Fishing Report Week Ending 21 June 2015

Last week it was about the dry fly. Guess what, the weather got colder and the wind picked up. Where is the summer. As we move on to the longest night looking forward to that evening rise, mother nature lets us know who is control, and changes things. Dries and green buzzers still caught fish last week but lures on sink tip lines caught more. Or just more anglers fished that way. The two reedy bays and the heather hills fished well, with the average trout weight 2.8lb this week. The big sedges are back and are about an inch long, so that should be good for some top of the water action. Anglers that did well this week J. Mason 3 on a yellow owl, J. Rankin 3 for 9.6lb and 5 c/r on buzzers, B. Girvan 3 for 10.7lb on buzzers and snatchers, J. Ross 7 on c/r on blobs, D. Patterson 4 on cat booby, J. O'Hara 3 for 9.2lb and 5 c/r on buzzers and hot head damsel, W. Tomlin 4 on cdc on c/r, G. McInley 4 on c/r on cdc and buzzers, T. Balfour 7 on c/r on diawl bachs, I. Balfour 5 on c/r on diawl bach and crunchers,T. Boyle 3 for 9lb on dry daddy, D. McDowell 3 for 9lb on dry black spider, S. Kelly 5 for 11.14lb on a yellow owl, D.Wright 9 on c/r on a fab, K. Hardie 6 on c/r on dries and J. O'Hara was back again with 3 for 9.2lb on a green damsel, S. Burke 5 on c/r on sunburst fab. The weather forecast is predicting a more settled week ahead of us. That should be good for the fishing, and as it should be for this time of year. So contact Alex on 07527 254811 for up to date information on the fishing, bookings or just pop up for a tea or coffee and some short bread.

Fishing Report Week Ending 14 June 2015

Buzzers are on, the sedges are on. With the right conditions, it is a fly fishers dream at the moment with top of the water sport. The warmer weather has made the loch visually pleasing, as trout can be seen cruising about taking the naturals of and in the waters surface. With the naturals being trapped longer in the surface film during the warm weather and no wind. It makes for easy picking for the trout, as the food stays much longer before it flies away. We should all be out know enjoying the pure pleasure of Dry fly fishing. It can be frustrating, but there surely is no better prize in fly fishing than watching a trout roll over your dry, then that pause that seems like a life time, Then it all goes tight, your in. Anyway I move on. The loch fished well this week with good catches going to k. Hardie 7 on c/r buzzers and cdc, A. Ballantyne 5 for 14.7lb and 3 c/r on yellow owl cdc, A. McCann 6 on yellow owl, J. Cairns 5 on c/r on buzzers, SPRA west 35 for 90.14lb and 2 c/r, Heriot A.C. 4 for 10.4lb and 18 c/r, S. Sneddon 4 on c/r on cdc dries, J. Swan 4 for 10.7lb on a dancer, J. Middleton 3 for 7.9lb on diawl bach. From the dam all the way along the heather banks to the school is holding a lot of fish at the moment and floating line with black buzzers or dries like sedges or yellow owl is working great. If the weather stays the same it should not change much, but that may be a lot to ask for this summer. Evening sessions finish at 11.00pm now. Contact Alex on 07527 254811 for bookings or daily fishing information..

Fishing Report Week Ending 7 June 2015

We are now going to get some settled weather at last. The strong winds of last week are thankfully gone for now. With the warmer weather the fish are now taking a small green midge steadily of the top of the water. No splashy rises, just a gentle head and tail scooping them up. The buzzers are on also, with the fish feeding well this week on them. Up to now with the bizarre weather, it was hard to say what was catching, as the weather kept changing the feeding habits and where the fish were, from one day to the next. Last week it was a lures and wets that did well, but patterns that imitate the natural food source should start to out fish them. The two reedy bays and the heather hills were the best spots with a intermediate line working well. But that should change to a floating line for this week. Anglers that did well, I. Carr 3 for 7.14lb and 2 c/r, G. Learmouth 3 for 8.13 on a fab and 2 c/r, Rab Thomson 3 for 8.5lb and 8 c/r, John Marshall 2 for 7.10lb and 3 c/r, J. O'Hara 3 for 8lb with a lovely brown of 3lb, K.Hardie 6 on c/r on cdc and buzzers, W. McCann and J. Cairns 6 on buzzers, K. Wood 5 for 12.7lb on cormorants and 4 c/r, R. Hunter 5 for9.6lb on cormorants, R. Hunter 5 for 12.14lb, Fire Service 7/13 20 fish for 48.9lb and 12c/r, Ronnie Glass 5 for 14.2lb on cormorants, J. Dryden 5 for 15lb, D. Halliday 5 for 13lb. Evening sessions are now on till 10.45pm.

Fishing Report Week Ending 31 May 2015

As I write this on Monday, the first of June. The wind is blowing wheely bins down the street, it is cold and raining, and the wife has put the central heating on. It is the official start to summer today, and it is like a bad day in March. Where has the good weather gone. Look how far behind the crops are in the farmers fields. Anyway it is the fishing I should be talking about. On the days that anglers were out, the Loch fished well. The dam area all along the heather banks was holding a lot of fish and the two reedy bays fished well also. Lines and flies varied so much this week. That is was anything from a ghost tip to a Di-3. Hot head damsels and cats whiskers, Aly McCoist and buzzers all caught fish. Don't look at your last years diary if you have one to see what was catching at this time last year. Go back to March and it might be the same. Clubs and individuals that did well this week, Carluke Angling club 38 for 102lb, D. Payton 3 for 8.15 on buzzers, C. Kilgour 4 for 11.5lb on fabs, J. O,Hara 3 on crunchers for 9lb and 3 c/r, M. Ritchie 4 on hares lug on c/r, M. Bruce 3 on buzzer on c/r, West Lothian Fly Dressers 18 for 45.8lb. Evening sessions finish at 10.30 now.