Fishing Report Week Ending 1 November 2015

WE ARE OPEN ALL YEAR. So with the kind November weather some anglers had great sport at the Loch. Lures was the order of the day with Damsels, white zonkers, booby and cats working well. J. Watt caught on damsel, G. Price on booby, A. Adams 3 on candy booby, L. Taylor 4 on the cat, S. Cochrane 6 on a white zonker. Again some stunning fish are showing with many anglers hooking but not landing the fish. The word from anglers this week was, " the trout in this loch are on steroids, you just cant get them in. The tails are like shovels." We are delighted that the anglers get a great fight from the trout. Some anglers found pods of fish, and had many double hook ups, only to loose them, or get snapped. But came in, as happy as Larry! with no fish to show for there hard work, but had a great day fishing, hooking but loosing at the net or before. 

We are starting" The Black Loch Bibios" next season from May. It will be one evening every week. This is for kids between the age of 8 to 16. The kids will be in a boat with another kid and a disclosure approved adult. The kids will learn to cast, make up leaders, work an outboard, how to behave in, and handle boats, and what we all want, go fishing. It will be totally catch and release. We have not set a night yet or a price. But At the moment it could be a Monday night and cost approximately £8.00 a night. Not bad for fishing, boats and outboards and instruction. Davy Symon and David Ezzie will be heading this. Please let us know if you would like your son or daughter or grandchild, niece etc. to take up this offer to learn them to fly fish. Fly fishing is becoming an old persons sport. Let us all encourage kids to love the sport as much as we do.

Fishing Report Week Ending 25 October 2015

It gets a lot quieter with anglers now. Some put away there gear till the middle of March. Some stop fishing and start tying to fill the boxes for next year. Some look for good days in the weather and still keep fishing. At this time of year, the margins fish well, with the resident fish coming in close to the reed beds to pick up fry. You may not get huge numbers in the winter but you may get the fish of a lifetime. The average fish size caught last week was a very healthy 3.5lb. All stunning fish. We are open all year. So put your jumper on and keep fishing. Again can I ask anglers that would like to take part in the boat league next year to contact us and pass on your name. Some of the boats are out the water now for the yearly maintenance and paint. Alex is busy getting them ready. Even if you don't want to fish. Pop up and see him, get and coffee, and talk about tactics for next time.

Fishing Report Week Ending 18 October 2015

The settled weather has made for some good days fishing. Warm afternoons with no clouds in the sky. Anglers are still catching on the dry. Fish are moving most mornings all over the Loch. Sorry to say, the weather is to change. So the fishing tactics will change also. The hot spot is still at the East side of the loch and North reedy bay is also fishing well. Not sure what the fish are taking of the top as it is a very gentle sip down. Not the head and tail. Occasionally the water erupts, as the fry feeder's fill there bellies on the stunned fish. Quite a different ripple on the water after that. Some anglers are on floating lines, others on slow sink lines. Both are working, so the flies are varied. anglers that did well, S. Aitken 5 on c/r on squirmy's, Davy Paterson 4 on c/r on cormorants and booby, J. McDonald 4 on c/r on snatchers, G. Learmonth 4 on c/r on lures, George Bell 3 for 7.10lb and 4 c/r on booby, A. Fountain 6 on c/r on cdc and hot head damsel, Chris Stoneley 3 for 7.14lb and 4 c/r on sunburst fab, David Frater 6 on c/r on dries, J. Grant 5 for 14.3lb on hot head damsel, David Wilson 4 on c/r on dries, John Middleton 3 for 7.8lb and 2 c/r on diawl bach and cormorants, S. Moodie 4 on c/r on cormorants. Hot head damsel was the most consistent fly this week.

We had a meeting with John Ross about the boat league for next year and are pleased to say things are moving forward well.

We would like to ask anglers interested in a boat league at the loch to please tell us by email, phone or text what night would best suit you. We will be in a position then to select a night that suits most anglers. Please let us know asap.

The rules will be posted on the web site when finalised. As will the format. It will run from May for approximately 14 or 15 weeks every week.

Fishing Report Week Ending 11 October 2015

The 3 fish ticket for the oap's during the week was a hit this week. Just about every one of them bagged up and then went on to c/r. The weather is kind at the moment considering it is the middle of October. We have started to take some of the boats out of the water for the yearly maintenance and paint. That keeps Alex busy. The East side of the loch is fishing out its skin at the moment. From the dam to school bay is full of fish with anglers fishing dries or hot head damsels. All are working at the moment. That area is the hot spot at the moment. Anglers that did well this week, S. Moodie 11on c/r on booby and cormorants, D. Paterson 7 on c/r on booby, diawl bach, and cormorants, Falkirk Fishing Club 14 for 31lb, Gilbert Owen 3 for 8.13lb and 3 c/r on Kate Mclaren, G. Leishman 3 on c/r on booby, Sam Forrest 3 for 6.13lb, Mr Mcgreggor 4 on c/r, David frater 4 on c/r on cormorants, G. Owen 3 for 6.10lb on cormorants, Sam Forrest was back again catching 3 for 7.10lb on boobys, Pryde 4 for 11.8lb and 2 c/r, McCall on the damsel, Doyle 5 and 2 c/r on dry sparkle cat. We are getting a report done on the loch this week. So if you can manage Wednesday or Thursday. Pop up and who knows, you might get your picture in a well known magazine. 

The Black Loch bibio's, for kids learning to fly fish and under age 16 start next year. We are working on a program for that. Details to follow.

Also with great excitement we are pleased to say we will be starting a boat league next year. John Ross, Scotland's most successful team manager will be helping with that. So it is sure to be a success. Details again will follow soon. 

Fishing Report Week Ending 4 October 2015

Fresh water shrimp. The loch is full of them at the moment. The fish that have been caught and spooned are full of them also. So it is time to get out and put on your shrimp patterns and fish them below the surface with a figure of eight retrieve. As winter draws near the fish know leaner times are ahead, and are looking to stock up on food to see them through the winter. It could be the shrimp or the fry which are about four inches now. This is the time when you have a real chance of catching a big fish that is looking to gorge on a food source and throwing caution to the wind. we wish you tight lines. Anglers that did well this week F. Dellet 5 for 12lb on a booby, B. Archer 3 for 8.6lb on a green lure, D. Wilson 4 on c/r on Ally McCoist, H. Broadley 3 for 8.6lb and 2 c/r on a booby, A. Mitchell 3 for 9.11lb and 5 c/r on a damsel, P. Thomson 4 on c/r on fab and damsel, I. Sharp 3 for 7lb on cormorant, J. Middleton 3 for 8.11lb and 1 c/r on diawl bach and cormorants, B. Scott 4 for 11.12lb on cormorants. The hot spot is still at the stones between the heather banks and school bay about eighty yards out. Drifting is best covering more water with a slow sinking line. Evening sessions are only on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday now, as it is getting dark by 6.45pm.

Fishing Report Week Ending 27 September 2015

G. McInley was top rod this week catching 15 on c/r on blobs and sedges. I think they were on different lines and fished at different times during the day. But they may have been on the same cast. Well done any way. Dries are still working as well, with Heriots A.C. catching 11 and c/r another 24 on dries and cormorants. Anglers who moved about the loch, were rewarded this week with good catches. J. Cairns 8 on c/r on sedges and cormorants, Peter Thomson 7 on c/r on blob and cruncher, S. Hardie 8 on c/r on cormorants, J. Murphy 5 for 11.12lb on sedge, G. Ferguson 5 for 12.3lb on cormorants, W. McCann 7 on c/r on diawl bachs, D. Higgins 1 for 3.2lb and 4 on c/r on cormorants, St. Mungos 12 for 28.4lb and 2 c/r, Ferry fly fishers 11 for 26lb. Cormorants in different body colours with a black wing was the top fly this week. Fished with a steady short retrieve just under the surface. Forest bend and the dam were the hot spots this week. Again cormorants catching the most in these areas. Evenings finish at 7.30pm, and you can still get a normal day permit, or a noon till evening permit.

Fishing Report Week Ending 20 September 2015

*** Evening Fishing now ends at 7.30pm ***  The trout are in great shape and fighting as hard as you can get anywhere. We are getting our fish from Ae fishery again this week. They are coming on Thursday this week, so the anglers on Friday will get a good chance of sport before the weekend. The hot spot this week was at the stones between school bay and the heather hills. The fish are not deep. A midge tip or intermediate are all that is needed. Cormorants and orange blobs were the best flies this week. Some anglers are still catching on sedges and the F-fly on the surface, but lures seem to be doing the best at the moment. Anglers on the drogue, constantly moving and pulling flies got the best bags by far. John Middleton a regular caught a cracking 6.8lb rainbow. You will see the picture at the side. You can see the growth rate in the tail. The fish we stock are all about 2.5lb. So we believe this fish has been in the water about 2 years and has put on about 2lb a year in weight. The feeding in the water is amazing. It is no wonder that the fish pack on weight and muscle. They wont come in easy if you catch one though. Anglers that did well this week, Falkirk Fly Dressers on there 30 year anniversary got 15 for 35lb and 28 c/r with one c/r about 6-7lb. Gary Brown 5 for 12.12lb and 1 c/r on a wee Bert special, Ardgowan Fishers 16 for 34.8lb, Paisley Patterns 13 for 30lb and 2 c/r, S. Telford 6 on c/r on buzzers, J. Grant 5 on c/r on cormorants, D. Curran 6 on c/r on green peter, s. Hamilton4 on c/r on cormorants, M. White 3 for 5.10lb and 4 c/r on Kate McLaren, J. Marshall 2 for 5.10lb and 3 c/r, C. Anderson 5 for 10.3lb on blob and cruncher, C. Stoneley 3 for 7.12lb and 4 c/r.