Friday 01/10/2021 – Friday 08/10/2021

 

Even though the temperatures are still mild for this time of the year, there is no doubt that autumn is in full swing. The landscape is changing to those beautiful autumnal colours creating a picturesque backdrop to the Lochan. The weather has also become unpredictable, glorious sunshine one minute and torrential rain the next.

The fish have started feeding up for the winter when their metabolism slows down, meaning that the fishing has become a lot easier. Anglers are experiencing the thrill of the chase and aggressive takes, those “big bow waves” from our larger fish, in particular, adding to the adrenaline rush.

 

FISH OF THE WEEK –  This weeks top spot goes to ALAN SMITH with a 7.5lb Tiger . Well done, Alan!

FLIES OF THE WEEK – This weeks top 3  flies were DAIWL BACHS, CORMORANTS  and YELLOW DANCERS .

Other successful flies were RABBITS, SHIMMIES, SPIDERS, FABS, APPS, SQUIRMY WORMS, OKAY DOKEY, MAYFLY, SEDGE, EGGS, DAMSELS, PINFRY IMITATIONS, SHAMMIES, NYMPHS, COVIDS, TADPOLES, CRUNCHERS, BUZZERS, DADDIES, CATS WHISKERS, BLACK & GREEN LURES, ADAMS, KLINKS, ALLY MCCOIST, BLACK LURES, STALKING BUGS, CUTTHROAT CATS AND YELLOW NOMAD.

CATCH REPORT

 

  • LAWRENCE MCDONALD – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using daiwl bachs on a floating line.
  • SCOT MITCHELL –Safely returned 10 rainbows and blues caught using a black rabbit and olive apps on a floating line and a yellow shimmy fished static under a sight indicator.
  • KEVIN GALLAGHAN –Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a cormorant on a floating line.
  • BILLY HOEHLE –Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using daiwl bachs and a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • RUSSELL BRENNAN –Weighed in 2 rainbows for 4lb and safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a blue bottle spider on a floating line.
  • ALAN HENDERSON –Weighed in 3 rainbows for 7.4lb and safely returned a further 5 using fabs and daiwl bachs on a floating line.
  • ROSS MORRISON –Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using apps on a floating line and a yellow squirmy worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • BRUICE DYSART –Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an okay dokey on a floating line.
  • TAM BROGGAN –Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using an orange rabbit on a floating line.
  • GARY SNEDDON –Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a mayfly on a floating line.
  • JOHN MCGAUGHAY –Safely returned 16 rainbows caught using a sedge on a floating line, squirmy worm and shammy fished static under a sight indicator.
  • CHICK MCGREEVY –Safely returned 8 rainbows caught using a yellow egg and yellow shammy fished static under a sight indicator.
  • GORDON SMITH –Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a cats whisker on a floating line and a white egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • STUART HORSHAM –Weighed in 3 fish for 8.26lb caught using a sunburst fab and a daiwl bach on a sink tip line.
  • ASHLEY HORSHAM –Weighed in 1 rainbow for 2.56lb caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • BILLY DEYET –Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a damsel on a floating line.
  • ALEC DUNN –Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a pinfry imitation on a floating line.
  • ALAN SMITH –Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using cormorants on a floating
  • NEIL WESTON –Weighed in 2 rainbows for 4.5lb and safely returned 1 fish caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • GRAEME WESTON –Weighed in 2 rainbows for 4.5lb and safely returned 1 caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • ALAN SMITH –Safely returned 12 rainbows and 1 7.5lb tiger caught using cormorants and various wets using a sink tip line.
  • COLIN SPENCE –Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using cormorants on a floating line.
  • DOUGIE RUTHERFORD –Weighed in 3 rainbows for 5.72lb using a cheese egg on a floating line under a sight indicator.
  • ALEC KYLE –Weighed in 1 rainbow for 2.5lb using a covid lure on a floating line.
  • GEOFF APPLETON –Safely returned 7 rainbows including 1 at 7lb using a black tadpole and spider
  • DONALD FORBES –Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using fabs, cruncher and buzzers on a floating line.
  • COKER WILSON –Safely returned 9 rainbows and a tiger weighed at 6.5lb using buzzers, daddies, and cats whisker on a floating line.
  • BILLY WILSON – Safely returned 8 rainbows using buzzers, squirmy and black and green lures on the floating line.
  • GORDON REID –Safely returned 5 rainbows using an adams dry, Ally McCoist and klinkhammer on the floating line.
  • GORDON MCVICAR –Safely returned 2 rainbows using a black lure and cormorants on a floating line.
  • CAMPBELL BAILLY –Safely returned 1 rainbow using a cormorant on a floating line.
  • WILLIAM MONTFORD – Weighed in 3 rainbows for 7.29lb and safely released 1 rainbow using a millennium bug with a floating line under the sight indicator.
  • JIM MCINTYRE –Safely returned 1 rainbow using a millennium bug on the floating line under a sight indicator.
  • BOAB MC –Safely returned 8 rainbows using diawlbachs on the floating line.
  • JUSTIN PRENTICE –Safely returned 3 rainbows using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • IAN PRENTICE – Safely returned 3 rainbows using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • MARGARET HORNELL – Weighed in 1 rainbow at 3.5lb using a cutthroat cat on a floating line.
  • EDDIE TRAVERS – Safely returned 4 rainbows using a damsel and cormorants on a floating line
  • DAVID EADIE – Safely returned 6 rainbows using cormorants and apps on a sink tip.
  • GEORGE BROWNLEE – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 5.6lb and safely returned 2 rainbows using an Ally McCoist and yellow nomad on a floating line.
  • TRACY ALLAN – Weighed in 3 rainbows for 6.3lb using a yellow dancer and cormorant on a floating line.
  • CHRIS ALLAN – Weighed in 3 rainbows for 6.6lb and safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • BRUCE DYSART – Safely returned 7 rainbows caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • ROBERT GRANGER –Safely returned 6 rainbows caught using mainly shimmies fished static under a sight indicator.

 

 

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!