bachs and shipmans.

3rd – GREG HOGGAN – 23 points, 15 fish caught using smokers, buzzers, eggs, olive apps and a yellow dancer.

4th – DAVID MCROBERT – 21 points, 14 fish caught using damsels, apps, and yellow dancers.

5th – JONNO MCDONALD – 16 points, 10 fish caught using a black rabbit, apps, bibio, orange shimmy and a cinnamon & gold.

6th – DOUGIE HUGHES – 12 points, 8 fish caught using cormorants, cats whiskers and a red apps.

7th – ALAN MELVILLE – 12 points, 6 fish caught using dancers.

8th – LAWRENCE MCDONALD – 12 points, 7 fish caught using hares ears, fabs and daiwl bachs.

9th – BOAB MC – 11 points, 7 fish caught using damsels and buzzers.

10th – KYLE BURNS – 11 points, 6 fish caught using a viva, Mrs Simpson, and black & green lures.

11th – MARTYN SHEARER – 8 points, 5 fish caught using daiwl bachs, a daddy, sedgehog and cormorants.

12th – JOHNNY PORTEOUS – 8 points, 4 fish caught using apps.

13th – CHRIS MELVILLE – 6 points, 3 fish caught using red apps.

14th – KIERAN LATTO – 6 points, 3 fish caught using rabbits and an olive apps.

15th – MARK GRAY – 5 points, 3 fish caught using buzzers, apps and an asteroid.

16th – DAVID FISHER – 5 points, 3 fish caught using a shipmans and damsels.

17th –  JIM TWADDLE – 5 points, 3 fish caught using buzzers.

18th –  WULLIE CARR – 4 points, 2 fish caught using buzzers.

19th – ANDY MELVILLE – 2 points, 1 fish caught using a zonker.

20th – ROBERT MELVILLE – 0 points, fell asleep lol.

 

FISHERY RULES

  • FLY FISHING ONLY
  • NO LITTERING. ALL RUBBISH, CIGARETTE ENDS AND USED LINES MUST GO IN THE BINS PROVIDED.
  • BARBLESS HOOKS ONLY, NO DOUBLE OR TREBLE HOOKS
  • EVERY TICKET ENTITLES ANGLERS TO FISH ONLY 1 ROD AT A TIME
  • NO SET LINES
  • NO BOOBIES, DOUBLE HOOK SNAKES OR SPIN FLIES
  • A MAXIMUM OF 3 FLIES TO BE FISHED AT 1 TIME
  • NO LURES FISHED STATIC UNDER A SIGHT INDICATOR
  • NO SPLIT SHOTS OR WEIGHTS
  • GROUND BAITING, THE USE OF BAITS AND SCENTED DIPS ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
  • ALL FISH OVER 8LB, TIGERS AND BROWNS MUST GO BACK, UNLESS IN POOR CONDITION. THE DECISION TO KILL THESE FISH MUST ONLY BE MADE BY THE BAILLIFF
  • BAG LIMITS ARE ACHIEVED FROM THE FIRST FISH CAUGHT, NO SELECTIVE KILLING. FISH MUST BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY AND SHOULD NEVER BE KEPT ALIVE IN KEEP NETS UNTIL THE END OF THE SESSION.
  • ALL RETURNS MUST BE RECORDED WITH THE BAILLIFF BEFORE DEPATURE, EVEN IF IT’S A BLANK.
  • ANGLERS MUST NOT AID OTHERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR BAG LIMITS
  • CATCH AND RELEASE ANGLERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO KILL FISH, KILL TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BEFORE FISHING.
  • WHEN FISHING CATCH AND RELEASE THE FISH MUST BE KEPT IN THE WATER AT ALL TIMES.
  • IF ANGLERS FIND THEMSELVES ON A HOT SPOT, PLEASE MOVE ON AFTER 5 FISH
  • THE BAILLIFF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO PERFORM BAG CHECKS

ANYONE FOUND TO BE IN BREACH OF THESE RULES WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE, NO REFUND WILL BE ISSUED AND NO RETURN VISITS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

 

SAFE CATCH AND RELEASE PROCEDURE

  • Only use single, barbless hooks. Strictly no multiple hook snakes, double or treble hooks. Not just for catch and release but for kill tickets too.
  • Due to the size and strength of our fish we ask that ALL anglers use a minimum of 8lb line, this is to reduce the number of fish being lost and over played.
  • Bring the fish to the net as quickly as possible. Over playing a fish causes stress and exhaustion and decreases the chance of survival.
  • Unhook the fish as quickly as possible, keep the fish in the water. Never bring the fish onto the banking or podiums as this removes the protective slime, increasing the chances of infections and diseases.
  • If you have to handle the fish do so with wet hands, never with gloves on, this avoids removing the protective slime.
  • If the hook is too deep to be removed, cut the line as close to the hook as possible.
  • Avoid squeezing the fish as this can cause damage to internal organs.
  • Take time to recover the fish, be patient as this can take some time especially in warmer weather. Support it gently until the fish is strong enough to swim away from you.

If you are struggling to recover a fish please call the bailiff for assistance, the decision to kill any fish whilst on catch and release must only be made by the bailiff.

 

Thank you to all of the anglers this week, we look forward to seeing you again!

 TIGHT LINES FOR THE WEEK AHEAD!