Friday 15/10/2021 – Friday 22/10/2021

Morning anglers are now welcomed by breath-taking sunrises, what a perfect way to start a days fishing, watching the sun rise over our beautiful Lochan, the stunning colours reflecting  in the water below, creating a landscape fit for a canvas!

The weather was so variable this week that no hour was the same as the last, the flat calm and mild air would quickly be replaced by cold winds and rain! The anglers had to vary their depths and techniques throughout the day to achieve the best returns.

FISH OF THE WEEK –  This weeks top spot goes to BILLY HOEHLE with his new P.B rainbow weighing 11.3lb. Well done, Billy!

FLIES OF THE WEEK – This weeks top 3 flies were EGGS, APPS and FABS .

Other successful flies were orange nomads, buzzers, okay dokey, hoppers, crunchers, eggstacy worms, Ally McCoist, orange & black lures, shimmies, orange dancers, yellow owl, cats whiskers, yellow dancers, black mamba, stalking bugs, blobs, mop flies, spiders, black pennell, black dancer, cormorants, damsels, beetles, orange fritz, zonkers, yellow owl hopper, floating fry, bibio and daiwl bachs.

CATCH REPORT

  • BILLY HOEHLE – Safely returned 5 rainbows including his first double figure fish weighing an impressive 11.3lb, using an orange nomad and buzzers on a floating line.
  • REG DAVIDSON – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using olive buzzers on a floating line.
  • IAN DON – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using an okay dokey and an orange egg fished static under a strike indicator.
  • ALAN SMITH – Safely returned 9 rainbows and a 5lb brown using hoppers and crunchers on a floating line.
  • PAUL PRICE – Safely returned 11 rainbows using a pink and a yellow eggstacy worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • GRAEME COLIN and son LEWIS – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 6lb caught using fabs and eggs on a floating line.
  • LAWRENCE MEECHAN and son MAX – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 6lb and safely returned 1 using fabs and eggs on a floating line.
  • GEORGE BROWNLEE – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 5.5lb caught using an Ally McCoist on a floating line.
  • ROSS MORRISON – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using an olive apps on an intermediate line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • BRUCE DYSART – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using an olive apps on an intermediate line and an okay dokey fished static under a sight indicator.
  • DARREN DALGLEISH – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using an orange apps on a floating line.
  • MATTHEW WATSON – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using an olive apps on an intermediate line.
  • SCOT MITCHELL – Safely returned 10 rainbows caught using an orange & black lure on an intermediate line and shimmies fished static under a sight indicator.
  • KEVIN JENKINSON – Safely returned 13 rainbows caught using various eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • JIM LIVINGSTONE – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an orange dancer on an intermediate line.
  • ALAN DAVIDSON – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using a black & orange lure on an intermediate line and a yellow owl on a floating line.
  • JOHN DALLAS – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a cats whisker on a floating line.
  • ARTHUR PEACH – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a yellow dancer on a floating line.
  • TAM PORTER – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an orange dancer on a floating line.
  • GREG HOWE – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using a black mamba on an intermediate line and a stalking bug fished static under a sight indicator.
  • RYAN GIBSON – Safely returned 3 rainbows caught using eggs and blobs on a floating line.
  • ROSS COCHRANE – Safely returned 12 rainbows caught using apps on an intermediate line and various eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • LEWIS GEMMILL – Safely returned 9 rainbows caught using various eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • DAVID EADIE – Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using apps on an intermediate line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • NADINE JARVIS – Safely returned safely returned 2 rainbows caught using blobs on a floating line and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • GEOFF APLLETON – Safely returned 8 rainbows caught using mop flies on a sinking line and spiders on a floating line.
  • JIM ANDERSON – Safely returned 6 rainbows including a few at 6lb and 7lb caught using a black pennell, yellow dancer and black dancer on a floating line and 1 using an orange egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • ALEC MORTAN – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a pink blob on a floating line.
  • SCOTT McKAY – Safely returned 4 rainbows using a yellow mop fly, yellow egg and black worm fished static under a sight indicator.
  • LIAM RODGERSON – Beat his dad! He safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an okay dokey fished static under a sight indicator.
  • ALAN SMITH – Safely returned 20 rainbows and blues caught using various wets and dries on a floating line.
  • BEN KELSO – Caught his first ever fish on the fly on his own using a yellow egg fished static under a sight indicator, he also beat his dad! Well done wee man we are chuffed for you!
  • JOE MURPHY – Safely returned 4 rainbows caught using cormorants on a floating line.
  • GORDON FERGUSON – Safely returned 6 rainbows caught using cormorants and damsels on a floating line.
  • ROBERT PATON – Safely returned 17 rainbows caught using buzzers and fabs on a floating line.
  • ALASTAIR MCKENZIE – Safely returned 2 rainbows caught using a black mamba and a floating beetle on a floating line.
  • JOHN LILLIE – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an orange fritz on a floating line.
  • DAVID LILLIE – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using an orange fritz on a floating line.
  • JOHN LAMONT – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a pearly zonker on a floating line.
  • GEORGE BROWNLEE – Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using white eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • KYLE BURNS – Safely returned 7 rainbows caught using brown eggs fished static under a sight indicator and a yellow owl hopper on a floating line.
  • AVE LINTON – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a red snake on a floating line.
  • JIM WATSON – Safely returned 7 rainbows caught using buzzers, daiwl bachs and crunchers on a floating line.
  • WILLIAM REID – Weighed in 2 rainbows for 4.6lb caught using a green egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • REG DUNBAR – Safely returned 6 rainbows caught using a green tag and a white lure on a floating line and a pink egg fished static under a sight indicator.
  • COKER WILSON – Safely returned 1 rainbow caught using a daddy on floating line.
  • WILLIAM WILSON – Safely returned 5 rainbows caught using buzzers and eggs fished static under a sight indicator.
  • BRUCE DYSART – Safely returned 15 rainbows caught using a yellow dancer on an intermediate line and an okay dokey on a floating line.

 

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!