Fishing Report Week Ending 11 September 2016

Well it got colder and rained and the wind picked up this week. Do we ever get two weeks of the same weather in a row ? Tactics changed also. A midge tip line, using the washing line method of a fab on the point and two crunchers or diawl bachs on the droppers was the best method. Dries were still catching, but not as consistent as last week. There is about a five degree difference in temperature in the mornings from the previous week. That brings with it, a big atmospheric drop in pressure and we know the trout dont like that. The margins fished well this week as the drop in temperature has cooled them down, so the trout are hanging about in them again. The flies that caught this week were very varied. From snakes and dancers, to Kate McLarens and wingless wickhams and dries. So really any fly in the box seemed to work on different days. Anglers that did well Darren Inglis 5 on c/r on fritz, G. McGinley 5 on c/r on dries, G. Leishman 4 on c/r on cormorants and booby, D. Patterson 8 on c/r on dries and wets, R.A.F. fishing club 21 for 45lb, C. Stoneley 2 for 5lb and 4 c/r. Trout Fisherman magazine has done a great report on us this month. It is issue 488. Local angler George Learmonth from Redding is heading down to Grafham this week to represent the Black Loch in the Troutmasters final. We wish him every success and tight lines.

URGENT NEWS!!!

PLEASE NOTE - 

On Sunday the roads around the Slamannan and Limerigg area are closed for a PEDAL FOR SCOTLAND event.

Anglers will be allowed access to the Loch. But they should be there by 8.00 am. Access is from the FALKIRK end. There will be no access from the East or West as the roads are shut from 6.00 am that day, and all roads will open at 14.30.

Come in from Falkirk and continue up the Slamannan road B803 to the end . 

At the end of the road, event staff will allow you to continue Left towards Limerigg. The road bends to the right on B8022. Continue to the end of the road. Then turn right at the road end and we are on the left 100 yards up the road.

Please inform staff that you are going to the Black Loch.

Elinor at "Pedal for Scotland" is the contact, and her number is - 0333 300 3485

Fishing Report Week Ending 4 September 2016

The fishing is great at the moment. All over the Loch big bags, and big fish are being caught. We had many fish caught between the 4-9lb range. With the average trout a healthy 3.2lb in weight. Drifting right across the middle is the hot spot, with a floating line and yellow owl dries. Local and regular Ian Dobbie had 19 on Sunday doing just that, on a c/r ticket. With two of the fish being in the 8-9lb range. The two bays fished well also on the same method . But the middle of the Loch is the hot spot. The red legs are on the go now. So your heather flies and hoppers should come in to there own now. They are being blown on to water in the thousands as i write this. The trout are gorging on them. Evenings are only on a Thursday night now. Some late start days are available, but you will need to phone up first to check the availability of that day. Phone 07527 254811. The bibios finished on Tuesday night with a buffet then fishing for all connected with the kids. Well done to all the coaches and helpers in making the bibios the success it has been. We have a resident osprey now nesting and eating at the Loch. Nice to look at and admire. But i wish he or she would buy a permit! Anyway that is nature. The bird watchers are loving it. We have put up remote cameras to catch the action around the Loch so we can see what it is doing. Anglers that did well this week, C. Issac 8 on c/r on dry sedge, Billy McGranaghan and Marco Ezzi 13 on c/r on boobys, B. McCallion 5 for 18lb on cdc, C. Hesseltine 5 for 12.5lb and 2 on c/r, I. Dobbie 19 on daddy black cdc on c/r, John Middleton 2 for 6.10lb and 7 on c/r, Western angling club 12 on c/r on dries, Reece 8 on c/r, Greg McPicken 8 on c/r on cdc.

We did not post a report last week as a mark of respect for the passing away of Jimmy Coyne from Carron Valley.

Fishing Report Week Ending 21 August 2016

15-21 August

Top of the water wins again. Yellow owl, sedges and daddy's were the best method last week. With the big fish and big returns belonging to the anglers on the dries. The consistent candy booby and yellow dancer did catch fish, but the better bags were coming to the anglers on the dry. Jock Cairns and Willy McCann are regulars at the Loch and it was great that they had 8 on c/r on Thursday with one rainbow about 9lb in weight. Hopefully the picture will be on the web soon. It was bigger than the net and we have big nets. David Ezzi also had another big rainbow on c/r, about the 8-9lb range. That picture is on the face book page. The dam is the hot spot at the moment with the high hills being a close second. The best line is a floater or midge tip. The average weight was 2.6lb and the rod average was 3.1. So it was a good week for the anglers. Anglers that did well, A. McClemont 2 for 4.12lb and 9 c/r on buzzers, M. MacRitchie 6 on c/r on dries, M. Right 5 on c/r on dries, S. Harp 7 on c/r on cormorants, I. Hillhouse 9 on c/r on diawl bach and sedge, Cove and Kilcreggan club 9 for 23lb, John O'Hara 2 for 5.7lb and 5 on c/r, M. Anderson 8 on c/r on yellow owl, and again M. Anderson 5 for 10.12lb and 5 c/r, M. Dixon 7 on c/r on dries, Willy and Jock 8 on c/r on dries, BAAC 17 for 41.11lb, B.O.S. 11 for 26lb and 15 c/r, I. McLaren 5 for 11.8lb on booby, dry and damsel. He obviously went through his box to find out what they were on. As the nights are getting darker sooner , evening seasons finish at 9.30pm now.

Fishing Report Week Ending 14 August 2016

The big fish are on the move. The Loch is bubbling with fish at the moment. This is the time of year when the double digit rainbows through caution to the wind, and can be caught that bit easier. On Monday we counted over twenty of them cruising about hitting fry and taking sedges of the surface. Be quiet in the boat, and stay seated so you dont scare the fish away, and if the conditions are right. You have a good chance to catch a monster. The weather is to be more settled this week, so it is looking good for that fish of a life time to be caught. Muddlers and dries were the best flies this week, but candy booby and cormorants also did well. A slow drift with a drouge was the best method and drifting right across the middle gave the best results. The heather hills and North reedy bay also fished well. Ayr travelers had a good day with 92 on c/r on dries, Tilly A.C. 10 for 22.10lb, Alex Adams 5 on c/r on diawl bachs, Priory club 24 for 50lb, St. Peters 45 for 99.5lb and 6 c/r, Wire Mill 24 for 44.3lb and 6 on c/r, SPRA West 35 for 80.5lb and 3 on c/r, M. Ezzi 7 on c/r on booby, Bibios kids 16 on c/r, G. Bulloch 5 for 10.7lb and 2 c/r, IBM 25 for 60lb, Ferry fly dressers 15 for 34.5lb. Nights are drawing in now so evening seasons finish at 9.45pm.

Fishing Report Week Ending 7 August 2016

The Loch fished well during the week with some great catches and great fish. Look at the stunning rainbow caught this week at the Loch on the web site. On Saturday as the huge pressure change occurred, ready for the high winds on Sunday. It made conditions hard on Saturday. Trout dont like huge atmospheric changes. Then all the boats were cancelled for Sunday because of the high wind gusts of 50 mph. it was midge tip lines or slow sinking lines this week that did best, with flies like blobs, gold humungus, booby's and fab's. What a difference a week in Scotlands summer can make to our fishing conditions. Drifting right across the middle of the Loch was the most productive this week with the best bag weights coming from this area. A lot of fish in the 3 to 5lb weight range were caught this week. Good catches this week, A. Martin 6 on c/r, J. McAlliom 5 for 12.10lb, G. Leishman 5 for 11.4lb, Ferry fly dressers 15 for 34.5lb, IBM 25 for 60lb, G. Bulloch 5 for 10.7lb and 2 c/r, C. Cowan 14 on c/r, G. Fisher 3 for 7.10lb and 9 c/r, G. Adamson 5 for 14.2lb and 2 c/r, Jaycob 7 on c/r, B. Nelson 5 for 14.7lb and 1 c/r, Callame club 22 and 3 c/r, G. McGuire 6 on c/r.

A well done to our Scottish youth team who came second in the International in Ireland. They were only two fish behind the winners who were the home nation Ireland. Which was great, as on the match day the wind blew hard and made conditions terrible for all the boys.

Fishing Report Week Ending 31 July 2016

Big fish are being caught at the Loch at the moment. Browns and rainbows. Look at he website to see the brown and rainbow that were caught this week on different days by different anglers. You will understand that a fish of a lifetime can be caught in the Loch. The tail on the rainbow is twice the size of the girth of the trout and just look at the silver growth marks through the tail. You can not catch better quality trout than that. If you hook one of these monsters, it is like hooking a torpedo on steroids. Just about every day, anglers are commenting on the big fish that are cruising about. The high banks tight to the Lilly's, and South reedy bay fished well this week, on midge tip lines and hoppers. With a steady retrieve just under the surface seemed to work the best. Anglers that did well this week, Rainbow warriors 40 for 90.04lb and 15 c/r, W. Munn 7 on c/r on hoppers, J. Anderson 5 on c/r on hoppers, Gillespie and Harrison 9 on c/r on daddys, C. Stoneley 2 for 4.10lb and 7 c/r, G. McFarlane 6 on c/r on blobs, G. Pelini 6 on c/r on booby, M. Moran, K. Miller and friends had 3 boats with an average of 12 to each boat, Townhill Angling 28 for 56lb, J. Young 5 for 11.14lb and 8 c/r, J. Middleton 2 for 5.5lb and 5 c/r on sedge, Milngavie A.C. 23 for 47.5lb and 6 c/r, L. Gardner 2 for 5.12lb and 6 c/r on cormorants, SPRA A.C. 41 for 90.9lb and 21 c/r, A. Taylor 5 for 15.6lb and 2 c/r, a. Scales 3 for 8.5lb and 6 on c/r on dries, G. Coalston 7 on c/r on diawl bach, J. Read 8 on c/r on driesR. Short 8 on c/r on black cdc. 

Can i also wish the Scottish youth team all the best this week. They are in Ireland fishing for the national title, representing our country. Come on Scotland.