30th June 2009
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June Has been an excellent month for the anglers on
Beecraigs, with a lot of quality baskets caught. The start of
the month was quite cool with easterly winds and this made the
fish feed a wee bit deeper. Around this time Black and Green
fritzy patterns, Dancers and Boobies took the lion’s share of
the fish. As the month progressed, the wind changed for a short
period to a warmer Westerly and this brought the fish up to feed
in the surface layers of the loch. The fish now turned their
attention to the stickleback shoals and other aquatic insects.
Anglers found that a floating or intermediate line was the order
of the day, with Buzzers, Diawl Bach, Damsel Nymphs and Mini
Cats all scoring well. At the time of writing and because
conditions are just right the trout are feeding voraciously on
hatching buzzers and anglers can look forward to some excellent
top of the water sport. |
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The Fishery will be holding a Junior (under 16’s ) Open
Competition (Fly or Bait) on Saturday 4th of July, It will be a
four fish limit, heaviest bag wins and will cost £15.00 with
trophies for first three, to book your place contact the pond on
07904469707.Some of the catches over the last fortnight are as
follows; On the Fly pond, K McMurdo, 2 for 5lb 7oz, T Atkin 4 for 9lb 8oz, Ian Skilling, 14 for 41 lb 15oz, Tam McFarlane, 2 for 4lb 12oz, Hugh McDonald, 2 for 5lb 7oz, D Muir, 4 for 12lb 10oz, Fiona Curtis, 4 for 8lb 4oz, I Gray, 3 for 6lb 12oz, G Thomson, 2 for 4lb 6oz. On The Bait pond Sean Douglas, (age 6), 2 for 5lb 12oz, D Kirkland, 4 for 9lb 13oz, M Kirkland, 4 for 8lb 11oz, J Hunter, 4 for 10lb 15oz, J Smith, 4 for 10lb 9oz, A Todman, 2 for 4lb 4oz, Ian Crosbie, 4 for 10lb 3oz, C Maxwell, 2 for 4lb 10oz, T Maxwell, 2 for 5lb 2oz, K Smith, 2 for 5lb, James Smith, 2 for 5lb 2oz, Jason Smith, 4 for 9lb 2oz, J Harley, 4lb 9lb 12oz, T Ronald, 3 for 7lb 5oz, A Nichol, 2 for 5lb 2oz, B Butcher, 2 for 5lb 5oz. |
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At the start of the week in the boiling hot sunshine the loch
was fishing great, but slowly as the week progressed and it
became more overcast and oppressive finding the right tactics
became harder. With the depth of fish being unpredictable some
days they would be just sub surface feeding in the surface film
and other days for no apparent reason they would be down around
6- 8 feet. The Sunday day session was very frustrating as fish
rose all day but would hardly take anything thrown at them, then
around 6 o’clock there was a really good rain shower and up they
came rising steady into the late evening. Water temperature is
still at a reasonable 19’C with clarity now at a phenomenal
2.75M. The Butterstone Summer league has now come to a close with an exciting final round. Four anglers had an outside chance of taking the crown with Keith Doig winning the event from Iain Law by 1 ounce. A Total of £222:00 was raised for a charity to be nominated by Keith at the Prize giving. The final results board can be found on the Summer League page of the Butterstone website. Finally a really big thank you goes out to all that fished the event and made the league the fun and friendly event that it has become and I hope that for next year we can raise the numbers back to what it used to be. Thanks guys!! The past week’s best areas remain to be from reed end to the picnic area but the fish are getting wary and choosier as to what they will take and across the shelf and just beyond in the deeper water to three trees and the gap. There were also pods of fish to be found down the reeds from lily bay to pike point and into cottage bay Regular angler Ian Yuill minus his boat partner Alec this week managed 6 for 15lb 12oz and returned a further 5, Messrs. Smeaton and Perrie weighed in 12 for 28lbs, Messrs. Scougal and Wilson returning from a poor fishing holiday up in Sutherland weighed in 9 fish for 23lbs, Messrs. Smeaton and Gibson 10 fish for 26lb 14oz and finally Mr Macgregor senior and Junior weighed in 8 fish for 18lb 14oz. On the club front Stormontfield AC 19 fish for 43lb 8oz for 5 boats, Perthshire FC 16 fish for 37lb 15 for 5boats, Perth Anglers 18 fish for 42lb 5oz for 7½ boats, Stanley AC 26 fish for 62 lb 12oz for 6boats and finally Dunfermline Artisans 35 fish for 80lb 11 oz for 6 boats. The next 5 day BBC Weather predictions are again mixed with rain due from Wednesday onwards, just in time for the Scone Game fair. Average temperatures are again due to be a muggy high teens to mid twenties. With winds mainly from the E – ESE ranging from 2 – 7 mph. |
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The best fly patterns last week included the
Daddy Longlegs, CDC Hoppers, Kate Maclaren and Sedge Muddler and
the best fishing areas proved to be the north shore from valve
tower to the Dow Burn. |
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Fish of the month was Mick Odonnell with a
9Ib 11oz rainbow caught on a sedgehog |
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The fishing has been at times excellent this week. Fish have
been moving steadily in front of the hut, dam wall and top
end. Top flies have been suspender buzzers, CDC`s, sedges
and zonkers. Robert Lamb 6, Danny Quigley 6, G. Boyd 8, John
Holding, S. Banks and J. Milne all returned fish of 10lbs
plus. P. Howitson 3, Scott Millar 4, Ricardo 11, Derek
Langsfield 9, P. Clark 4 for 9lbs 10oz, W. Hodgson 2 for
4lbs 4oz, Mr. paris 2 for 4lbs 2oz, Mr. Monaghan 5 for 12lbs
12oz including 1 at 5lbs 4oz, Tony 2 for 4lbs 4oz and Mr.
Millar 3 for 6lbs.Contact John on 01505 702688.
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Flat calm conditions for most of the week have put the fish well down in the water with anglers on the Specimen Pond having to use sunk lines pulled along the bottom to pick up fish .Water quality is still improving on the specimen pond with very little rain it has had a chance to clear up a fair bit. The fly patterns working well have included the Miller Skunk, silver/gold Humungus, Cat’s Whisker and some fish have also been caught on more traditional flies such as Watson’s Fancy, Silver Invicta, and the Peter Ross. Only one double came off the pond this week a nice rainbow of 11lb 9oz went to Shane Busher from Dunkeld who managed to land two fish for 17lb 8oz both of his fish were caught on a Silver Humungus. Other notable catches came from T Thompson 4 for 29lb, Ian Fraser 2 for 16lb 6oz, J Thompson 2 for 16lb 4oz and J Milner 1 for 9lb 10oz. The Bankside Pool has seen some more great rises but with the water being so calm catching fish has been difficult. Small flies and light lines has been the only way to get about the fish but with some big fish about a lot of people are being broken. This week also saw the 2009 Macmillan Cancer big fish event held at Kingennie with 20 rods taking part and raising £3000 so well done and thank you to all participants. The winner of the competition was Paul Cowley with a limit of 6 fish for 15lb 8oz and he also managed one of the special tags that was worth £300. | |
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Fishing has been steady during the day but early and late are becoming the best times. Top flies have been sedge, CDC`s, diawl bach, crunchers, buzzers, cormorants, damsel, minkie and picric blob. St Benedicts High School had 14 on bait, Matthew Condie 13, Mr. Sullivan had 10 up to 9lbs, Dean 12, Mr. Melvin 6, J. Currie 8, Mr. Watters 5, Mr. Tweedie, Hudson, Wedlock all had 4, J. Meighan 2 including fish of 9lbs and 4lbs 8oz, Mr. Tweedie 3 for 5lbs 4oz, Mr. McGovern 4 for 10lbs, Mr. Watson 4 for 7lbs 12oz, Mr. Ralston 3 for 8lbs 4oz, Mr. Moore 2 for 7lbs 2oz, Mr. Hutton 2 for 8lbs 12oz and Mr. Corrie 2 for 6lbs 8oz. Contact Billy on 01505 874182. | |
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With the wind calming down and the temperature rising there have been some very nice catches on Lintrathen Loch this week. The floating line has come into its own, although some of the regulars have been taking good fish with the midge tip and using the washing line technique of a booby on the point and a couple of droppers with buzzers or crunchers on them The best fish out this week was an 8lbs 3ozs rainbow taken by Willie Smith, who was up with Loanhead and District A.C. SANA also fished a heat with 16 boats on the water, taking 67 fish for 119lbs. Club results Ferry Fly Dressers 3 boats, 24 fish for 43lbs Change Homes AC 2 boats, 13 for 26lbs Loanhead & District AC13 boats, 51 for 94lbs Individual boats R.Maxwell & A.Davie 9 fish for 17lbs Tom Melville & Jim Galloway 9 for 19lbs Messrs Smith & Bremner 10 for 19lbs John Browning & Duncan Campbell 9 for 19lbs Mr Thom & J.Thompson 10 for 20lbs
Jim Hardie For more information call (01575-560327) |
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Contact the fishery on 01651 872787 or 872000.
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It was a cracking week for big trout with Mark Anderson from Edinburgh using an Okey Dokey to land a belter that tipped the scales at 17lbs 4oz. Robert Smith from Kinross wasn’t far behind with a beauty of 16lbs 8oz that was included in a basket of 3 for 21lbs all taken on a Damsel and Tom Russell Jnr. from Earlston used a Buzzer to catch one at 15lbs 6oz whilst Dad Tom Snr. also used a Buzzer to bag one at 9lbs 8oz. Keith Kettles had one at 15lbs 4oz on a Black Buzzer, John McKay from Edinburgh took one at 13lbs on a Buzzer and Bradley Muir, Tranent, used a Black Sedge to take one at 9lbs. Darryl Young from Edinburgh had 3 for 17lbs 8oz – best 11lbs 4oz on a Diawl Bach . |
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Fishing has been challenging at times due to strong easterly
winds, when conditions are right fishing is great with fish
taking most things best methods have been small dries fished
static or lures fished slow.
Catches: S Bruce had 2 fish for 6lb 2oz and released 3, R Howe had 2 fish for 4lb, J Allan had 2 fish for 4lb 12oz, J Wright had 2 fish for 5lb 8oz, M Birkett had 2 fish for 6lb, J Anderson had 2 fish for 6lb, D Findlay had 2 fish for 6lb 7oz, D Beattie had 3 fish for 7lb 8oz, A Cook had 3 fish for 7lb 5oz, JP Forbes had 2 fish for 6lb 2oz. Catch and release: B Fitzpatrick released 12, A Kennedy released 3, R Sambells released 6, R Williamson released 6, C Sutherland released 6, J Boylan released 6, A Coutts released 6, W Weir released 6, S Cockburn released 6, S McLeod released 6. Flies: Yellow Owl, Black Fritz, Yellow Head Damsel, Orange Blob, Yellow Dancer, Black Booby. The fishery would like to thank the 3 clubs who attended the fishery on Saturday weather made the fishing hard but a good day was had by all. Contact the fishery on 01475 689692 |
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With the warmer weather the fish are
taking that bit slower and are still taking something different
from all the natural abundance of food they have to choose from
just now. Most days there has been a good ripple on the water
which is helping hide the angler’s lines in the clear water. The
Damsel Nymph, Yellow Dancer, various coloured Fritz patterns,
Buzzers, Diawl Bach, Hares ear, and Dries have all been doing
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 John Bradley from Wishaw, visiting with the Kypeside Fishing Club, caught two fish for 17lbs 8oz – the best being a brown trout of 12lbs 12oz that was put in last season. This was a lovely fish and looked in great condition after coming through the winter. |
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Some great fishing to be had at Pinbraid over the past week. During the prolific hatches small traditional's and a variety of Dry's have been working well as have Black Buzzers, white minkies, damsels and cats. Some of this catches this week have come from Mr Paul Delosse from Castle Kennedy who released 17 fish in total including a cracking Rainbow of 9lbs 8oz and a Brownie of 5lbs. Mr Ward from Ayr released 3 fish including a 12lb Rainbow. Mr D Wilson of Tarbolton kept 3 for 7lbs 4oz and released 3 including a 5lb Rainbow. Andrew Scobie from Dailly returned 9 including a 16lb 2oz and a 14lbs 3oz Rainbow during another visit he released 13 including 2 Rainbows 1 at 9lbs another at 7lbs and a Brownie of 4lbs. Many other exceptional catches were also recorded. Boat fishing continues to be available, for more information contact Bill Wood on 07881764437 |
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The hot, sunny weather made fishing a pleasant experience but
anglers had to work a little harder than sometimes in order to
find the fish. There were still plenty of top quality trout
being landed by those who chose the correct tactics. Sometimes
they were deep and required a lure such as Dancer, Cat's Whisker
or Black Fritz to tempt them out, but at other times they were
just under the surface and taking Hare's Ear, Diawl Bach and
Damsel nymphs or wet or dry flies with Black Spider, Bibio,
Sedges, Hoppers and Daddy Long Legs being the favourite
patterns. Despite the heat the fish were still active and
looking to chase flies so a fairly quick retrieve was usually
the best method. A large number of Blues feature in this week's
returns, although the Browns seem to have been a little less
common probably due to the heat. |
 John Moyes of Grangemouth landed a superb 14lb 14oz specimenBrown Trout |
