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FLY FISHING LOCHS
All catch tickets have no limit catch and release after and before selecting your fish to take.
Full day 3 fish for £24
6 Hours 2 fish for £20
4 hours 2 fish for £16
2 hours 1 fish for £12
Juniors up to 16 years old Full day 1 fish for £10 plus catch and release
SPORTING TICKET
Full day Catch and Release £16
6 hours Catch and Release £13
4 hours Catch and Release £10
BAIT FISHING LOCH
£8 for 1 fish
£12 for 2 fish
£16 for 3 fish
Then all fish over limit is paid at £3.00 per lb
All rainbows must be kept and paid for over limit.
Any carp, brown trout, tench and bream must be returned safely to the water.
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Any extra rods must be paid for. Bubble floats are not allowed on this loch.
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January 29, 2012
Plenty of good fishing this week once you found the depth as bright sunshine put them down and when the cloud appeared brought them higher in the water.Only small parts of the water suffered from ice ,but left themajority of water open for fishing so never any problems of no water when temperatures dip into minus,we are always open.
Gordon Grant had a really good day with 16 fish on buzzers and his best fish was an 11lb Wild Brownie which was a beauty and carefully returned.Steve Urwin had 12 fish,best was an 8lb fish and to cap his day he had a tagged fish.Micael Steele had a nice 5lb fish,George Stewart a 4lb 8oz,and Chris Johnston had a good 7lb fish.Budgies have also been working well when fish have been deep.sinking lines have been required when the sun is bright.We are also pleased that Millbuies Trout fishery is now under the Glen of Rothes trout fishery and will reopen after being closed on the 23rd March.Bookings are now being taken now and are filling up.It will remain a boat only fishery and booking only through the Glen of Rothes trout fishery.All details can be found on the main website at www.morayflyfishing.co.uk We look forward to providing fishing for anglers for many more years to come at both our venues.
January 23, 2012
despite some severe conditions this week,the fishing was good.Fish were moving up and down in the water so it was important that intermediates and floaters were at hand.Okey dokeys,orange blobs and cats whiskers were the main flies which were working for the majority of anglers.Most were averaging around 6 fish for a session and some had more.Neil Smith hit the 10 fish,dave Simpson had 9,Nick Mackie had a cracking fish of 4lb 9ozs which had him into the backing quite a few times before coming to the net.Gordon Grant had a great day with 29 fish and just hit it right.Entry forms for the Ian Barr smallwater masters are now available for the heat on April 1st.There is alot happening at the Glen this year and plenty of information is on the notice board at the fishery and also on our website.There will be a Coaching weekend on coarse fishing by the Scotland National coach and other coaches for those who want to learn the art of coarse fishing,details will be published later with dates,The Scottish Stillwater bank international will be held at the fishery in july to select the team to fish in Wales and is open to everyone who is an angler.Heats for this at the fishery will be in the evening of June 9th.
January 16, 2012
A game of two halves as the very cold weather returned for the weekend but the lochs still remained open for fishing with plenty of open water for anglers to fish as normal.
buzzers and lures such as Ace of spades and black and red cats were the pick of flies and returnes were good for some and some ndid struggle but thats what fishing is about.Tony Mone had 10 fish,Steve Mckenzie had 20,Okane Mclennan had 14,Eddie Kane had 9,Jamie Sinclair had 8,Paul Sharpe had 10 and thes were all mainly on buzzers such as okey dokeys.Barry ward had a nice fish of 4lb 3ozs and also returned a nice Tiger trout.Fish being caught are in excellent condition and fighting very well.
January 11, 2012
Below is the rules for the Airflo World bank masters competition heat to be held at the Glen on April 1st.
IBFF - Airflo World Bank Masters Individual Competition 2012
Competition Details
Teams may enter and fish as individuals
Bank only competition with rotational pegged fishing
Heats to be held across UK and entrants can enter as many heats as they wish
Entry will be £25 with goody bag and 2nd entry fee is £22 with no goody bag for 2nd+ entries
Entry Fees to be paid to the organiser, match fees to be paid to the fishery
There are limited pegs at each venue and it will be done on a first come first served basis. Your deposit with entry form confirms your place in the chosen heat(s)
Final to be held at Elinor, Northamptonshire on May 20th, 2012
105 anglers will fish the final with a pro-rata percentage from each heat reaching the final. There will be a number of wild cards reaching the final which will be drawn from non-qualifiers
Fishing in the final will be strictly ‘catch and release’ with de-barbed or barbless hooks. Heats will be fished to fishery rules and operate C&R where appropriate
Any fishery heat operating C&R will be encouraged to score with 2 points for the first fish on every peg and 1 point thereafter with a maximum of 5 fish per point. Maximum of 6 points can be scored per peg
Any size fly and non-catchable sight indicators will be allowed in the final and heats if the fishery rules permit
Large Cash prizes, UK Holiday in Newquay and other prizes to be won at the final. Full prize list to be confirmed
I hope this answers all initial questions for now but do please contact me if you have any other queries for now. All conditions and rules etc will be posted on my site by Monday 16th January with entry forms.
December 18, 2011
Well to be expected the weather dictates the fishing at this time of year,but when it has been decent so has the fishing.Both buzzers and lures have worked on intermediate and floating lines.Chris Johnston had a tally of 17 closely followed by Gordon grant with 14 on buzzers and bloodworms,Goerge Ross had 9,barry Oldfield has 9,Bill Mackie had 9,John Overton 8 and Lewis Ross had 7.All good averages for this time of year.There is plenty of open water for fishing and over the Christmas period we will be closed for Christmas and also New years day only,unless there is severe weather ,when we ask that anglers contact the fishery or the mobile numbers on the website or facebook,before travelling.
On behalf of everyone at the fishery we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New year.
December 12, 2011
With a week dominated by weather conditions it was a case of take your chance when you can.The Christmas Invite competition luckily enjoyed very good weather and anglers all had a good day with some very good fish caught.Young Bailey Mone had a beauty of a Brownie at 6lb 8ozs ,which was returned after a hard fight among his 9 fish which at this time of year is good in anyones book.Bob Alexander also caught a brownie of 5lbs 12ozs again this was returned.Chris Johnston had a 3lb 8oz Tiger trout returned.The winners of the compy went to 1st Jamie Hay ,2nd Tony Mone 3rd Gordy Morrison. Jamie had a good fish of near 6lbs which was enough to take the top prize.Best flies have been ace of spades,yellow dancers,bloodworm buzzers and floating and intermediate lines are needed.In extreme weather conditions telephone numbers are on the website and before travelling we advise you to contact the fishery numbers to check we are open.Only in really bad weather will we be closed apart from the normal christmas and new years day.The website is updated daily in bad weather.
November 28, 2011
For the most of the week,before gales hit hard,fishing was very good.Lures in yellow and orange fished either on an intermediate or floating line did well,along with buzzers were the main takers.barry Oldfield had a cracking 18lb rainbow during his session of 10 fish,Dave Simpson from aberdeen took 9 fish ,one of which was a 2 lb Brown returned,Neil Smith took 8 fish,Willie Petrie had 9,Mike Matthews had 10 and the average for most was around 5 fish per session.
Main areas which have proved best have been back leg,dam walls and corners of each loch all producing fish.Depending on temperatures will decide how high or low fish will be found in the water and again both inter and floating lines will be required at this time of year for success.Fish are in really good condition and with the colder water now fish will be on and off the take constantly so patience is a key factor.When they are on sport is very good and fish are fighting well as expected at this time of year.
November 21, 2011
The mild weather certainly had fish moving well and even dry fly was working.Main flies were buzzers which is to be expected at this time of year and buzzers ,like okey dokeys and bloodworms are the pick.Lures like orange blobs,damsels and fritz patterns in orange and yellow would be a choice also.Its always good to hear how good the fish condition is from anglers and often how the big one was on and then off as thats just fishing.Dennis McBain had a 10 fish tally for his day,Gordon Grant 17,Barry Oldfield had 12,Seamus Maguire on 2 outings had 11 and 10,Gordon Morrison had 8,Nicky Bremner had 12,Steve Roddiman had 10,Colin Taylor had 2 brownies returned and Robin Legget had a nice Char returned.
November 14, 2011
There is no doubt that every day is different in fishing and what happens one day the next will be different.Fish are up and down in the water like yo yo,s and buzzers are on,then quickly it is onto lures,so both floating and intermediate lines are required and the only thing which has been consistant has been a slowish retrieve.find the depth,you will find the fish.There has been alot caught and Steven Archibald had 16 on a cats whisker,Mike Matthews had 17 on Blobs and buzzers,Jamie Sinclair had a good day on the buzzer with 17 fish,Chris Johnston had 10,Gordon Grant had 9 on a pink Buzzer.Shane Frazer had a nice fish of 6lb 5ozs,Willie Petrie had a fish of 4lb 8ozs and also returned a nice Tiger Trout.Eddie Kane landed a 5lb 2ozs fish,Alan Liddle had 2 good fish of 4lb 7oz and 4lb 2ozs for his 2 fish bag and Mark Newsome had a nice fish of 4lbs among his catch.
October 31, 2011
Varied conditions required changes throughout the week as temperatures were up and down along with wind,then calmness.Fish were high in the water one day and dropped into slightly deeper water the next and floating and intermediate lines were required for a session.Best of the fish was a surprise for its captor,Ian Kerr,a 9lb wild Brownie taken with the slightest of tugs and was in pristine condition and duly returned unharmed.Chris Boyle landed 14 fish,Jim Eddie had 11,Donald Patience had 8.averages per session worked out around 4 fish per angler this week.The coarse loch again suffered with conditions but fish were taken and a nice golden orfe was part of 1 anglers bag.Ide and bream and carp have come in but not in numbers and have been found in deeper water and ledger has been best tactic with maggot.
October 24, 2011
Change is certainly now in the air,with fish switching towards lures such as blobs,budgies and fritz type flies as they search to put on weight for the winter months ahead.Intermediate lines are being used more of late,but some are still finding sucess with floating line and buzzers with okey dokeys and wooly worms taking a good share of fish.Slower retrieves have been best.Barry Oldfield had 10 fish on a mix of flies,Allan Liddle also had 10,Chris Boyle had 20,Allan Crook 19,willie Petrie had 13,Jim Eddie 14,and ian Morrison had a 6lb fish on buzzers,showing that the bigger fish have come off the bottom and looking around for feeding towards the top water.PaulClark was unlucky losing a big double at the net which does tend to ruin your outing when it happens.In the coarse loch,Bill Salmon had a decent day after a long wait,hitting a nice common carp of just over the 3lbs mark,crucian carp and a mirror,but conditions were very windy and they had to be found in the deeper water and on the bottom.
September 26, 2011
Surface methods continued to work well for anglers who favoured dry fly this week with klinkhammers,cdc,s taking good numbers of fish earlyon and towards the end of the week okey dokey buzzers,lures such as orange fritz and yellow dancers began to take alot of fish for many.Jim Eddie had a 5lb Brownie and a 7lb Blue which were both returned,Jim Watt who had 11 fish with his best at 5lbs,Donny Davidson from Inverness had a 4lb 7oz fish,Andy Lambie had a good day with a 4lb Tiger trout.Other anglers who managed fish in decent numbers for their day,some only a few hours of fishing,were Steve Urwin 18,Ian Bancroft with a personal best was over the moon with 17 fish,Del McPherson 13,Gordon Grant 18,Okane McLennan 12,Matthew Bain and Jim Henderson 10 each.Averages per angler over the week were around the 5 fish each.On the coarse Loch cooler temperatures did slow down the fishing here and maggot still remains the best bait to use here along with pole methods being the top,rather than ledger tactics.Carp to 3lbs,ide,bream and gudgeon being caught,but it is important to note that heavy groundbaiting is not required as it overfeeds and fish are then reluctant to look for anything else.
September 19, 2011
Much of the fish were again coming to dry fly,even in some harsh weather,dries like foam daddies,foam beetles and hopper patterns did well.Those who fished lures,it was the Consett budgie and damsel which produced.Decent bags were taken by barry Oldfield with 15 on dry fly,Ian Morrison had 12,Tommy Murphy using a cats had 10,Chris Boyle had 12 and Gary Gormeley landed a £50 tagged fish which made his day.The river Spey Juniors enjoyed a good day with most of the youngsters catching even though showers and cold wind didnt dampen there enthuisism.Young Kyle Mcbain landed a 4lb 3ozs fish and that made the day even more enjoyable.Blues to 6lb and again larger fish beat anglers breaking lines.Minimum line strength suggested is 8lbs are recommended.
September 12, 2011
A varied week of fishing and despite conditions changing daily,fish still came to dry fly for some ,but it certainly shows change is in the air as lures began to take alot more fish than usual.Gordon Grant had the highlight of the week,landing a tagged fish among his 18 fish haul.Lesley Davidson continued her lady luck with larger fish and landed a good fish of 7lb 1oz,Alan Pinkerton returned a brown of 4lbs,Mark Philpot a 4lb 8oz,John Cowie had 18 fish on woolie worm,Chris Boyle had 10,Alan Crook hooked a very big fish,which broke him off to fight another day and average per angler has been around 6 fish per session.best of the flies have been buzzers,consett budgies,lime and black fritz,showing how the change is in the air and intermediate lines are needed more as the days move on,but there is still alot of good sport on floating lines and both are recommended.
August 29, 2011
For most of the week fishing was very good on the surface with fish readily taking dry fly,mainly cdc,klinkhammers and hopper type flies.The weekend did change with heavy rain and winds which will freshen up the water which is always good for the fish,but yet they were still coming to the surface and feeding in the bad weather and black pennels and nymphs did well.The best fish of the week was a 16 lb,er caught by Rob McPherson and was in very good condition,Jim Watt had a full house with 10 fish and among them he had a Blue,wild brown, a Tiger and a rainbow.Geoff Hakin returned a nice Blue of 4lbs,Martin Krop had a fish of 8lbs,Michael Morton had a fish of 4lbs,Donny Davidson of Invernes had a 4lb 7oz fish also.Plenty were over the 10 fish within a session with Laurent Andrews,Paul Clark,Graham Murray,Andy Ulke,Bob Mann,W,Petrie,Ron Philips and Jim Watt all with fish upto 15 for their day.Plenty of fish upto 4lbs are being caught as fish start to feed up for the coming winter months and the larger doubles should be there abouts also as they come from the bottom to feed.
August 21, 2011
plenty of good sessions recorded this week,with most hitting some decent fish especially off the top for most of the week when there was some cloud cover.Best fish of the week went to aberdeen angler Graham Chiverton with a fish just shy of 10lbs,Allan Catto had a beauty of a Blue raiinbow at 8lbs,Andy Lambie had 10 fish with his best at 7lbs,Andy Fraser had 11 with his best 4lb 4oz.Jim Eddie with 14,Bob Alexander with 11,Allan Liddle with 11 and William Felton with 9.
Best flies have been Klinkhammers,bibios,yellow dancers and daddy long legs pulled fast causing fish to chase and hit the fly hard.The coarse loch slowed a bit this week and its best that in this loch not to over bait it,better little and often seems to bring the best results.
August 14, 2011
Varied water levels this week after heavy rain did the lochs alot of good and provide very good sport for anglers on all lochs.Surprisingly even dry fly worked well as did lures and buzzers.The levels went up and down but didnt take long to go to normal again and it certainly made the Blue rainbows start to take.Sunday saw the senior and Junior competition and despite loading the water with some monster fish upto 22lbs,none made an appearance and lived to fight another day.Winner of the cash prizes for the seniors went to 1st place Tony Mone,2nd Marc Moss and 3rd lady angler Abigail Montgomery. The junior placings were in 1st Place Bailey Mone and 2nd Craig Alexander.The junior competition was kindly Sponsored by NFU Mutual who supplied rod,fly box and a prize for all juniors who entered.The coarse loch continued to fish very well with Rob Brownfield who had a 14lb 2oz carp plus an array of others including a nice orfe,gudgeon,bream and other carp to 5lbs.It did slow a little at the end of the week but all anglers had decent bags for each sessions.We now have videos on you tube,under glen of Rothes trout fishery and also on facebook where you can keep uptodate aswell as the website here.
August 1, 2011
Dry fly and surface sport has been very good even on days where not much was showing it was surprising how they were still keen to take off the top and just below with emergers.Ian Sweeney landed himself a nice fish of 9lbs 4ozs and David reid took full advantage of the sporton the top with good numbers of fish.Andy Fraser also on the top had 10 fish on CDC,Eddie Kane had 21 on a day the lures outfished the smaller fly.On the coarse loch,very good bags have been taken with maggot.Rob Brownfield had a great day with over 51lbs of fish and a good mix bag of bream to 2lb 8oz,Ide,gudgeon,Carp common and mirror,and roach.His daughter also did very well with agood mix.neil and Grant Scowen had an all night session and with it being a little slower during the night,the morning changed and they ended up with a good session of bream carp and ide.Names are still being taken for the cash prize competition on 14th Aug for the Senior and junior competitions ,which are seperate competitions.Just contact the fishery to put your name down.It will be weight decided,no capping and some biggies will be expected to show up in bags.
July 24, 2011
Small wets early part of the week and when the wind and temperature dropped it was onto lures such as hothead damsels and scruffs which became the order of the day.some decent fish were caught including Tigers for jamie Brown at 2lbs and Jim McIntosh with a 2lb 8ozs tiger among his 11 fish.Good fish were landed by Jim eddie with a 7lb 5ozs rainbow,Bob Alexander a 3lb Brown trout,Son Craig 6lb rainbow,Mike neil had a good 8lb fish.best of the week was kevin Bruce with a tagged fish.Gordon grant had 19 fish on various buzzers,Stef Pozorski 10 and Willie petrie had 17 fish for his session.Average returns for sessions ranged from 5 to 9 fish caught.Coarse loch continued to fish very well with good bags of bream,roach,ide gudgeon and some of the larger carp were caught and lost.
July 18, 2011
If you listen to the weather and go by it,the forecast would have it as no good for fishing.But its been the opposite as always happen with really good fishing,especially if your a fan of the top of water.Dries and suspender buzzers have worked well, greenwell glorys and whickhams taking good bags also.Scruffs in yellow and black did well for both Eddie Kane with 12 and Michael Work who had a nice 8lb fish.Some great evening rises a sfish feeding well on caenis making the lochs bubble with activity.Other decent catches were with Donny davidson 4lb 1oz,Andy Wood 4lb 13oz and a 4lb fish,Willie Petrie 5lb 7oz and most anglers averaging at least 5 fish for session and more.The coarse loch is doing well for anglers,red maggot and luncheon meat being the best bait to use along with those on the pole hitting very good numbers of fish.Matthew West was delighted with his haul of 47 with bream to 3lbs,Ide,Gudgeon and roach to 1lb,he also lost a huge Carp which burrowed into reeds and came off.Rob Hay from Inverness also had a day of Carp to 5lbs,bream ide and gudgeon on feeder.Plenty of fish being seen moving about here and the roach and bream certainly feeding well for anglers.
Dont forget to follow us on Facebook for uptodate info of what is happening.Glen of rothes trout fishery.
July 10, 2011
Fishing for heroes competition was won by Tone Mone who also won the heaviest fish with a 4lb 11ozs rainbow.Closely folloed By 11Yrs old Craig Alexander who had bagged his 2 fish only to land a fish of 8lbs which had to be retyrned and would have given him the win,3rd place went to Eddie Kane.A total of £319 was raused for the charity and we would like to thank all those who supported the event on behalf of the veterans and the fishery.Dena Cruickshank had a nice Tiger trout,Mike James landed a good fish of 6lbs,and Willie Leask from Isla had a really nice Blue of 6lbs.Barry Oldfield had a good couple of hours with 12,Ian Morrison 13 and Willie Petrie of dunkeld had 10.Most fish are coming to daddies now and small and black top surface and at times need to be enticed by fast retrieves to take.On the coarse loch Matthew West and his Father had a good day with a good bag of Bream to 2 and 1/2 lbs each,roach,and ide and lost a nice Carp in the reeds.Fish are now feeding very well here.
June 26, 2011
This week has had great top of the water fishing and its mainly been Kate mclarens and drys which hadve been the most successful.Changing retrieves from slow to fast have worked well and drawn some good fish to the fly.Graeme Taylor had a really nice fish of 15lbs 3ozs which was a fine example of a rainbow trout,Norman ratcliffe had 2 good fish for 9lbs 13oz with the best at 6lbs 13ozs,Aidrian Mitchell with 9 fish and his best was a 4lb 13 ozs,Willie Petrie with 12 and best a 4lb 1oz,Archie Miller had a beauty of a Tiger trout of around 4lbs as did jim eddie ,Ian Dick had 11,Nicky Bremner 11,Gordon Grant 11,Tom Anderson 15 and mark james had 10.Names are still being taken for the Fishing for Heroes charity compy on 10th July and all are welcome to support this event for a very worthy cause.The Speyboard and Fochabers school enjoyed a good day where they had a bug and beastie hunt and fishing aswell.They were shown the beasties found up close along with some casting aswell.All found the day elighting and encouraging for the outdoors.
June 19, 2011
Tigers came a plenty this week,which were all returned,best of which fell to Ben cresswell at 5lbs 8ozs,Eddie Kane followed with a 4lb 8oz tigerm,Jim Eddie had 2 tigers and willie Petrie landed a 3lb tiger.Jimmy Munro had a great day with a16 fish haul in 4 hours with fish of 4lb 10oz and 4lb 8ozs for his bag.Michael Morton landed a nice 5lb 1oz fish and Colin Taylor had a 4lb 5oz fish.The all night competition was a great success a total of 159 fish were caught and the winners were 1st Gordon grant,2nd David Muir, 3rd Alan Crook,In the juniors Baily Mone was the winner.Weather was really good and fish were rising most of the night and many of the bigger fish were returned early in the hope that larger would come later on.Only,most of the larger fish ended up being lost or breaking lines.
June 12, 2011
A very good week for the dry fly as fish were keen taking drys very well.Olive sedges,cdc,s,klinkhammers were all on the menu.Cloud cover put them just below and that was when suspender buzzers came into play.Olive damsels were the pick of the lures,although purple scruffs also worked on occasions.Our first Tiger trout fell to kenny Maddocks at 2lbs 8ozs and was returned among his 12 fish.Eddie Kane had 9 fish with a nice 4lb 8ozs Tiger his best returned.Brown trout also featured well this week for many anglers,Jim Watt a 3lber,Andy Ulke who had 3 between 1lb and 1lb 8oz,Alan Hall and Dale Stewart with browns upto 2lb 8ozs.all returned.Stevie Wright had a good day with 12 fish best at 4lbs and also a bream on the fly.On the coarse loch anglers did well with very good catches.rob Brownfield had over 50 fish made up of bream,ide and gudgeon and a brown of 1lb 8ozs.Others had decent bags of bream,ide and roach.The annual all night competition is on sat 18th at 10pm and finishes sunday 19th at 6am.This is open to everyone who wishes to enjoy a good night of fun and fishing.Those who have fished this event before will tell you its a great night of entertainment and food available throughout the night.
May 31, 2011
A wee update as the weather has been a little blowy to say the least.Despite this fish have still been coming and when the wind dropped just a tad,fish were taking shipmans,humpy sedges and cdc at times.With plenty of tadpoles in the water now,imatations would be a good bet.Best lines have been floater and intermediates with fast and slow retrieves.
George Downing took a beauty yesterday of 9lb 6ozs all full tailed and blues are coming to the fly well.You never know what fish you will pick up at the Glen,Ian Kerr took a nice 6lb Carp and Gale stewart had a nice bream.Another angler mentioned a fish which was a bar of silver and resembled a salmon(we dont have any that we know of)and said it fought hard and wouldnt give up.Lets see what turns up in the future days and weeks as you just never know what you will get.
May 15, 2011
The pick of the week has to go to young angler Alex Yates ,13years old who had a fish of a lifetime and weighing in at a cool 17lbs 3ozs.It didnt want to give up and a friend helped him to net it as it was some size.barry Oldfield also did well with a fine fully tailed fish of 12lbs 3ozs on a small black wet fly,Ron Maltby acheive dhis biggest fish to date with a 6lbs 4ozs fish and was over the moon having not been long fly fishing,Jim Walker had a good day with his best a beauty of a Blue at 3lb ,Donny Davidson had a good fish of 4lbs 8ozs also.Plenty of good numbers of fish being caught in returns and drys are getting stronger along with emerger patterns as fish are visiting the surface with more regularity.Black is now the more dominant in colours as jim watt found with 18 on a klinkhammer.Les Aitken with 12 on drys,Si Neely had 10 on cdc emergers also.
May 1, 2011
Superb week of fishing saw plenty of fish caught,despite the bright conditions.It was intermediete lines worked with either lures or buzzers which were best in black and lime,orange and green and white which were the main colours to use.Evenings saw excellent rises to the drys and during the day there was good rises when not so bright especially early mornings where cdc,s and supender buzzers worked very well.Barry Purcell had 11 with a nice 7lb trout,Dave Leitch had 15,Rhiannon Robinson had 20 on size 16 buzzers,Joe Goodall had 12,dave McGuiness had 21mark morrison had 14,Archie Millar had a nice 4lb 8oz,Scott Burness a 5lb 8oz fish and a 2lb 8oz brown,Paul Clark a 4lb 7oz,James Kerr a 4lb 4oz among his 15,David Smith a 5lb 7oz,William Salmond a 4lber,Dean McCormack a 4lb 5oz,Ron Phillips a 4lber his best of 11 fish,Eddie Kane had 14 with a 4lb 13 his best,Michael Work a 4lb 3oz,Ali Simpson snr a 5lb 10 fish and Derek powell had 14 in very hot conditions on green and white grizzle cat.Some very large fish have been stocked of late,so please take time when caught and if releasing them take time that they go away and try not to play over long as neccessary in the hot weather.Pictures to come in the future on gallery.The Scottish Stillwater heat was won by Chris Mcallister,2nd Tommy Graham and joint 3rd Marc Moss and Wullie Riddicks .They now go on to fish the final to select the Scottish International team to represent Scotland in Ireland later in the year.
April 24, 2011
A fine week of fishing with very good conditions which were perfect for fishing,especially evening sessions where alot of fish were taken.Friday was a bit of a downer due to the bright sun,but fish did come on later in the day as it dulled over.Flies were again mainly black and small with a varied retrieve from slow to fast and fish hit them hard.Kates,cdc,and suspender buzzers with scruffs in the lures.Jimmy George did well landing a nice 6lb 14ozs fish and also returned a 3lb Brownie,Eddie Kane on two outings with 10 and 11 fish best at 5lb 4ozs,Andy Fraser had a good day with 35 fish and a Brown of 2lb 8ozs,Jim watt had 19 in an hour and a half,Mick James also had 19,Marc Moss had 28,David Reid 14,Ian Dick 12,Ian Morrison 16,Jamie Murphy 9,Mark Morrison 11 and Seoras Mcintosh had 10 with a nice 4 lb 8ozs fish.Quite a few Blues are also being caught now and are fighting well.In the coarse loch fish have started to be more active and catches are starting to grow here,Carp skimmers,gudgeon and ide being among them.Best bait has been sweetcorn and maggot.
April 17, 2011
A superb week of fishing as fish came up to the surface with an appetite and the kate Mclaren pulled fast was the key under a floating line,white fritz also had its share,but it was definatly small and black they were after.Evenings have been exceptional with fish covering the surface and cdc,s when conditions were right offered excellent sport.Even the browns are taking well,Andy Fraser returned 2 at 2lb.8ozs among a haul of 36 fish,William Leask had a brown of 1lb 8oz as did Nicky Bremner all good wild browns.ricjie Kelly had a good session with fish of 4lb 3 and a 2lb 7oz blue in among his 9 fish,Best fish of the week went to ghillie Blair Banks with 12 fish and a beauty of 10lbs 8ozs which was pristine and took him for a merry old dance till coming to the net after sripping him to the backing 3 times,Ian Sweeney had his best day with fish of 5lb 2 and 4lb 1ozs,daniel mcLaughlan had a nice fish of 6lb 8oz,Jim Walker a 7lber,Neil campbell 8lber,Mick James had 10 best at 4lbs,Jim Eddie a 5lb 5oz,Allan Catto had 14 best at 5lbs,Marc Moss had 29 fish and his best at 4lb 9ozs,many were into double figure catches and barry ward had 12,Robin Leggat had 10,Gordon Grant 19,Ian surgeon 10,susan Surgeon 9,Dave Leitch 15,Declan Graham 9,Steve Urwin 25 and Barry Purcell with 11 fish.T Mcintosh had a good fish of 5lbs 2ozs to end the week on a high.Places are now limited for the Scottish Bank International on 30th April and anyone interested should contact the fishery soonest if you are interested in fishing and representing your country.The fishery will be open to everyday anglers also with only the small loch being used.Anyone can fish it and is good experience for any angler for the future.Road surface has been done so please respect the 10mph speed limits.
April 10, 2011
Superb to see fishing at its best,despite the week being two halves,fishing was consistant all week.Small and black ,such as kates,black spiders,sedges,cdc,s,suspender buzzers were the main takers with white fritzs being top of the lures.Gordon Grant had a perfect day with a catch of 35 and his best at 4lbs 10 ozs,Bob Sutherland had 11 with a good fish of 5lbs 8ozs,lady angler Fiona MacDonald had a fish of 5lbs,Eddie Kane had 18 with his best at 4lbs 2ozs,Bob Alexander had 21 on white fritz,Billy Montgomery had a good day on dries with 14,Mike Neill had 9 on fritzs in white,Brian Cameron had 17 on Buzzers,Richard Parfitt had 9,T Anderson had 9,Kevin Mould had 8 as did Graham Murray on buzzer and Steph Pozorski had 11 also on buzzers.
There was even fish taken on muddlers when there was a good wave and fish were keen to chase,so disregarding the wind conditions ,fishing can still be good with it.With fish now high in the water and keen to take off the top,the evenings are a good opportunity for top of the water sport and normally any wind does tend to die down in the evenings.With the fishery now closing at dusk,it is a chance to fit in an evening sessions sport.
There is limited spaces for the Scottish Bank International and anyone interested can contact the fishery to put their names down.This is open to anyone.
March 27, 2011
Warmer climes brought fish at long last to the surface and anglers enjoyed some long awaited dry fly sport.Youngster Callum Stewart had 13 fish on cdc,s,Jim Watt had a cracking wild brown of 4lbs which was returned carefully,Some of the bigger fish were taken and what beautys they were,fulltailed and finned,Bob Alexander took an 11lb 8ozs among his tally of 12 fish and Terry Campbell had one of 9lbs 2ozs,both fought hard and were reluctant to come to the net.Andy Ulke had 11 with his best at 4lbs,jamie Mack had a nice fish of 3lb 9oz,Mike Neill had ( fish with 2 of those being blues.Stevie Wright had 16 on small black wets,Gordon Grant had 25 on buzzers and lures,Mike Matthws had 11,Chris Boyle had 15 on buzzers in black,Brain lloyd had 14,Mike Letch had 9,as did Robin Legget and Derek Costen.Donald Bethune and Andy Fraser both tallied a good 8 each.Although with temperatures dropping the fish still remained high up in the water but did slow a little but still plenty of fish were being caught and were good fish and anglers commented on how hard they were fighting.Names are now being taken for the Scottish International heat on 30th April and it is open to anyone.Final to select the international team which will go to ireland, will be held at Lochter fishery in June.Those interested contact the fishery.Also a note on tagged fish,please ensure you register at the end of fishing, any fish taken, as once they are off the premises and you find they have a tag in them on getting home before it goes in the oven,no money will be given out.It is anglers money and not the fisheries so we have to be fair and by the book.
March 20, 2011
Suitable conditions rewarded anglers with good fishing and sport this week.The senior Troutmaster fish off was won by Muir of Ord angler,George Smith and the Junior troutmasters was won By Cameron Walker.Each will now go to the troutmaster finals held in May and July.Again the bigger fish were active and Richard Krawczyk had a nice fish of over 5lbs,Davy Smith had 14 for his 4 hours and a one of 4lb 8ozs,Tom Anderson had 12 with his best of 4lb 6ozs,peter wilson of Lossiemouth had a nice fish of 4lbs and also a nice Blue.Willie Petrie had 12 and also some good Blues among his tally.Martin Patience certainly found the right method with 26 fish,as did Duncan Shearer with 25 on a lime and white fritz pattern in 3 hours.Allan Gause had 10 fish,Nicky bremner had 12 on black and lime,Duncan McKenzie had 10 on an Orange head damsel,Ian Kerr took 18 on a scruff,Scott Burness and Andrew Fielding both had a decent 8 fish for their 4 hour session and Mike Neil had 9 fish on a blob.Best tactics have mainly been with intermediate lines and lures,but when it warmed a little blobs and buzzers and also small black wets worked well with slow retrieves.
March 14, 2011
Th weather again took its toll with any fishing this week and all but a few anglers who did manage to get a cast in, did catch with intermediate lines and lures.Blues were caught and were in great condition along with a few of the bigger specimens which are moving.Fish dont know if they are coming or going with conditions changing each week from hot to cold.Colin Holmes had a nice fish of 6lbs 4ozs on one of the better days,David Reid had a catch of 14,Barry Oldfield had 14,Barry Evans had 9,Neil Carmichael had 6 with a nice Blue and others were around 4 and 5 fish each.Surprisingly 2 anglers from Fraserbourgh,fished the coarse loch and had 9 brown trout just over the 1lb mark and ide and bream in cold conditions on natural baits.
February 27, 2011
Much better weather, saw much better returns mainly with intermediate lines and lures doing best of all.Black scruffs,lime green fritz,orange fritz and consett budgies were the pick of flies taking the majority with buzzers a little slower.Fish were deeper down most of the week due to bright sunshine.Stevie Wright had 20 fish,Marc Moss 20,Laurent Andrews returned a fish of 9lbs,Ian Munro had 12,Tom Anderson had 11 Jim eddie 10,Bob Alexander had 11,K Matthews had 8 as did Slater Scott.On the coarse loch,Tony Hunt had a decent first season outing with a decent haul of carp,bream,ide and gudgeon.With fishing getting back to some sort of normailty now after a hard winter,returns should pick up as fish begin to search out food as insect life hatches get back to normality.Evenings are also getting longer which is always a good sign that we are nearer the better weather and fishing.
February 14, 2011
Fishing this week was very good with fish still remaining deep down due to low temperatures.Most fish have been coming to lures and also buzzers.Yellow dancers,orange buzzers,black tuftys and black scruffs have been the flies which have taken the most.Barry Oldfield landed 20 fish o nymphs,Ian Munro had 16 on black and orange,Bill Taylor had 15 ,Nick bremner had 9 on buzzers,Mike Geddes on 7 same as Chris Borland with 7.Much of the fishing at this time of year is very much weather dependant and tactics used need to vary to find fish.What is good to see is nearly all anglers catching fish on their day and commenting on how well they are fighting.
January 31, 2011
Work has continued on the lochs clearing and tidying which will benefit everyone.The fishing ha sbeen very good with a good few fish been caught.Eddie Kane landed 27 fish and Neil Carmichael had 10 in his 4 hours.Bob Alexander had 13 and young Baily Mone had a nice fish of 4lbs 6ozs.Tommy Anderson had a 4lb 1oz fish and most anglers are averaging around the 6 to 8 fish per session.best of the flies have been,blobs,okey dokeys,bloodworms in red and also in yellow and scruffs in black have also done very well.the key as always is finding the depth and you will find the fish.Every day being different so its a case of changing till you find the tactics.If you stick with the same thing all day,chances are you will struggle.Sponsorship forms are now available at the fishery for the Fishing for heroes compy in july 10th and names are also being taken for the Scottish Bank International heat on april 30th.
January 23, 2011
Fishing was much better this week with milder weather but fish were to be found alot deeper with water being still very cold.Intermedieate lines with white and lime Tufty's,white fritz,consett budgies worked well and indicators with blobs or okey dokeys fished deep did very well also on the floating lines.The raffle from the Christmas draw was won by Jamie Hay.Some of the returns this week were,Slater Scott with 16 and a 10lb fish,Jim Watt with 8 fish and a nice one just over the 10lbs,James Rennie on yellow buzzer had 10 fish,Jason Marriot had 12,Malcolm McNeill had 17,Ian Kerr on a black scruff had 13,Ian Morrison had 9,Seamus Maguire had 10,Kye Taylor had 15,Dougie Taylor had 8,Bob Alexander had 9 and Peter Green had 12.The road has now been repaired and work on the edging around the loch has been done which has made a big difference.No ice to report on lochs as of today .
January 16, 2011
All lochs are now completely free of ice.Fishing has followed on and picked up well.The water still remains very cold,which means that fish are lying deep and its those who are using the intermediete or floaters with very long leaders are the ones getting the results.But bear in mind it can change and fish will rise upwards at times and this requires you to change accordingly or catch nothing.Thats fishing.Some of the catches from this week are James Rennie who had 15 on a yellow buzzer,fished 3 feet down as this was needed the day of fishing,Dave Mcgregor had 19 on a white lure,fished deep and on the bottom,Stevie Wright had 12 on buzzers,Barry Oldfield had 15 on nymphs and woolie worms,Ian Kerr had 17 on Black Scruffs,John Milne had fish on a Klinkhammer,Tommy Graham had 6 on cats whisker,george Smith had 9 best at 3lb 7oz,George Ross had 8,Tom Anderson had 11 ,best at 4lb 2oz,Nicky Bremner had 8 on various,Eddie Kane had 10 on a silver scruff again deep.Jim Eddie had a fish of 4lb 1ozs.
January 10, 2011
Fishing has again been steady this week,most have caught fish, which is better as everyone is getting sport and the feel of the rods bending.The conditions change from day to day which certainly doesnt help fish settle into any rythem,but the best tactics and flies have been blobs,okey dokeys and lures hard on the bottom have worked best.Ally Simpson jnr had a good 5lb 10 oz fish,Tommy Graham had 10 on his outing on blobs,Jamie Hay had a nice 7 lb fish again on blobs and alan Staunton also had a nice fish of 7lb 2ozs.Most have been taking 4 and 5 fish which is good for this time of year.
January 1, 2011
Dry fly and surface sport has been very good even on days where not much was showing it was surprising how they were still keen to take off the top and just below with emergers.Ian Sweeney landed himself a nice fish of 9lbs 4ozs and David reid took full advantage of the sporton the top with good numbers of fish.Andy Fraser also on the top had 10 fish on CDC,Eddie Kane had 21 on a day the lures outfished the smaller fly.On the coarse loch,very good bags have been taken with maggot.Rob Brownfield had a great day with over 51lbs of fish and a good mix bag of bream to 2lb 8oz,Ide,gudgeon,Carp common and mirror,and roach.His daughter also did very well with agood mix.neil and Grant Scowen had an all night session and with it being a little slower during the night,the morning changed and they ended up with a good session of bream carp and ide.Names are still being taken for the cash prize competition on 14th Aug for the Senior and junior competitions ,which are seperate competitions.Just contact the fishery to put your name down.It will be weight decided,no capping and some biggies will be expected to show up in bags.
December 13, 2010
For the second time this year,winter arrived and closed the fishery for nearly 3 weeks as snow and freezing temperatures hot the Uk.despite this there was still plenty water open but for the safety of anglers we left it untill thursday to open.When we did,fishing was tremendous and fish were taking readily,only when the snow melt started and caused high water did they switch off a little.Fish are deep down and intermediete lines and indicators set deep is the way to go.david Reid had a good day with 16 fish best a beauty at 8lbs which was a bar of silver like most of the fish at this time of year after the heavy wetaher.Bob Alexander had 26 fish,Okane McLennan had 17 and lost a good double,Chris Johnston had 11,Jim eddie had 15,Steve Wright had 10,Nathan Connell had 16.Plenty had fish upto the 10 mark for their day when they were on the right methods.One of our problems being the cattle grid has now been sorted also.The winter singles is also going well and is very close for everyone and is making it an interesting competition.in the event of any bad weather please ring the fishery on 01340 831888 or 07967466973 to check if unsure.
November 21, 2010
Despite the forecast given at the start of the week,it would be best ignored as it was a very good week for fishing,with perfect conditions for most of it.Highlight was Jim eddie ,who celebrated his 80th Birthday and a surprise party was held for him and everyone enjoyed a good day sharing a superb lunch to which he was piped from the loch for lunch and fishing and a few drams.Best fish of the day went to Chris Johnston with a 14lbs 14ozs fish,Seamus Maguire had a 12lbs 7ozs which was his new personal best,Youngster Reece Close had a good fish of 4lbs 1ozs,Eddie Kane had a 5lbs 12ozs,Jimmy George a 6lbs 12ozs,Dougie Fraser a 5lb fish,Marc Moss had 24 fish on white woolie worms,Zander Christie had 14,Tony Mone had 15,Graham Laing had 12,John McGovern had 15 and Chris Boyle had 11.best of the fishing has been with woolie worms in lime and white,bloodworms and consett budgies and white fritzs have all worked very well.Plenty bigger fish are now coming to the net and are in very good condition and giving anglers a good account of themselves.Winter league is very close and it should be a very open competition.As is the junior league.
November 14, 2010
John Thomson landed a beauty on a consett Budgie weighing in at 9lbs 1oz,fished on a slime line.Despite conditions fishing has been steady with fish been caught mainly in deeper water with budgies and damsels the pick of lures and woolie worms and bloodworms on the buzzers doing well.Gordon Grant had a haul of 18 fish on buzzers,David Davey had a nice fish of 7lb 8oz,Andrew More continued his run of decent fish with a 5lb 9oz,Willie petrie of Perth made his journey worthwhile with a 15 fish tally,Dennis mcbain had a 6lb 6oz,Slater Scott had a 4lb 10oz and Jamie Robertson had a fish of 4lbs.Winter singles has got off really well and it very close with no clear runaway due to the capping rule which is going to make it an interesting competition.heaviest fish at the moment is Gordon Grant with 11lb 11ozs and as the bigger fish are coming to the net well at the moment anything can happen over the coming months.
October 31, 2010
A good weeks fishing, although bright sunshine did slow it down towards the end of the week, driving fish down deeper with the best areas for fish being the back leg,dam wall and top of the small loch being the more productive.Red bloodworms continued producing fish under indicators,damsels,zonkers and orange fritz type flies also did well with occasionally dry fly taking a couple of fish when things were right.Relying on the weather can be a downside as its not often right and better seeing on the day and we publish on the website daily first thing in the morning conditions of actual weather to give anglers a real report.best fish this week went to Merrick Jones with a cracker at 12lbs 8ozs on a red fritz,George Downing landed a 7lb 3ozs,Willie Petrie had 16 with a nice 7lb 1oz his best,Jim Eddie on two outings had 10 and 12 with his best at 5lbs,Dave Simpson had a nice fish of 4lbs,Mike Matthews had 17,Dennis McBain had 10 and JImmy Rhind had 21 with his best at 4lb 5ozs.
October 24, 2010
The onset of winter didnt deter some excellent fishing this week and anglers enjoyed some very good catches.mark Morrison had 22 fish with a 6lb er and also a double figure fish among those,Andrew More from Burghead landed a Beauty at 8lbs 2ozs,Craig Thonson had a really exceptional session with 34 fish and his best at 5lb 10oz,Donald Patience from Inverness had 12 fish,Douglas Fraser had a good fish of 8lbs,Gordon Grant had a really fine session with 24 fish and returned a fish of 7lbs plus,Ricky Thompson had fish of 4lb and 5lbs,Ian Munro had 9 fish with his best at 5lb 15oz,Plenty hit the 10 fish mark with John Cowie,Willie Petrie,Slater Scott,Jim Eddie and Dod Gray who also had a fish of 6lbs 8ozs.Gavin Addison had a good day with a fish of 4lb 2ozs among his bag.Best tactics without a doubt have been with a bloodworm under the indicator.Okey dokeys,woolie worms in white and lime and white and orange have been the best with fish taking the occasional drys when temperatures have been ok.We will be holding a Junior winter league starting the same time as the senior winter league from Nov 1st ,rules will be the same apart from fish and cost.We would also like anglers to know that contery to rumours,The fishery have not and have never banned the use of indicators and anglers are welcome to use them at the fishery.
October 21, 2010
THE FISHERY WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY AND PUT RIGHT SOME RUMOURS WHICH SEEM TO BE BOUNDING ABOUT. THE FISHERY HAS NOT BANNED INDICATORS,WE DONT MIND INDICATORS AND ANGLERS ARE MOST WELCOME TO FISH THEM,ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD DIFFERENT THESE ARE THE FACTS.wHAT WE HAVE SAID IS THAT NO LURE IS TO BE SUSPENEDED BELOW AN INDICATOR,BUZZERS ETC ARE FINE.tHE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH DAMAGE TO FISH AND FISH WERE BEING FOUND DEAD WITH LURES STILL IN THEIR MOUTHS,ONE OF WHICH HAD 3 AND A STRING OF INDICATORS ATACHED TO IT.WE ARE NOT A FISHERY FULL OF RULES BUT WE DO TAKE OUR FISH HEALTH SERIOUS SO THAT ANGLERS GET THE SPORT THEY PAY FOR AND WE ARE AND HAVE NEVER BANNED ANYONE FISHING WITH INDICATORS.IF ANYONE HAS ANY DOUBTS,QUESTIONS ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO CONTACT THE FISHERY WHERE WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE HONEST FACTS RATHER THAN LISTEN TO RUMOURS AND CHINESE WHISPERS.
October 17, 2010
Settled conditions made fishing much easier this week and it was reflected in catch returns and good returns of larger fish by anglers.Best fish of the week fell to Archie Miller with a cracker of 11lbs 9ozs,not far behind was Dennis Mcbain with a 9lb 13oz fish,Gordon Grant had 24 fish on his trip with a fish of 9lbs and also a 7lb er.Craig Thompson landed a nice one of 8lbs on the nose.Aiden Milne had a 7lb 4oz as did Mike Matthews,Scott Burness had 22 for his day,Bob Anderson had 14,Andrew Ulke had a 5lb 4oz,Jim Eddie had 10 and 15 fish on 2 outings,Stuart Hayden had a nice 7lb fish,Ian Morrison had 10 fish for his half day and son Mark had 16 fish with 2 over 4lbs..Jason Marriot had a 7lb fish,Ian Kerr had 14,Willie petrie had 22,George Edwards had 20,Eddie Kane had 14 with a 4lb 10 ozs fish his best.best flies have been red scruffs,bloodworms,olive damsels and if on the top sedges and daddies.Most are still taking on floating lines but are beginning to go deeper and an intermediete is worth having at hand.Zonkers in olive and black are certainly worth a go aswell with fish fry feeding now.Winter singles will start Nov 1st and names are being taken for this at fishery.
October 13, 2010
Apoligies for late report,but just got back from the Airflo finals. Fishing has been very good with some good catches and fish being caught.Dennis Mcbain had 14 on a red scruff,including a nice 5lb er,Gordon Grant 11 on a dancer,Willie petrie 11 on a cats with a 4lb 6ozs fish,Craig Thompson had 12 on an olive scruff,George Edwards had a 4lb 6oz fish on a bloddworm,Aiden Milne had a nice 7lb 4oz fish,again to the red scruff,Scott burness had 19 on a mini cats,Bob Anderson had 14 on various ???,Mike Matthews had a nice 7lb 4 ozs fish on red scruff.Fish are moving topside but are shy and its below that the fish are taking.ginked up blobs are showing interest to fish with buzzers also.Plenty of fish moving about which is good and always gives anglers encouragement and change of retrieves are always worth a try to tempt fish to hook.FUll report on sunday.winter singles begins Nov 1st and you can still enter even into november.
Please check our winter warmer prices on home page to help through winter and this will apply from now on.
September 27, 2010
With heavy raain and winds this week,the water rose and wasnt good for fishing untill the weekend.Once levels had come down fishing got better.Buzzers and even drys worked,white was also a favourite to take a few fish,along with damsels.John Ralph had 7 fish with his best at 4lb 6ozs,Jim Addison had an 8lb er,Willie Petrie had 3 fish for 13lbs 6ozs and his best at 7lb 3ozs,James Burnell had a 4lb 8ozs part of a 2 fish bag of 7lb 7oz,James Nisbet had a 4lb,er,Forbes Howie had a fish of 7lbs and Chris Boyle also had a fish of 7lbs.With colder conditions now the buzzers will start to be the main fly as fish slow down and take time to view whats in front of them and fry imatation patterns should also be high on the trout diet ready for the long winter ahead.The winter league starts Oct 1st and names are being taken for this now.
September 19, 2010
Winter seemed to arrive rather than Autumn this week and had fishing very mixed.Some times through the day fish were actively feeding and then just switched off to cause frustration for some.Best flies were small and black,like kate Mclaren and buzzers.lures in black and lime and also red did best in this catagory.Good fish continued to be taken though which is encouraging when things are tough and going away with a fish of nearly 9lbs cant be a bad days fishing.Phil Brown was one of those as was Stev Wright with a 9lb 8oz and also a beauty of 11lb 8ozs just to top off a good day,George McKay had an 8lb 12oz,Andy Fraser had an 8lb 10 and his father an 5lb 4ozs fish,David Smith had a nice 7lb 8oz,George Cowie a 5lb 2oz,James Mckay a 7lber and Gordon Morrison had 2 at 7lbs 8ozs.Blues have been caught with mainly small imitive patterns and around the 3lb size.Names are now been taken for the winter singles competition which begins on Oct 1st and runs through till Mar 2011.
September 13, 2010
Northern Ireland angler David McGuiness enjoyed a visit and landed a 12lb 6oz rainbow as signs of improved fishing over the week saw anglers again taking fish and larger specimens.jim Eddie had a nice one of 9lb 12ozs,Willie Petrie a 7lb 14oz,Charlie Mcphee a 6lb14oz,George Edwards a8lb 13oz,George Gallacher had fish of 6lb 10oz and 6lb 2ozs,greg lochhart a 4lb 11oz,Brian Lightfoot had 2 fish for 10lb 6ozs,Colin Gault had 2 fish of 6lbs,ian Bremner had an 8lb,er,and eddie Kane a 7lb 5ozs fish.Most this week have been off the top with F fly,cdc,s and hopper type patterns and the normal lures of cats whiskers and damsels alos worked on windier days.best of the fishing has been at the dam ends where the deeper water is.names are stil being taken for the winter singles where cash prizes are available and will start on Oct 1st and run till mar 2011.
August 29, 2010
As the week ended in baltic weather,a complete turnaround on the rest of the week and it kept the fishing lets say ,varied.Fishing at the minute is very unpredictable and there is no set patterns or tactics which are working day after day.It is,very much on the day.Fish which have been caught have been excellent,many over the 5lb mark.Eddie big fish Kane,had a great day with 2 fish for 17lbs 13ozs with one at 9lb 10oz and the other at 8lb 3oz on a cats whisker which has been doing well for many anglers this week.Willie Petrie had 3 fish for 16lbs 4oz with a nice one at 8lbs,Colin Gauld had a good day also with fish of 10lbs and 6lbs,Tommy Murphy of nairn had fish of 12lb and 6lb,George Downing weighed in a nice 8lb 10oz fish,Dave leitch had one at 9lbs,Andy Fraser had fish of 6lb 3ozs,4lbs,7lbs and 12lb 3ozs,gavin Addison had a 4lb 7oz,Donny Davidson from Inverness had a good fish of 9lb 11oz,John Kirk had a 9lb fish and david horn a 6lb 13oz.Grantown angler ,Joe moore had a fish of 4lb 6ozs.
There are plenty of fish moving about on days mainly morning and later on in the day and some are now working intermedietes lines to locate fish,along with lures, which shows that fish are now starting to switch towards feeding for the winter months.A fine time to say that the Winter singles competition will be starting on Oct 1st and finish in mar 2011.All details are on view at the fishery along with list of prizes and names are now been taken for this.
August 22, 2010
First part of the week was very hard fishng and expected with dominant low pressure,fish which were caught were nice fish but not one single fly was prolific.As the second half of the week began to change so did the fishing start to improve and anglers enjoyed the normal expected fishing again.Tom Anderson had a cracker at 10lbs 5ozs,but was suoerseded By Brian Christie jnr who had a 12lb 3oz fish a 9lb,er and a 7lb er among his 20 fish.Topping it off with a 15lb 5oz Mirror Carp all on a muddler pattern.Richard Hambley had a great day with fish of 8lb 9oz and 5lb 4ozs,Ian Morrison had 20 fish of which he had an 8lber and a 6lb fish.John Mustard had a nice one of 8lb 12ozs,Willie petrie a 5lb 3oz,Graham Chiverton had fish of 5lbs and 4lb 6oz,Dennis McBain had a 5lb 13oz,Stef Pozorski a 4lb 6oz,Tom Bishop a 5lb 8oz,Graham Hopwood a 4lb 4oz,Peter Lay had a 6lb 15oz, John McKendrick a 4lb,er.John McKail caught and returned after weighing a 6lb wild Brown trout which was in pristine condition.Archie Miller ended his day with a fish of 5lb 3ozs.Best flies of late have been cdc,daddies,buzzers and in lures they have been damsel and white fritz patterns.All on floating lines .
August 15, 2010
As the air cleared of low pressure,the fishing got much better and fishing returned to good times again.The best of the fish fell to Steve McKenzie who took a 12lb 4oz fish,not far behind was John peterkin who always seems to hit a good fish with a 9lb 2oz,Brian Webster had an 8lb 1oz,Tony Mone returned a fish over 7lbs,Phil watt had a6lb 1ozs and others who seem to hit on big fish regular was Jim eddie with a 7lb 11oz,Tom Anderson with a 6lb 5oz and Ian Munro with a 4lb 13oz.Donald bethoune had a 5lb 7oz and there was plenty in the 4 to 5lb range,Robbie moore 4lb 1oz,Jock Ewen 4lb,John harrison 4lb 2oz,kenneth Kirby 4lb 7oz,Bill Anderson 4lb 5oz,Bill Hives 4lbs,Jamie Robertson 4lb 1oz,Keth Cryle 4lb 1oz, and Mark Morrison had 14 fish and Steve Wright had 21 fish.The best flies have been surface related with cdc,suspender buzzers and Bloodworms all taking fish well.Larger fish are cruising feeding off the top and at times causing a stir when they break the surface.Blues are also featuring and fighting hard when hooked into.Now is the time sport should be very good ,even though now into August the nights are beginning to draw in and dusk is now close to 9pm,so its best to take advantage of any fishing time available.The coarse loch is continuing to fish well also and doubles are coming to the bait regular now.the best advice for here is feed little and often and not throw huge quantities of groundbait in and overfeed(which is not allowed any way)Poles are fishing best methods.if you overfeed dont expect much,underfeed it will be alot better.
August 1, 2010
A very good week and a hard week rold into one.Plenty of fish were taken on certain days and others it was alot harder as fish just wanted to head and tail and sip from the top.There were alot more of the bigger fish caught rather than the normal fish of 2lbs and doubles did feature and were then returned safely as anglers were on catch and release.Malcolm Bellamy had a good fish of 9lbs,Stuart Montgomery had an 8lb 13oz and also lost a bigger fish,ian kerr cracked in 2 fish over 8lbs each plus,Willie Petrie had 3 fish for 17lb 14ozs with his best at 7lb 8oz,Jim Walker had a 5lb 1oz,Lee Clarke had a 6lb 2oz,Sandy and Simon Nicholl both had fish of 4lbs,Gordon Robertson had a 4lb fish and 2 browns ,of which one was a good 2lbs plus,and Alex saville had 4lb 1oz.The Achnagour v Glen comp was won by team Achnagour and the winners from the Glen was heaviest fish for 11yr old Craig Alexander and heaviest Bag went to Marc Moss.The Airflo heat was won by the Ayr Travellers for the team event and qualifiers for the individual were 1st Marc Moss, 2nd kevin Moss and 3rd was ronnie Ewen.All will fish in the final at Elinor in October.
The coarse loch fished fine again and Tony Hunt had his normal mixed bag of fish on the Pole,RoB Brownfield landed a Carp of 16lbd 4ozs among other mixed bag.
July 25, 2010
A very decent week for fishing ,hammpered only by a couple of days heavy rain which did the water alot of good and helped the fishing after the levels dropped to normal again.It was smaller flies in 16,s which did most of the catching and those who mentioned fish were just nudging flies and dropped down in size ended up catching.Overall though plenty of good fish came to the fore.Eddie Kane did really well with fish of 7lb 3oz,5lb 2oz and 4lbs 1oz,Alistair Pinkerton had fish of 5lb 5 and 4lb 5oz,Jim Eddie had a fish of 10lbs,Steph Pozorski had a 4lb 8oz as did jock Ewing,William Malloy had a 5lb 8oz,Jason kenny had a 4lb 10oz,John Ralph a 4lb 2oz,Andy Ulke snr 4lb 1oz and andy Ulke jnr a 4lb,er average catch by most was 9 fish a session which was good for conditions.In the coarse loch Tony Hunt again had good bags with bream and carp and ide,with his biggest Carp at just over the 16lb mark on 4lb nylon and a size 16 hook, as did ian Clive also youngster Siobhan Duncan did well with a bag of 14 fish.Fish are feeding well on the top and small flies are best at present ,like spiders,bibios and daddys but in smaller sizes.The junior club is going well and youngsters are enjoying the friday evenings learning a new sport and hobby from 6pm to 8pm.
July 18, 2010
The Snowbee Masters pairs competition was excellent with the quality of the fish and fishing,which saw most anglers putting many 4lb fish back as they knew that to stand any chance with winning they needed heavier fish, as so many larger were being caught and weighed in.The results in the end were,in 1st place and winning a total of £500 in prizes,were Jock Ewing and Water Senior with 4 fish of 19lbs 15ozs,2nd place ,winning £200 of prizes was Mark Morrison and Marc Moss with 19lbs 13ozs,3rd place winning over £130 of prizes was Brian McGlashan and Alec Cruickshank with 18lbs 12ozs.Winner of the heaviest fish was Jock Ewing with an 8lb 4oz fish.
40 anglers competed and plenty of fish over 4lbs were caught and weighed in which made it a close competition.All in all it was a great day out and very good fishing,especially for people who had travelled a fair distance to compete, all enjoyed the day and fabulous Buffet and sportsmanship from everyone was first class.
A small selection of some of the larger fish which were caught were, John Adams Snr 7lb 7oz,Jock Ewing 8lb 4oz,Steve wright 6lb 10 and 5lb 2oz,Mark Morrison 6lb and 5lb 3oz,Brian McGlashan 5lb 3 and 5lb 2oz,marc Moss4lb 4oz and 4lb 6oz,Tommy Watson 5lb 5oz,Alec cruickshank 4lb 6oz and 4lb 1oz,jack Lawton 4lb 2,Walter senior 4lb 8oz.
Jack Lawton also received £100 for a tagged fish caught.
Doug Low also received £100 for a tagged fish of 4lbs, caught during the week and other notable catches this week showing how well the fishing has been was Will Davies with an 8lb and 4lb 2oz fish,Jim Watt hit into a nice 12lb fish,Father and Son Al and Steven Clark had fish of 7lb 11oz and 7lb 7oz,Bob Anderson had a 5lb 3oz,Ally Simpson snr a 4lb 3oz and Ally Simpson jnr a 4lb,er,John Mckale had 4lb 13oz ,Richard Burnell had a 4lb 2oz and andrew payne had fish of 4lb 2 and 4lb 4oz.
July 11, 2010
Windy conditions ,you either like them or dislike them,but it can always produce good fish and shouldnt be ignored.mark Morrison had a brilliant day out with 15 fish and a 10lb ,8lb and a 7lb among them.Dennis McBain had a 7lb 12oz ,Ian Munro an 8lb 1oz and George Davidson had a 7lb 3ozs fish,all in windy conditions.Gordon Morrison had 11 fish with a 6lb plus fish,Gary McKenzie weighed in fish of 6lbs and 4lbs for two fish and Andy Fraser had 11 and 20 fish on 2 outings.Even the bait loch produced large fish with Ashley Lake weighing in a 6lb 7ozs fish.Tony Hunt continued with the coarse loch bonanza and had a good day agian bagging 50 fish of bream,ide and carp and Mark Petrie had carp,both common and mirror and bream.
The Snowbee master pairs competition is on Sunday 18th and there is £1000 of prizes up for grabs and each entrant receives a prize.Contact the fishery to place names down.start is at 9.30 till 4.30 and anglers can fish on afterwards.Lochs will close saturday evening at 8pm for restocking of compy fish.Mornings and evenings have fished well and its good to see many of the larger fish now feeding and been taken.Main flies have been drys and also hothead damsels with buzzers also doing well.
June 27, 2010
many excellent catches were recorded this week with alot of very good fish caught and some returned.The good weather continues and the best of the fishing has to be morning and evenings.As of this week from monday to Friday the fishery will be open from 8.30am to 11pm not sat or sun.best fish of the week went to john peterkin with a nice 9lb 10ozs fish out of 10,Marc moss had 34 on scruffs and damsels returning a 9lb and 6lb fish,Rob Garthshore had 12 with a nice 8lb 11 and 2 at 5lb plus,Bob Alexander had 10 and a 5lb er,ian Morrison had 22 on small dries,derek Ford had 13,mike Matthews had 10,Alan staunton returned a Brown at 7lb plus,Jim henderson had 10 and Grant Henderson 12 with george Cowie landing a 4lb 15 oz fish.
Top of the water has been really good and water has been bubbling with fish.names are now been taken for the Snowbee master Pairs competition on 18th July entry fee is £10 per team payable on application and prizes will be very good.Coarse competition on 17th July and the Airflo International team and individual on 31st July.get your names in early by calling the fishery for application forms.
June 20, 2010
June 20, 2010
The story of the week was all about the All night competition.which although cold,was another big success and was enjoyed by everyone.Their were alot of fish caught,Andy Fraser with 18,Chris Boyle with 10,best 4lbs 2oz,Peter Green with 19,best at 5lbs,Chris Johnstne 11,Jim Eddie with 11,best 5lb 7oz,Ben Grundie with 14,best 4lbs 12oz,Charlie McPhee 16 with best fish of 4lbs 12oz and 4lb 11oz,George McCrae with a 4lb 9oz,Ian kerr 12,best at 4lbs 5oz,4lbs 5oz and 4lb 3oz,Bob Alexander with 11,best at 5lb 5oz and 5lbs 12ozs.Many more larger fish which have been stocked of latewell into double figures,were caught and lost throughout the night,being left for future anglers.Winner on the night was Ian Kerr with 3 fish for 12lbs 13 ozs,2nd was Charlie Mcphee with 3 fish for 11lbs 6ozs and 3rd was Bob Alexander with 2 fish for 11lbs and also won the heaviest fish.Through the week Frank Thrall won £100 for a tagged fish,Dougie Fraser had a 7lb,er,William Adams 17 fish,and The river Spey Board and Milnes primary School enjoyed a day with 30 children from the school wher ethey did a bug search in the burn and entomolgy and then enjoyed catching fish to take home.All the children loved their day out at the fishery.On the coarse loch which has come alive in the last 2 weeks and is fishing really well,plenty of good carp being caught into double figures and Neil Corbett had a good mixed bag of fish as did Mark Petrie.Next competition is a Coarse comp on 17th july,Also the Snowbee Master Pairs comp on the 18th July,entry fee per pair is £10,payable before at the fishery and prizes will be very good as usual related with a top Sponsor,After this is the Airflo International team and individual on July 31st,open to all and application forms can be obtained at the fishery for this.Both of these competitions are top class.Any questions or for details contact the fishery on 01340831888 for information sooner rather than later as they do fill up quickly.So a very busy July in prospect and we are also opening till 11pm as from 28th of june with the longer nights and with plenty of good fish going into the water and already in ,the fishing should continue to be very good, as it has been with drys and top of the water sport.
June 13, 2010
Quite an up and down week,with fishing slow at the beginning of the week and then it picked up well.Fish were very reluctant to come to the fly and were tail nipping and coming short.Later on as clearer skies came,fish became more encouraging and receptive for the angler and some good fishing was had but you needed to have the right fly on the end.Buzzers did well in orange and white and also black,drys such as suspender buzzers and cdc and hot head damsels worked all in the top parts of the water and at times you did need to go deeper but that was rare.George Pulling had a nice fish of 9lbs 10oz,Walter Senior a 6lb 14oz,Jim McIntosh a 6lb 6oz,John Ralph 5lb 14oz,and George Davidson a 4lb 6oz.Steve Wright had 10 fish,Chris Johnston had 11,Steven Quigley had 13,Brian Qugley had 10,Ian Morrison had 13 and Mike Matthews had 12.On the coarse loch,Toni Hunt had a great day with bream,gudgeon,ide and carp which his heaviest was 16lbs 3ozs which he landed on the pole and wasnt easy with that.After a good tussle it came in at a fine 16lb 3oz and in excellent condition.This weekedn sees the annual All Night competition.The lochs will close at 8 pm saturday evening,19th and the Competition will start at 10pm till 6am sunday 20th.This is a good night and enjoyable for all.Anyone who wishes to fish the coarse loch that evening is welcome,just contact the fishery.
May 30, 2010
Tremendous sub surface and top of the water sport was had this week with only the varied weather conditions of rain,hailstones and very cold temperatures,making it off putting.best of the flies clearly were cdc,s, Black spiders,black suspender buzzers and okey dokeys all did very well on floating lines.Lures which worked were cats whisker,hot head damsel and white fritzs.best fish went to barry oldfield with a fish of 10lbs among his 12 fish,kenny Lieke had a nice one of 5lb 13ozs and John Jenkins a 5lb 3ozs fish,Rab Low a 5lb 10oz,Gordon Imlach a 4lb 1oz.Gavin Addison had a good day with suspender buzzers with 25 fish,Ian Morrison on Diawl Bachs had 23,Jim Eddie on cdc had 21,Mike Matthews had 14 and John Mustard had 10.The coarse loch fished very well and came alive with warmer temps Ian Clive had 41 fish,21 Bream all over the 1lb mark,17 Carp upto 7lbs and nothing below the 2lb s among these and 3 ide.The 6th June is the Glen of Rothes V Achagour and anyone interested in fishing this names are being taken now.Start is at 9.30am till 4.30pm and it is the first of 4 to be fished over the next few months and is a home match at the Glen.Names are also been taken now for our annual All nighter competition on the 19th/20th June.This is always a great night and very enjoyable for all.
May 23, 2010
Another very good week for those who enjoy top of the water fishing,where suspender buzzers and cdc,s were the main takers,hoppers and daddys following close behind.There has been plenty of very good bags and catches all week,with some very good biggies among them.leslie Davidson topped the list with a fish of 8lb 7ozs,next was Barry Oldfield with an 8lb 4oz and Walter Senior with an 8lb 2oz fish among his 13 fish.Joe moore had a 5lb 12oz and there was many around 4lbs taken.Gordon Grant had a good day with 26,Brian Lloyd had 25 off the top,Jim Eddie with cdc,s had 23 and 19 on two outings,Jimmy George had 23,Ian Morrison had 21,Tony Bishop had 16 as did Bill Mullholland,jamie Murphy had 15,david leitch had 12, and both John Adams and Shaun Dowiling had 10 apiece.in the coarse loch it began to fish well and Toni Hunt had a great day with bream,ide and carp of which the biggest was a common carp of 17lbs 8ozs.We are now open till 10pm each day with the long nights established,which should be great for the evening rises if the days are anything to go by over the last few weeks as fish are feeding really well and anglers have had great sport.
May 16, 2010
Plenty of good fish being taken this week as fish began to keep coming off the top and just below the surface, as the temperatures began, at long last, to rise.The insect life has been prolific and small black spiders,greenwells,Cdc and buzzer patterns have all done well.On the lures its been the normal yellow dancer and damsel type patterns which have pulled fish when its been a clittle cooler.best fish of the week Fell to lady angler and reguler,Dena Cruickshank with a beauty at just below the 10lb mark at 9lb 13ozs which was overwintered,Ian Munro weighed in a nice 7lb 1oz fish,Among James Sutherlands group outing,a nice 7lb 5ozs fish was the heaviest.Bob Alexander had a good day with 28 fish and a 7lb and 8lb fish among them,Brian Christie had 41 with 6 of them well over 4lbs,Cosmo Stewart and Ian Wilson both had fish of 5lbs,Sean Cowan fishing size 16,s and 18,s dry fly had 21 fish,Bill Gregg had 11,Jimmy George had a nice 4lb 14oz fish,peter Green had 15 fish,Willie Petrie from Dunkeld had 16 fish,Graham Hartley had 16.Jim Eddie had 11 and 20 fish on 2 outingsand Mike Matthews had 11.On the coarse loch fish began to react to warmer climes and neil Corbett had carp to 2lbs 8ozs and also a nice golden orfe to 1lb 8ozs and bream aswell.Tony Hunt had carp to 5lbs.
May 12, 2010
A late report this week due to being away.It has been a good week last and upto today wednesday,with some very good catches and fish been taken.Gordon robertson had 22 fish with 3 fish for 24lbs 4ozs,a 9lb,er,7lb 12ozs and a 7lb 8oz among them,Alex Sinclair had a 6lb 20z fishbrian Christie had 2 fish at 8lbs,and jim eddie returned a fish estimated to be a double.Jimmy George had 11 fish for his session,tommy anderson had 13 fish,ian morrison had 15fish.Most fish have been taken on smallish flies,cdc,s,Suspender,bibios,kates and damsels and yellow dancers have done well in the lures.
As a responsible fishery and we take fish welfare seriously.With this in mind,we have made the decision to add to our fishery rules and as you know we are not ones for rules and regulations ,rather than common sense and respect both ways.As from today when using an Indicator,no Lures,blobs or hooks bigger than size 10 are to be suspended under them.We are not and never will ban the use of the indicator at all, as they are a legal method and help those who in the norm would not be able to continue with a sport they enjoy and it has its place.This is purely in the interest of fish welfare,nothing more and nothing less.We also ask all anglers to ensure that when on catch and release that barbless hooks are used and fish returned are revived properly,before letting them go.use of a net while taking the hook out is accepted if you are unable to release them without.we ask for your cooperation in this as it benefits ,not only the fish but future sport for all anglers,keeping fish fit and healthy.
April 26, 2010
most of the week again was dominated by weather systems and rain and gales made up the most.Those who were undeterred did enjoy some very good fishing,especially later on in the days as fish came up to the top,as winds died down.Cdc,s and emerger patterns worked very well,beetles,snatchers and very little lures apart from a damsel worked well.Blues showed up in bags and are fit and are fighting hard,so dont use lightish nylon.Slater Scott landed the best of the week with a 7lb 14oz fish,closely followed by Bill French with a 7lb 13oz,ben Grundie had a good day with 18 fish and retruened 2 estimated at over 8lbs,Barry Oldfield had 14 with a 6lb,er,John Peterkin had a 4lb5oz,Andrew Peterkin had a 4lb 13oz,Dave Stewart had a 4lb 7oz,Bill Taylor returned a 7lb,er,Mark Morrison had a great day on the top with 31 fish,John Mckailjnr had a 4lb,er,Tom Hamilton had 11 andAlistair Davidson had 21 on small flies.
The coarse competition was very slow and disappointing,especially after the previous week when no less than 4 double figure Carp to 21lbs were caught,which led to high expectations,but with the change of weather and thunder,it was not to be.But thats fishing,one day bumper days ,next nothing.
April 19, 2010
Excellent week of fishing was had by anglers who enjoyed good bags and plenty of sport,with Blues being a major feature.No less tan 4 Double figure carp of 21lb,20lb,17lb 8oz and 25lbs were caught3 of which in the coarse loch and the 21lb,er in the fly.Fish were hard on beetles and size 16,s were all they wanted.Buzzers also did well during the day.Jim Maguire landed a 6lb 9,Mike Matthews a 6lb,er,Gordon Cruickshank a 5lb 13oz,Ian Munro a 5lb 7oz,Seamus Maguire 4lb 14oz,Tom Anderson 4lb 4oz,barry Oldfield had 10 fish with his best at 4lb 7oz,brian Murdoch had 12 best at 4lb 2oz,George Davidson had a 4lber as did jeff Muloy among his 15 fish.Gordon Robertson had a good day with 27 fishon small black flies,Ian Morrison had 27 also on diawl bachs,Robert Williams had 24,Scott Mclean had 14,Chris Field 13 and Grant Henderson had 11.The coarse competition is on sunday starting at 9am and does not effect the fly or bait lochs.
April 12, 2010
A very busy week with plenty of fish being caught and the completion of the First ever, Sana Bank international heat.
This was won by Ayr Angler Kevin Andrews.Others who qualified were,Chris McAllister 2nd,Kevin Neri 3rd.also Alec Bowler(Ayr),Ian Adam,Stuart McCormick(ayr) and Willie Riddicks9Ayr) all will fish for an International place at the final in May at Howwodd in Glasgow.Stuart Montgomery also landed a 21lbs Carp during the competition ,which didnt count.Other notable catches during the week were Gordon Robertson with 10 fish and a 4lb 8 oz among them,martin Patience had an over wintered fish of 6lbson two outings with 14 and 25 fish,Alan Hodgetts hit 6 brownies and had 12 fish,Jim George had 30,Jim Eddie had 22,Donny Davidson had a great day with 3 fish for 16lb 3ozs,a fish of 7lbs and 6lbs 5ozs helped make up his bag,Ian Munro had 22 fish,Dave Leitch had a nice 4lb Blue,Bob Alexander had 30 fish,Young Rhiannon Robinson did really well with 36 fish on beetles,ronnie smith had 2 fish over 41/2 lbs,Gavin Addison had 23 fish on buzzers with an 8lb,er among them,Young Zak Keil had a 6lb 2ozs fish,anoter yongster Ryan mackay Smith had a 4lb 2oz fish.Barry Oldfield had 17 and Mark Morrison had 14 fish.
On the coarse loch Rob Brownfield had a great day with carp of 15lbs and another at 20lbs.There is a coarse competition on the 25th April and names are being taken now and limited to first come first served basis.Airflo international team of 3 and individual will be held on the 24th April,will not effect fishing on the lochs during this event.Names and applications can be obtained from the fishery.
April 11, 2010
Glen of rothes bank International results
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In blistering heat and bright sunshine the worthy winners who go through to the final at Howwood on the 29th are as follows.
1st kevin Andrews 26 fish
2nd Chris Mcallister 25 fish
3rd kevin Neri 21 fish
4th Alec Bowler 18 fish
5th Ian Adam 14 fish
6th Stuart Mc Cormick 12 fish
7th Willie Riddicks 11 fish
17 anglers took part and those who won are very worthy winners and deserving of their places and showed their skills as anglers in what was very hard conditions.Buzzers were the winning flies and fish were sub surface and constant for much of the day,but not easy to tempt.It certainly wasnt a stockie bash ,for sure and that made it even more deserving for the winners
temperature was close to 19degrees and Bright sunshine.Stuart Montgomery got a surprise when he hooked into a 21lbs common Carp which was released.
Total of 196 fish were landed average of 11 fish per person.many were lost as barbless hooks were enforced and made it all the more interesting fishing aswell.
March 28, 2010
Plenty of good fishing this week, with a very good average weight of around the 4lbs mark,with a good mix of fish over the 7lbs also and bigger fish having been caught and released.ian and Alan Patterson had 19 between them weighing in 4 for 15lbs 5ozs and heaviest at 4lbs 2oz.Jimmy George had a 5lb 10oz,Willie wood a 5lb 13oz,and Shamus Feighan had a 5lb 14oz.Dennis McBain had a good few hours with 12 fish and he had a good fish released over the double mark,Slater Scott had 22 fish,Alan Hay had 11,Dave Leitch also had a good day with 13 fish with a couple around the 7lb mark released,brian LLoyd had 10 as did John Ralph.Gordon Grant had 14 and Jimmy Rhind had 11.Peter Green had a really good day with 31 fish and a good mix of sizes among these into double figures,but was outdone by partner karen Gillies who had a stormer with 48 fish and again there was a great mix of size well into the double figures.Tony Hunt ,once again had a decent bag of fish on the coarse loch with bream and gudgeon and his first Carp of the year over the 2lbs mark.Names are still being taken for the Bank International on April 10th and also for the Airflo team and Individual competition on 24th April.Entries can be taken on the day also.These are both International events and the bank competition is a first in Scotland.The coarse competition is on 25th April and names are being taken for this.We are holding a casting club starting on Friday april 2nd from 7pm to 9pm and each fortnight ,thereon,it is open to all anglers who wish to touch up thier casting techniques and improve their skills all at a very nominal charge.It is not designed for beginners, but they would be most welcome to come along and have a cast,being a sport for everyone.
March 22, 2010
A really good week of fishing,culmanating with the fish off for this years Troutmasters,which was won for the Seniors Marc Moss with 11lbs 8ozs and for the juniors,Cameron Walker with a fish of 7lbs 9ozs.Both will now go to the finals to be held in may and july.a change in weather brought fish onto the top and drys began to take fish untill wind put them down a little and then scruffs in black and white and tuftys were the key flies,buzzers also did work and plenty of good fish were caught,with Blues showing well and karen Gillies had a beauty of 8lbs and in numbers.jimmy Christie had a cracker at over 11lbs and another of 7lb,both returned,Steve Jones had a 7lb fish,max Gallagher had a 4lb 4oz with 2 fish for 8lbs 2oz,michael reid had a 5lb 7oz,and Derek Costen had a nice Blue of 3lb 11ozs,mike Matthews had a 4lb 5oz,martin Patience had a 4lb 7oz,gogs Robertson had a good day with 16 fish,and garry and david Patience both had a toll of 10 fish each,jimmy George had a 4lb 4ozs fish,jim eddie had 11 fish his best at 3lb 5oz,marc moss had a 5lb,er and cameron Walker a 7lb 9oz among his 10 fish,tom Anderson had 10 with his best at 4lb 13ozTyler hay had 22,ben Grundie had 16,Gordon robertson had 12,Brian Christie had 28 with 2 fish over 8lbs,John McGovern had 22 and on the coarse loch Tony Hunt had a good day again with a decent bag of bream and gudgeon.25th April is the first coarse competition,starting at 9am.April 10th is the sana bank competiton and April 24th is the airflo team and individual competition.Contact the fishery for entry forms.
March 14, 2010
This week with alot of snow melt, which coloured water,it was slow to start but did pick up well.Most anglers had on average 8 fish for their sessions and some a few more.best flys were the black scruffs and tuftys which did best and buzzers also did well.Intermediete lines were needed with the colour of the water and fish had gone down deeper.Bill Simpson had a brown of around 3lbs and a brook trout,which was a surprise as one hasnt been caught for a long time,Young Craig Alexander had a nice fish of 6lbs,Chris Johnstone had 15 fish with his best at 5lbs,Jim Eddie had a few good days with 25 his best and a fish of 7lbs returned,Ian Morrison had 22,Slater Scott had 16,karen Gillies had 11 fish with a blue of 8lbs ,Dennis Mc Bain had 12,Willie Petrie had 12,Bob Alexander had 12 and Tom Anderson had 14.Tony Hunt did well for his first outing on the coarse loch after all the ice had gone with a selection of bream,ide and gudgeon which was promising for the season ahead.Names are still being taken for the bank International and the Airflo team and individual comps.Applications are available at the fishery and we can send them out for those interested.Troutmasters fish off is on Sunday and does not effect normal fishing on the lochs.All the pot holes are now filled and road is now back to normal after the bad weather.
February 22, 2010
With big drops in temperatures,in some cases to -15,fishing was very much up and down throughout the week.It wasnt as prolific as normal but some decent fish were caught and at times in numbers.tommy Anderson landed 14 with his best a nice fish of 6lb 13ozs,Brian McFadden from glasgow had 11 on buzzers and bloodworm ,mark Morrison had a fish of 4lb 12oz,Shaun Martin had a 4lb 8oz fish,Mike Matthews had 14.Most other anglers all had fish with majority hitting around the 6 to 7 mark for their session,showing how it was hard at times.Blobs,white fritzs,and buzzers were the most taking patterns through the week.Should you need to check fishery conditions before fishing you can contact the fishery on 01340 831888 or mobile 07510565778 and there is daily updates during bad weather on the website www.morayflyfishing.co.uk
February 15, 2010
Thw week started off a little slower but as the expected weather didnt come things sttled down and fishing picked up very well.Typical tactics for this time of year were in use and produced the goods.mainly white and bllodworms did well,black lures and hares ears and kate mclarens were the pick and most consistant of fly.Fish have been around 4 feet down so floating and intermeniete lines have worked the best.Willie petrie had 10 fish with a nice fish of 7lbs 12ozs,Dennis McBain had a 7lb fish,Stuart Hayden had 10 with a 6lb 5oz,Bill Taylor had a 7lb fish,Tony Robinson had 14 on buzzers,Joe Andrews had a 6lb 8oz,and Mark MOrrison had a total of 16 fish.The new SaNA Bank International heat will take place in April and applications are being taken for this now.This is a new competition in Scotland for all anglers and is an opportunity to qualify in heats ,for the international team, in the first ever Bank International to be held by the home nations.Details can be obtained from the fishery.
January 31, 2010
Although it has been baltic weather conditions,all lochs are fully open with no ice to report and the fishing has been excellent for those who braved the cold.nearly all catching into double figures.A whole variety of flies have been working and sunday the top fly was a hares ear nymph on a floating line.Against all the ideas,fish have been around 4 feet in depth and orange blobs,black and white fritz patterns have all done well.There has been plenty of good fish taken over 7lbs in weight and have been in great condition and Mark Morrison from Lossiemouth did well with a good 6lb fish and 5 quality Blues aswell,which have been common this week.kevin McLennan had a 7 lb,er,George Smith did well with 16 fish and a 6lb 9ozs fish and a 6lber and 7 lb er.Dennis McBain had a 6lb 5oz,Warren Greaves had a 4l 3oz,Ian kerr had 17 fish,derek Pill had 16,brian Christie 19,jim Eddie 22,Bob Alexander was in to double figures and son Craig had 8 on a hares ear nymph.
January 25, 2010
After the weather of late,we were finally able to open.problem had not been that we had no water but entry into the fishery,with the road a sheet of ice and snow.many were glad to get to fish and were not disappointed,as fishing got off to the new year very well and anglers had great sport with plenty of fish over the 5lb mark.once the depth was found ,fish soon folloowed and this was the key.The best flies were as expected,blobs,white fritz and buzzers.Bob Alexander got his new year off to a great start when he landed a fish of 13lbs 2ozs and it was a beauty and nicely overwintered,Willie Petrie travelled from Perth and was rewarded with 13 fish,weighing in 3 for 12lbs 8oz and his heaviest of 6lbs.Tom Anderson had a 4lb ,er,John Vickers of Fort William had a 7lb 3oz fish,Gordie Smith on 2 visits had over 20 fish and a couple of beauts among them with a 5lb 2oz and an 8lb 11oz.Jim Walker had a 5lb er,Damon Harrison had a5lb 10oz,Rob Simpson a 6lb 10oz,Jim eddie had 3 fish over the 6lb mark and Brian christie had 3 over the 7lb mark among his 21 fish.Thw whole of te main loch is now open and the small loch has alot of water open in it also and is fishable.All the other lochs are all clear as Ian Clive on the coarse loch found when he hooked a nice Mirror Carp of 10lbs,his first for the year.
January 17, 2010
Sunday the fishery was finally open for business and all anglers caught well,even a wild brown for around 1 1/2 lbs was caught.Most hit over the 10 fish mark,Bob Alexander,Jim Eddie,Mark Morrison all did well.Most fished with a floating line,not as deep as would be expected ,around 4 ft was all that was required with pink Blobs and white and lime the main flies used on the day.Plenty of open water now for fishing and things seem back to normal and should be ok by the time of reading this.
December 20, 2009
Despite overnight snow both lochs remained ice free which allowed 26 anglers to fish in the invite competition,which is a day out to our anglers in appreciation for their support over the year.trhough some showers of snow anglers did enjoy their day and plenty of fish were caught,with the eventual winners being,1st Ally Simpson snr with 2 fish for 11lbs 7ozs,2nd Bob Alexander with 2 fish for 10lbs 7ozs, and 3rd John McGovern with 2 fish for 9lbs 11 ozs.A very special mention to 9 yr old Owen Laing who in cold weather fished away and had 13 fish and weighed in his 2 and got a special award for his efforts.Plenty of good fish were caught,John McGovern a 6lb 12oz,Bob Alexander a 5lb 14oz,dave vennard with a 4lb 1oz,Ally Simpson a 6lb 11z,Ally Simpson jnr a 6lb 3oz,Andrew More a 4lb 9ozs fish.Most received prizes in th4e raffle and enjoyed a welcome lunch and some nice warm drams.On behalf of everyone at the fishery we would like to wish all our anglers who have supported the fishery this year a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous new year and look forward to providing you with first class service and fishing again next year, see you all soon.We are closed Christmas day and new years day only.
December 14, 2009
As the cold weather swept in fish had to sharply adjust to low temperatures and after a couple of days were taking again .Plenty of bigger fish were keen to take asBill Greig found when he hooked aand returned a fish of 10lb,Ross McFarlane had a nice one of 9lbs and Sean Cowan had a fish of 7 and 5lbs.A returning angler to the sport,Jack Floyd had a surprise of £100 for catching a tagged fish,unfortunatly it was not in the pot, so went begging for another angler.As they say ,"you need to be in it to win it"Best of the flies have been the normal for this time of year ,same with tactics of indicator ,okey dokeys or blobs and white fritzs being the chosen few.Floating and intermediate lines are all you will need.On sunday 20th Dec,is our "Christmas Invite competition" which is a chance for us to thank our regular anglers for their continued support over this year and to show our appreciation for our anglers.We will be closed on Christmas day and new years day only as normal.Now that ice is about,its worth a phone call just to check,but we will always be open for fishing with plenty of clear water to fish and only extreme weather will see the lochs closed.
November 30, 2009
Despite all the weather reports,conditions were fine for most of the week,showing its sometimes worth waiting to see on the day of fishing and take the chance.Most who did take the chance had excellent fishing,with many being down to indicator methods with the colder water now in for this time of year.Buzzers in orange and white,Lime and white and blobs hav ebeen the best to use.kate mclarens and snatcher patterns have also done very well on floating and intemediate lines.Gogs Robertson had a good day with 11 fish,most on snatchers,Brian Christie also with 11 on a semtex buzzer,Gordon Grant had 24 on buzzers,Young Tyler Hay had 20,Graham Laing had 12,Ian kerr had 12,Dougie May 11 and young Craig Alexander had 12 fish his own personal best.Ally Simpson jnr had a good 2 fish bag of 10lbs 6ozs with his best at 6lbs.We are now on winter hours and also winter pricing.Hours are 8am to dusk.
November 23, 2009
As bad weather hit elsewhere it just shows sometimes you have to wait untill the day of fishing as
conditions were excellent and fish were feeding well close to the top.Occasionally a cdc would take ,but kate mclarens,buzzers,cats whisker and orange blobs were the pick of the flies to have on .Mainly it was floating lines and intermediate line that were needed.Plenty of good grade 1 fish were caught and Sandy Taylor had a nice fish of 10lbs 8oz,Willie Simpson a 7lb 5oz,Slater Scott a 5lb 10oz and Tyler Hay, who at 14 yrs old, had a beauty of a brown trout of 5lbs which was weighed and returned safe.Benzi Mckenzie had a 4lb 15oz fish Gordy Nicholson had a 6lb 10ozs fish and Tom Anderson a 5lb 2oz.Mark Morrison had a good day with 16 fish on diawl bachs,Tommy Graham had 13on a midget gem,John Marriot 14,Jimmy Taylor 10,Derek Costen 13,Tyler hay 11 and Willie Petrie of Perth had 13.
Please note that we are now on WINTER PRICING and Winter Hours which are 8am to Dusk.
November 16, 2009
Many good catches for anglers in the week with Blues of size coming in.slater Scott had a great day after landing 14 fish, he weighed in with a 6lb 7 and 6lb 5oz Blue.Bob Anderson had a cracker of 12lbs among his 23 fish,Jim walker had a 4lb 8oz,and Michael clark had a fish of 5lb 11ozs,Ther were plenty of fish caught throughout the week with David Davey on 26,Gordon Grant 33,Ian Morrison 20,Bill Gregg 17,Steve Cowan 23,nicky Bremner 15jim eddie 22,barry Oldfield 14,Willie Petrie 11,Thomas Wright 10,Mark Morrison 14,Michael MCpherson 10.Best of the flies has been mostly in white and lime so a cats whisker and tuftys were popular,Buzzers as normal for this time of year had a good majority of fish also.Floating and intermediate lines are all that you will need and change accordingly as fish will drop and come high through the day.Dam area and legs are good areas to find taking fish.
November 1, 2009
Mild week of weather had anglers out enjoying plenty good fishing for this time of year.Surface activity was really good and dry fly still took fish but more were caught sub surface on kate mclarens and Buzzers in lime and white,bloodworms and blobs.Lucky angler Willie Petrie had 9 fish with a 4lb 10ozs fish and also £100 for a tagged fish ,his second within a couple of weeks making his journey each week from Perth worthwhile.Rob Garthshore also had a good day with 12 fish and one of 11lbs.Jim eddie had a fish of 5lb 14ozs,Mike Rennie had 14 fish also,Steven Urquart had 14,Bob Urquart had 10,MIke Matthews 22,Del McPherson 11,Michael Clark had 12 with a nice 6lb 4ozs fish,Rob Clark had 11,Jim Anderson 11 with a 4lb 8oz,Jim Walker 10,David Davey 10,Okane McLennan 13,Scott Hadden a 4lb 8oz,Tom Anderson 11 with a 4lb 8ozs fish and Graham Hartley had 14.On the coarse loch fishing picked up well and Tony Hunt had some very good days this week with alot of fish,of Bream,carp and in decent weights.Mostly with the pole and it has been this method which has produced.
October 25, 2009
Its unusual to see fish in october taking drys but those who did had some good fishing this week,daddys and suspender buzzers did the trick for some and fry patterns more acclaimed to this time of year worked very well also.Fish are certainly entertaining anglers and many of the bigger fish are coming to the fore now.best of the week was had By dave Smith of Cullen with a cracker of 13lbs,just pipping Jim Eddies at 12lbs 1ozs,Bob hendry called in with a nice fish of 10lbs,John Smith had a 9lb fish also.Father and son David Sweeney had a 7lb 10ozs fish and while weighing in Dad fished where he had been and landed a 5lb 5ozer,Rob Green had a 5lb 13oz,Ian Morrison had 26 fish with a 7lb er,Mark Williams a 5lb fish,Willie Petrie of Perth had 16 fish with an 8lb 8oz and a 6lb 6oz fish,Colin MacDonald from the black Isle had a good fish of 5lb 3oz,Michael Grant had a 6lb fish,Malcolm Bellamy had a nice 5lb fish and neil Jones a fish of 4lb 8ozs.George Davidson from Inverness also had a good day with a fish of 4lb 1oz.Young Angler Ben Grundie who does well continued with a fish of 8lbs 9ozs to finish what was a very good week with plenty caught.
October 18, 2009
With a good week of weather this week fishing was sublime and plenty of fish were taken and among them Blues gave anglers some really good change of sport.With the temperatures dropping down a little the fish are fighting hard and not prepared to give up easy.Buzzers such as Okey Dokeys in lime and white have done very well,with cdc,s still taking fish in October!White frotzs and lime and black have been very popular colours and giving good results.Slater Scott landed the best of the week with a 10lb 12ozs fish among his bag,George Davidson Of Inverness had a nice 6lb fish,Willie Simpson had a 7lber,Tom Anderson had 2 over 6lbs,Alan Hodgetts had a 5lb 10oz,Mike Matthews a 5lb 1,Philip Green a 5lb 7oz,Michael reid a 5lb 8oz fish and good bag catches were had also with plenty of fish to the bank with willie Petrie 21,Phil Sinclair 11,David Nesbitt 10,Fraser Patience of Inverness 13 as did David Davey of Lossiemouth and james McNeil on 13,Brian McFadden had 17,Ian Munro 12,Jimmy Munro 12,Scott Hadden 12,Scott Burness of Buckie had 21,Brian Christie had 43,Jim McIntosh 14,John Adams jnr of Airdrie had 11,Julian Land 12,Jim Duncan with 14.Even though the weather is on the change good fishing should continue with fish feeding hard on fry and with the nights closing in aswell fish should be very active as usual.
October 13, 2009
Fortune favoured those brave enough, as temperatures dropped catch rates increased, as Mark Morrison from Keith can testify catching 79 fish for his weekend outing followed closely by Jim Eddie wit 51 for his weekend. As the water temperature drops the bigger fish are becoming more active, Andy Fraser returned a 14lb rainbow as he had just kept a 6.8lb and Wille Petrie was happy with a 7.2lb rainbow amongst his 15 caught. And Gavin Addison had a 6.6lb full tailed rainbow amongst his 20 caught. Plenty of the blues and rainbows are still being caught on a multitude of flies for examples John McGovern had 20 on a white fritz whilst Slater Scott had 18 on a black fritz? Les Reid from the Black Isle was rewarded with a 6.2lb rainbow amongst his 8 caught all on a black Cats Whisker. Well done Brian Anderson (its his round) as he was delighted to take £100 after landing a tagged blue amongst his 6 fish caught. The bait loch is producing the goods as plenty of youngsters and total beginners are going home with plenty of fish for their tea. A superb week with a grand total of 468 fish caught on the fly lochs, hopefully a good indicator for the rest of the month.
September 27, 2009
September is always a month when Double figure fish seem to make themselves shown and this week was no exception as Graham Hartley found as he had a great day with fish of 14lbs 5ozs,12lbs 8ozs and 2 mor fish of 6lbs each among his 19 fish.peter Green also landed himself a good double in his 31 fish of 12lbs 11ozs.Stuart Simpkin had a fish of 5lbs 15ozs among 15 fish.Jim eddie had 11 fish best at 5lb 8ozs,Dave Mcgregor had a 6lbs 8ozs fish,Paul Bryson had a 4lb 8oz Blue,Alan Hodgetts landed a 3lb Blue,Willie Petrie had 11 fish best at 4lb 1oz,Ian Wilson had 12 best 4lb 5ozs,George Pirie had a 4lb 1oz fish among his 16.Jim walker landed a 5lb er,John Adams jnr had 2 good days fishing with 10 and 12 fish,Slater Scott had 34,Jimmy Munro had 12,John Cowie 14,Alec Simpson 11,Gordon Grant 22,Eric Paton had a nice 4lb fish,Jim McIntosh had 13,Stevie Wright had 24,Aaron Lonie had 10,Chris Johnston had 14 and Tom Anderson had 13.
Blues are featuring really well and giving really good sport and with quite a few being broken its recommended to up the strength in nylon as fish are fighting really well,especially with the bigger doubles on the move now.best flies have been in orange and also black and lime.
Coarse loch has started to fish a little bit better with weather change settling a little and fish are being caught,albeit ,not in numbers yet.
Anyone interested in the new Winter singles ,names are being taken now and starts in October.
September 20, 2009
Another fantastic week of fishing by anglers seeing many nice Blues coming in and fish are chasing flys well pulled top of the water as they fatten for winter.best of the flys have been silver Budgies,lime and black lures,Buzzers in orange and white and spider patterns along with daddys.Top fish ahd to go to Andrew More who landed a common Carp of 18lb 2ozs on the fly,Willie Petrie had a well deserved tagged fish and £100 along with a 6lb 10ozs fish alsoin his 12 fish bag.Roy Anderson had 27,Jimmy Rhind had 17,Slater Scott had 22,Steph pozorski 15,Brian Brown 10,Bill Greig had a 4lber,Mike Matthews 12,Donnie Davidson had 5lb 2ozs,Jim Walker 16,Alex Forrester 14,John Cowie 12,Alec Simpson 10,Jim Eddie 15,Ian Munro 12,Michael Clark had a 7lb fish,John Vanwyk 11,les Aitken had a 6lber,Robert Cooper had 11 fish with his best at 4lbs,david Quinn 13,Ian kerr 15,Alan Noble 16,gordon Grant 15,Tom Anderson 15 and A ndy Johnston 14 fish.
September 13, 2009
After the devastation of last week, fishing soon got back to normal as the water cleared and the only minor damage to the road was easily repaired and is good as new.All water defenses held up very well preserving stock,which began to entertain anglers and give plenty of sport.Ian Munro had 30 fish for his day with a fine fish of 9lb 2ozs full tailed and finned and another at 5lbs.But for Quality the best fish of the week had to be a 4lbs9 ozs Blue taken by George Davidson which was superb with again full tail and striking colour.Jim Eddie returned 32 fish,gordon Grant had 41,Slater Scott had 29 with a fish of 4lb 2oz,Alan Russell had a nice fish on a daddy at 5lb 5oz,14 yr old Tyler Hay had a really good day with 22 fish and returned a fish of 7lbs 12ozs,Another youngster who was fishing for the first time was 9yr old Callum waring and had his first fish of 2lbs 12ozs,Other retrurns were,Alec Simpson 12,alan Staunton 10,Ronnie Birnie 12,Frank Harll 17,Ricky Thompson 14,Jane Denton 11,Tom Anderson had 2 visits with a 12 and 18 fish bag,Dave McGhee had 12,Ron Philips 11 and Brian Christie 16,best flies have been daddies,okey dokeys in orange and white,a sign of weather change,Tuftys,Skunks and orange Blobs have been the pick of the catchers.
The coarse compy next saturday 19th,which doesnt effect the fly lochs at all,can all confirm before thursday for numbers and so we can contact reserve names to let them know.This loch has been fishing well with some nice carp and bream.The winter singles will begin in October and has a new format for anyone interested in fishing this and will run from oct to a final in April 2010.names to the fishery .
August 30, 2009
devotees of the dry fly will have had a really good year to date and it still continues.Most fish coming to drys well such as cdc,daddys,yellow sallys and muddlers.kates and clan chiefs also continue to produce with damsels working along with yellow dancers.Plenty of Blues appeared in bags with some a good size,as Rick Thompson found with his nice 5lber,Ally Simpson Snr had a one of 3lb 9ozs also.Ian Wilson newly started on the fly landed his best yet at 8lbs 2ozs,John Vandyk had a 6lb fish,Steve Christie had 5lb 10oz,Martin Grant and Archie Miller both had fish of 5lbs,and Ronnie Cowie had a 4lb er.Tom Anderson had a fish of 4lb 8 ozs and his brother Bill had 14 for his few hours.Two Visits by Phil Moss had 13 and 20 fish,and willie Petrie also in 2 visits had 10 and 15 fish,David Davey had 11,Alan Wilson had 11,les Aitken had 21,Steve Wright had 18,Jim Eddie 21,Chris Johnston had 19and John Fraser had 10.
Zander Christie on the coars ehad Carp to 3lbs and bream to 2lb 8ozs.Fish are continuing to feed well and anglers are enjoying some good sport even in the hardest of conditions of high wind and rain they still are being taken off the top.The change of fresh water can only help to improve the fishing even more in the coming week.
August 23, 2009
This weeks fishing has been good for the dry fly and plenty good catches on cdc,daddys and Klinkhammers produced the best of the sport.S Scott had 2 very nice fish in his bag of 9lb 11 ozs with his best at 5lb 11oz,D Davidson had a really cracking Blue of 4lb,Kenny McIntosh had a 5lb 2oz,B Lightfoot a 4lb 14oz,Gary Bardon had a fish of 7lb 8oz,G McKay came up trumps with a tagged fish to bag himself £100,P Green had 23 fish on diawl bachs,Karen Gillies had 12 and on 18 fish were D reid,K Howell and w Petrie,16 went to b Anderson,D Davey others who enjoyed good sport were,S Dickie with 13,M Matthews 12,S Innes 11,A Pinkerton 10,les Aitken 20,J Rennie 11,I Cameron 14,C Johnston 10 and j Eddie 12.On the coarse T Hunt had a good mixed bag with 33 fish and J Obrien had a simaler day with 31 best were around the 6lb mark.In the coarse comp the winner was Mark Petrie 2nd was Ian Clive and in 3rd T Hunt.
August 16, 2009
The Masterline Singles attended by 38 anglers had to work for their fish as heavy rain coloured the water and even so those who fished dry fly were the winners in the end.The eventual winners were in 1st place Steve Corsar 2nd Kevin Andrews and 3rd Place Dena Cruickshanks.Most had caught their tally of fish and some really cracking Blues, with the heaviest near the 5lb mark by Dena were part of anglers bags.many had hooked into fish only for them to come off which seemed the story for most but made it even closer for the final results.We had a surprise visit from renowned Master Angler ,Ally Gowans and our young anglers took full opportunity to gain some knowledge as he passed through on a family visit and a big thanks for that.
Bob Archer during the week had returned a nice fish of 7lbs and their were plenty others of top quality around with George Shearer and David Davey both with fish of 5lb 5ozs,Kevin Howell had a 5lb 2oz,Alan Wright had a 4lb 8oz and C Cairns a 4lb 7oz,Good numbers were caught and most of these again were to the dry fly and buzzers.R Birnie with 16,J Eddie 17,F Thrall 14,Bob Anderson 11,M Lowery 12 and S Gill,Dave Leitch and T Anderson both on 10 each.On the coarse side Tony Hunt had a great haul with 64 fish in the coarse loch and Sunday after the rains anglers did find it hard also.next Sunday 23rd there will be a coarse competition with maximum pegs of 14 which have filled up fast and should prove ,weather dependant ,a good competition.
July 26, 2009
Fishing this week went well with plenty of fresh water got fish feeding and sport was very good with alot taken with cdc,s,kate Mclaren,black pennel,consett budgies and blobs.best fish of the week was taken By Willie Petrie with a 9lb 8ozs fish among his 18 fish.Alan Clark had 22 fish,Bill Sinclair had 13 and wife Lorraine had 15.B Christie had a 38 fish tally,D Vennard had 12,Marius Gutek had 13,Jamie Sinclair had 24 with his best at 4lb 2oz,B Lightfoot had 15,Jim Thompson had 14,P Scott had 29,David Reid had 13 and 15 on cdc,s,Willie Simpson had a fish of 4lbs 8ozs,A McHarg had 11 with his best at 4lbs,George Hutchinson had a nice fish of 6lbs,les Aitken had 21 with his best at 5lbs,Joe Moore and J Henderson both had 11 fish each.In the juniors section this week they had a good week,leoni Alexander caught her first fish and ended with 2,brother 9yr old Craig had 7 fish with a cracker at 6lbs 5ozs,Jordan Henderson had a good day with 16 fish.john Watson got a surprise while fishing the bait loch when he landed a 6lb 2ozs fish and the coarse loch continued producing some good fishing when Ian Clive landed a nice Common Carp of 17lbs 12ozs to top a week of good coarse fish.
July 19, 2009
Thankfully the weather was kind for the Snowbee Challenge singles and it was a great days fishing for all who saw plenty of fish caught.Nearly all had their fish to weigh in and the rules which worked out well meant everyone was in with a shout and it made it even more interesting.Fishing was consistant throughout even into the afternoon sessions and had plenty rods bending.The final outcome was in 1st place Stevie Wright with 3 for 24lbs,2nd brian Murdoch with 3 for 21lb 12ozs and 3rd Glen mcHattie with 3 for 21lbs 6ozs.marc Moss collected £100 for a tagged fish as did John Anderson snr from Ayr.Plenty of good fish were caught with the best at 8lbs 4 by Stevie wright,Chris Boyle had a 7lb 14oz,grahme Hartley a 7lb 3oz,Dave Taylor a 6lb 2ozs fish and Brian Murdoch a 5lb 5ozs fish.The doubles eluded all and live to fight another day which gives promise for visitors in the coming days and week.On the coarse side Zander Christie had a beauty of a Carp which tipped the scales at 25lbs 3ozs and is the heaviest to date for the coarse loch.matthew West had a good bag of 21 fish of Carp,ide,bream upto 3lbs 8ozs.The loch is fishing really well,next Competition is the Masterline 3 man masters.on 16th August Names are being taken now for this event and maximum team numbers of 21 of which are filling fast already.This event is very popular and will fillup very quickly.Names asap so we can plan the buffet etc.Cost for this event is £28 each including tagged fish ,lunch and fishings.
July 12, 2009
Fishing has picked up as temperatures dropped to a better level and some nice fish were about and caught.Best of them had to be by Gordon Simpson and Paul Bryson who both caught and returned wild Browns of 4lbs each.david Mitchell had a nice fish of 8lbs 7ozs closely followed by willie petrie with an 8lbs 5ozs fish.Gordon Nuttal and Ross mcfarlane both had fish upto 6lbs,George Downing had a 6lbs 5ozs fishAlan Hodgetts had a 4lb 3ozs.Fishing with buzzers ,yellow Sallys,Kate mclarens and Black pennels did best for quite a few anglers and Ronnie Smith had 20 and 19 on 2 outings,Bill Taylor had 18,peter Green had 40,Karen gillies 15,Julian land had 16,Chris Boyle had 12 as did Chris Johnstne.The lochs will close at 8pm on Saturday evening for preparation for the Snowbee singles competition on Sunday anyone still interested just contact the fishery.
June 28, 2009
A harder weeks fishing was had due to the hot weather and you could have cut the lochs in half as one side yeilded fish and the other half the odd one or two.Even though with the wind blowing and you would expect fish it went the opposite way as fish headed down to the deeper water.But it certainly wasnt bonanza time as previous months.Saying this plenty of fish were still caught as anglers returns show so not all doom and gloom.The Airflo International heat results were individuals 1st Ron Ewen 2nd kevin Moss 3rd Kevin Neri and team event 1st Gogs Robertson,Marc Moss,kevin Moss All now go to the Final at Elinor trout fishery in october for the Final.Plenty of bigger fish have come to the fore in the hotter weather and alot more coaxing is needed when they are returned but they are still fighting very hard even the doubles,of which thursday saw 4 retruned to the water.Gavin Addison,D Christie and D Macrae all had 15 fish,Bill Malloy, D Davey,P Bieske and Nicky Walker all had 12,L enny Smith and C Johnston all had 13,I Kerr had 17,Kenny Allen returned a fish of 7lbs,Phil Watt had 11 with his best at 4lb 8oz,J Adamson had 19,D Taylor had 10 with a fish of 6lbs,J McKail had a fish of 6lb 9oz,L Aitken had 20G Macrae had 24 and S Scott had a fish of 5lb 8ozs.Robertsons Group of over 50 persons had a good day out and best for their day was a fish of 5lb 2ozs with an excellent lunch and fishing for all and their familys,it wasa good day with plenty of fish caught and many not having fished before enjoyed hooking into fish.best flies have been Tuftys in lime and white and also orange and white and buzzers in lime and white.Drys have worked at certain times, like daddies.A Big carp was returned back to the coarse loch estimated at around 18 to 20lbs caught from the small fly loch, on fly by B Christie.
June 25, 2009
Result of the Airflo International Heat held today was:-
team result 1st Gogs Robertson,Marc Moss and Kevin Moss
2nd Bill Bain,Ronnie Ewan and Dave Taylor
Individual results 1st Ronnie Ewan
2nd Kevin Moss
3rd Kevin Neri
There was a fish off for third place between Chris McAllister ,Kevin Neri and Marc Moss
Chris McAllister hooked into a double and lost it at the bank on his first cast and Kevin Neri quickly followed up with a fish to win 3rd spot.
bright sunshine and strong winds were met by anglers and fish seemed to be held in the bottom area of the loch which went against the way the wind was blowing,this made it hard in the afternoon after the morning fishing was quite brisk and then tailed towards the afternoon.Plenty of good fish were caught including some nice full tailed doubles which in a catch and release comp anglers would have preferred to see 2lb,ers.But they just kept coming.Fish put up a good account and were all in top condition.A good day despite conditions and it was hard fishing in the afternoon.
June 21, 2009
The All Night Competition held at the Glen of rothes trout fishery was greeted with good weather, apart from midges the evening was enjoyable and all had a good night out.33 anglers caught 282 fish and many more were lost throughout the evening also, with the eventual winners being 1st Pihil Bieske with 3 fish for 13lbs 6ozs,2nd Chris Johnstone with 3 fish for 9lbs 14ozs,3rd was Grahme Hartley with 3 fish for 9lbs 2ozs. The coarse competition was won By Chris Reed with a nice bag of Carp for 6lbs 9ozs and 2nd was Tony Hunt.many of the bigger coarse fish were seen during the evening but avoided the hook.New platforms are being placed in the coarse loch.Over the next couple of weeks some more improvements are to be added to make the fishery even more comfortable for anglers who visit the fishery.The weeks fishing itself continued to be good,especially top water with dries,with a good range of decent fish being caught.S Scott had a 5lb 1ozs fish,R Garthshore had a 6lb 6ozs,Gavin Addison had a 6lb fish,Phil Watt had a 7lb 8ozs ,P Bieske had a &lb 7ozs fish,C Johnstone a 5lb 11ozs and what was the best fish of the week was caught by Mark Tait with a Wild Brown of 7lbs which was returned as part of fishery rule.neil Corbett had a bag of 17 bream,7 carp and 2 orfe and Tony Hunt had a tally of 12 carp and 8 bream through the week on the coarse loch which is fishing well .Limited groundbait is the key on this loch with so much natural food source in the water.
next Competition is the Snowbee Challenge Singles on 19th July which is filling up very fast so if you wish to enter please contact the fishery for details.
June 14, 2009
Gordon Grant landed a nice prize of £100 for a tagged fish this week among his 16 fish which took a stripped daddy on the top.Again this week its been mostly all top of the water and anglers enjoyed very good sport with fish moving all over and evening rises were great.Bob Sutherland had 30 fish in his 6 hours,Les Aitken had 24 on dries,G Hartley had 35,Karen Gillies had 25,P Green had 39 most of these osuspender buzzers,C Johnstone had 47 on a white fritz,Tony May had a fish of 6lbs 14ozs,A Fraser had 2 fish of over 5lbs among his 25 fish,John Steele had a fish of 6lbs 3ozs,G Cowie had 16 fish,G Hakin 10,J Eddie 18,Colin Reid 10,T Anderson 17,D Reid on cdc had 18 and willie Petrie had 11 on a yellow sally.The fly lochs will close on saturday 20th at 8pm so as we can get ready for the All night Competition which starts at 10pm till 6am.All are welcome to this very popular event.25th June is the Airflo International heat and names and details can be found at our website and at the fishery.This is a Heat and the qualifiers will fish the final at Elinor trout fishery on 10th/11th october and it is a team and singles but anyone can choose to fish to qualify and you do not need to be a member of a team.
May 31, 2009
You should always expect the unexpected in fly fishing and it proved that in fishing this week.bright sunshine shoulnt see fish taking dry flys vividly off the top but more down deeper on nymphs and lures,but the dry fly has been tops all week and for months and despite sunshine and high waves at times making sport excellent.Constant catches throughout the day and only now and again quiet but not for long.Buzzers,CDc,s shipmans buzzers,spiders and small ginger dries have worked very well.13 yr old,Tyler Hay had 20 fish with a beauty at 7lbs 4ozs and for one so young did very well on what should be a difficult day and using Buzzers to add the cream to it.Sean Cowan had 34 fish with 2 over 6lbs and 3 over 5lbs,Gordy McKay had 20,brother Dennis had 18,D Reid had 20,Gordon Addison had 33,S Urquart had 20,R Ewing had 25 on 18 was a host of anglers,D McPherson,Les Aitken,J Eddie,G Anderson,,P Green had 22,P Bieske had 12,D Leitch had 15,and On 11 fish was Mark Lee,Mark Morrison,mark tate,S Boyd.A Noble had 16 and T Anderson had a 5lb 2ozs fish.
The Coarse loch has fished pretty well also with some nice fish being caught,J Sutherland had a carp of 14lbs and there was a very big carp lost at the net also.A good selection being caught on sweetcorn and maggot.key is not to over groundbait as they just get fat and wont feed on what you have your hook bait on.
next Compy is on Sunday being the "Charity Help The Heroes"All are welcome and it starts at 9am finishing at 4pm when the Raffles will be drawn and some excellent prizes are to be won from very kind donations.A accuracy casting compy will follow also to add to the fun after the raffle.All in aid of a worthy cause and even if you dont like competitions its will be a good day out for all.Places are getting limited so names sooner rather than later and you dont need to be a hardend comp angler to enjoy the day out.All are welcome.
May 24, 2009
An absolute brilliant week of surface sport with fish actively feeding on the top and shipmans buzzers,cdc,s and yellow daddys took many fish.Plenty of nice Blues among those caught and Mike Green in his 11 fish benefited from a Tagger and gained himself a cool £100.Karen Gillies fished well with bags of 42 and 39 and peter Green had 34 and 34,First Time out Oz Hulland,got off to a fine fishing start with a 6lb 15ozs fish,Joe Findlay had a 6lb 14ozs,Les Aitken had 36 fish on dries with his best at 6lbs,Phil Bieske had 14 fish with a 5lb 2ozs,Michael Stuart had 21 with a 5lb 2ozs,A Pinkerton had 12 with a 5lb 6ozs fish,John Peterkin had 15,S Scott 25,Andrew Ulke had 12,Steven Kidd 11,Colin Moffat 16,Gordon Nicholl 24 best a 4lb 8oz,Del McPherson had 22,Colin Holmes 10,Steve McKenzie 12,Tom Anderson 17,Graham Hartley 19,Bob Sutherland 15,N Scowan 10 and Willie Petrie 11.June 7th is the help for Heroes compy names are being taken now for this.Plenty of raffles and prizes all for a good charity.The coarse loch is fishing well with plenty of bream,carp being caught and Zander Christie had a nice mirror double and some really good bags on 2 outings.
May 17, 2009
Another fine fishing display this week by many anglers who took plenty of fish and cdc patterns wrked well even in the rain and heavy winds which was surprising.Peter Green had another of a bumper day with a tally of 66 fish with his best at 8lbs 7ozs and Karen Gillies had 52 ,her best at 6lbs 2ozs,Keith Cryle had a nice 7lb 4ozs fish,Graham Hartey had a 36 fish recorded,A Fraser had 40 fish,les Aitken had a good day with 23 fish,Dave leitch had 19 on a foam beetle dry,Del McPherson had 18 on cdc,David Reid had an 18 and 17 on 2 outings on cdc,s,George Cowie had 11 with his best at 6lb 1ozs,On a 16 fish was Bob Fraser and Grant Henderson,Alec Simpson had 14 fish,on 11 fish were Brain Lightfoot,Andy McInnes and B Quigly on 12 fish was Mark Morrison and on 10 fish were jim Walker,Andrew Ulke Adam Strathdee and Al Clark.The coarse fish compy was won by Neil Corbett with bream and golden orfe for 5lbs 14ozs.The next competition is the Help for Heroes which is a charity event with plenty of prizes and raffles and a casting comp afterwards to raise as much money for Injured service men and women.Many prizes have been donated,which we would like to thank the genorosity of companys and individuals on their behalf and hope the competition will be well supported and raffles available at the fishery throughout the day and open to anyone to fish the competition or the casting competition,you dont have to be an expert its the support of the events for the cause which is important.A list of raffle prizes you can win are on the website www.morayflyfishing.co.uk .The competition and raffle draw is on 7th June with the draw after wards.
May 15, 2009
Just to let all know that we have received many donations of raffle prizes and we would like to thank everyone for their kindness to date.It is very much appreciated in these very hard times and even so the generosity of people is a credit to them and we Thankyou all for your support and Im sure all those who will benefit from the monies raised would thankyou if they could.
those who have contributed are ,
Diajio co,large bottle of Talisker whisky,
Jimmy George,Bottle of Scots Guard whisky,
Bruce Flett 3litre Bottle of Black whisky,
Matthew Desmond,Rare commemerative bottles of Jhonnie Waker whisky minitures,
Scotty Hadden ,Shakespeare expedition fly rod,
John Gordon bottle of Glenkinchie double matured whisky,
Elizabeth Hodgetts of "Unique" Baby nest of nappies and powders for a new born baby,2 Gents nests of razors,aftershave ,deoderant and face cloths,
Trish (Fly fishing forum) £10,
Colin(fly fishing forum)boxed set of 150 flies and a days guided fishing on lough erne or melvin all tackle supplied.
Neil Corbett of Chivas,Numerous Bottles of whisky,champagnes and vodkas,
Asda 3 bottles of wine,
Tesco a £5 voucher,
Walkers of Aberlour a superb luxury hamper,
with many more to come we hope many will support the event by buying raffles to be drawn on the 7th June after the charity competition and casting competition.
Once again we want to thankyou all very much and sincerely
May 10, 2009
Wind for most of the week, made it not very nice weather to fish in ,but those that did and better towards the end of the week,enjoyed fine sport for their efforts.colin Holmes had his best fish ever of 7lbs 11ozs among his 12 fish,with Joe Campbell on 11 fish his best at 7lbs 3ozs,J Munro had 20 fish and his best another fish of 7lbs,Michael Clark on 23 with a 5lb 13ozs fish,S Scott also on 23 with a 4lb 9ozs,A Fraser on 28 and a 5lb 6ozs fish,Top billing went to Graham Hartley with a haul of 52 fish for his session on okey dokeys,other good sessions by anglers were,A Pinkerton 18,W Petrie 20,Phil Bieske 26,Kerry Fyffe Rounsevell 11,Brian Murdoch 15,Tom Anderson 19,mark Morrison(Lossiemouth) 15,Robert Crombie 13,G Grant 25,Rob Garthshore 11,Ronnie Cowie 10 and George Murray 13.Yellow has been the colour with flies being yellow foam daddys,yellow dancers and yellow sallys the best,okey dokeys in lime and white and white tuftys also taking a good number of fish.Floating lines are a good bet as fish are on or just below the surface to entertain anglers.next compy is a coarse one on sunday 17th draw at 8.30am all are welcome and it does NOT effect the fly or bait lochs.June 7th is the help for Heroes competition, a singles and all are welcome to support it with plenty of raffle prizes in aid of injured servicemen and women.Names are being taken for both comps at the fishery.
April 26, 2009
Red hot fishing for many anglers this week with alot of fish taken off the top where surface sport was at its prime and so early in the season,bodes well.Peter Green had 2 days of top fishing with 80 and 50 fish in 2 sessions best was a nice 7lb 8ozs fish..Karen Gillies had 45 and 31 fish again in 2 sessions.Her best was a cracking blue of 8lb 8ozs.Stevie Wright from fort william had a 35 fish haul,mark morrison had 27,George skinner and Andy Fraser had 26 fish apeice,Dave Christie had 32 fish with a 4lb 5ozs his best,jamie Sinclair enjoyed 23 fish,marc moss had 20,David Orr had 19,Graeme Murray had 18,Matthew desmond had 15,Bill Taylor had 13,barry Williamson had 12,John Bruce 12,Ian dick 12,Steve Prince 12, and on 10 fish was Allan Sinclair,and Derek costen.Eddie Harrigan had 14 fish with his best at 5lb 9ozs and Slater Scott had 38 fish with his best at 5lb 8ozs.Muddlers,suspender buzzers and buzzers were the best flies with fish very active.On the coarse loch Rob Brownfield had a really good day with 2 double figure carp,10 smaller ones and 3 in the 5to 6lbs range.Tony Hunt had 15 carp and 15 bream,Ian Clive also had carp and a few other fish in his short spell.Next coarse compy is 17th may.
There will be a Singles competition on the fly loch on Sunday 3rd May starting at 9am.All are welcome to attend and will be in the main loch depending on numbers leaving the small loch available to other anglers.The compy will finish at 4.30pm.
April 19, 2009
Plenty of surface activity meant there was plenty of action on and just below the surface.Muddlers,olive emergers,suspender buzzers and black buzzer were the best options and foam daddys in yellow picked up a good few fish through the week.Top of the bill went to Cameron Milne who landed a cracking overwintered fish and it weighed in at a fine 16lbs 5ozs after a good tussle up and down the lochs.Tom Anderson had a nice 8lb 8oz fish with Derek Costen close behind with a 6lb 12ozs,Gavin Addison had 17 fish with a 7lb,er his best,mark Morrison had 40 fish with a fish of 6lbs his heaviest,Colin Holmes had a nice fish of 6lbs his best to date,Michael McPherson had 32,Andrew Mcpherson had 19 and Charles Mcpherson had 17,Gavin Crombie had 20 as did Bill Taylor,19 fish went to G Hartley,Steve Prince had 16,D McAllan had 16,Ronnie Smith of Fife on 2 visits had 15 and 18,D Reid had 15,Grant Henderson had 13,Graham Main had 11as did Bob Anderson and ian Dick had 10 fishNeil Carmichael had 12 fish to round off another very good week of fishing.Ian Clive was the winner of the coarse fishing competition and the next comp is on the 3rd of May and is a singles at the fishery.Anyone wanting to enter please contact fishery for details.
April 12, 2009
Wind was the only deterring factor,to what was a good weeek for anglers, where a variety of different tactics produced the goods and return bags for them.Plenty of good fish were caught,with Jim eddie on 22 fish with his best a nice 10lb ,er,Marc Moss had an 18 fish haul with a 7lb 2ozs and a 4lb fish for an 11lb 2ozs for 2 fish.Richard Robinson had 13 fish with a good fish of 7lbs his heaviest,Ben Grundie had 34 fish with his brother Josh on 14 fish,Gordon Grant had another fine day with 31 fish,Chris Johnston had 27 fish,Clive Toppin had a fine days s[port with 24 fish,Slater Scott had 22,19 fish fell to Bruce Lawrie, and on 18 was J McGovern,Rob Garthshore snr,17 for Gary Patience and Grant henderson,Andy McInnes had 14 ,Richard Hay,Ron Philips and Glen Murray had 12 each,Allan Crock had 11 as did Tom Anderson and On 10 fish was Cameron Milne and Gordon Ferris.each day did vary with flys but not the lines as it was floaters all week with fish high in the water and foam daddys,beetles,Tuftyscdc,s and lures in orange and white all making their mark.Good fishing was had on top,especially in the evenings but fish were on top feeding all day for most of the weekand with a big wave even muddlers caught with fish chasing them.The coarse loch produced for Tony Hunt with 9 carp,1 of which was 6lbs and 3 bream and a couple of heavy weights were lost during the week.The next compy is on the 19th april and is a coarse compy starting at 9am arrive for 8.30am for peg draw.This does not effect the fly loch or bait lochs.Names are been taken for the next fly competition on the 3rd of May and all competitions are on the board at the fishery for anyone who wants to place their name down for them.The result of the Winter singles is 1st Gordon Grant,2nd Tommy Graham,3rd Colin Moffat.well done to alland prizes are ready for collection at the fishery.
March 29, 2009
Anglers had a bumper week again this week with good returns despite weather conditions at times which were harsh.Top of the fish ladder was peter Green who over 2 days of fishing had 113 fish with 65 and 48 respectivly.Not bad fishing in anyones book.Bruce lawrie also had 2 days of good fishing with 27 and 15 fish,Richard Hay again over 2 days had 30 and 15 fish,Slater Scott had 24 with a nice 5lb 5ozs fish,Chris Johnston had a 24 fish haul,John McGovern had 29 fish and a whole host of anglers who had 22 fish each were Ben Grundie,Willie Petrie,Mark Morrison and Jim Eddie,18 fish eac went to Gordon Grant and B Christie,Scott Hadden had 14 fish,on 11 were Marc Moss with a 4lb 2ozs among them,Nick Fallon with a 7lb 1ozs fish aswell,and Tom Anderson,on 10 fish was Karen Gillies,Brian Lightfoot and Andy Taylor.Most fish were taken on olive coloured flies and at times fish were taking off the top and some anglers hooked fish with the dry fly.Buzzers in Black also did very well and towards the end of the week it was flies in pink which took over and caught.With the better weather on the way sport is looking excellent and the dry fly should give some real sport for those who enjoy top of the water.Next Sunday is the adult and junior competition,open to all adults with the juniors under age 16yrs old and starts at 9 am to 1pm and costs £20 per pair.It will not effect normal anglers fishing on the lochs.Names to the fishery.
March 22, 2009
This week saw the first emergence of beetles and the trout took full advantage of it after a hard winter drought.Feeding in a frenzy on the surface beetle patterns and suspender buzzers in olive and black did very well.many catches of fish were well into high numbers which has been the norm over the past months and among them some very good fish.Again it was young Ben Grundie who grabbed the headlines with a total of 58 fish over 2 trips with fish of 8lbs 6ozs and a 14lb,er and 16lb,er aswell.Andy Fraser who had 45 on 2 trips caught a beauty of a wild cock brown of 10lbs plus,General Eric Paton had a cracking fish of 6lbs 14ozs,Stevie Wright had a good day with 35 fish and 2 over 4lbs,Mike Matthews had 34 fish,Slater Scott had 31,Donald Patience had 26,peter Ray had 20,Eddie Harrigan had 17,John Ralph 16,Ian Kerr 16,Gordy Nicoll 14,Dave leitch 13,Mark Morrison 11 and those on 10 fish each were,Scott Hadden,Jim Eddie,Rob Garthshore,Colin Moffat,Willie Wood,Dena Cruickshank and Chris Field.Tony Hunt had a decent day on the coarse loch with Carp,bream and orfe and the best was a nice mirror carp of around the 6lbs mark.With the water still a little cold the coarse is slow at times but when it warms should produce some good sport.The fly lochs and catches speak for themselves.
March 15, 2009
Plenty good returns this week and for youngster ben Grundie it was another good week with returns of 20 and 18 fish with his best a beauty of 8lbs 3ozs.Marc Moss also enjoyed good sport with 20 fish and best at 4lb 3ozs with some other good fish returned,Tommy Graham had 23 and his best a nice fish of 5lbs 7ozs,also with 23 fish was John McGovern,Jim Thompson had 20,Joe Moore had a good fish of 5lbs 10ozs and on 15 fish was Colin Moffat,peter Green and karen Gillies,Chris Boyle had 14 fish and 11 fish for Ian Kerr,Willie petrie and James McKay,Sandy Alexander had 13 fish,and on 10 fish were Chris Johnston,Andrew Euan,Dave Christie,willie Thompson and N Dyson who also had a fish of 4lb 3ozs.Jim Eddie had a nice trout of 7lb 12ozs.most fish have been taken on white scruffs and tuftys with buzzers also working well,but fish are now coming to drys also now a change has come in the temperatures and some fish have been taken on klnkhammers and cdc,s as they are high in the water and not deep down as some think,so best lines are floaters and intermedietes and anything else and you will pass them to nothing.Names are been taken for the parent and child competition on april 5th which is open to all as long as one junior is under 16yrs old,only the small loch will be used for this event.Details from the fishery and to place your names.
March 1, 2009
Anglers enjoyed a brilliant weeks fishing with many fish been caught and among them some biggies.Lures worked at the start of the week but as the weather warmed fish began to take off the surface and also buzzers and this made a welcome change to deep tactics.Jim eddie had the best fish of the week among his 22 fish and it came in at 10lbs 9ozs.Gordon Grants day was a good one with 27 fish and among those was a 6lb 9oz,4lb 2oz and a 4lb fish,Peter Green had a supereb day with 38 fish and a 6lber,closely followed by Steve Corsar and Roy Anderson both with 33 fish each,Tom Stevenson had 41 on 2 outings,John Mckail had 18 with a fish of 4lb 2ozs,Al Paterson had a 4lb 3ozs fish,Slater Scott had 16,Tom Anderson had fish of 8lbs and also 6lb 3ozs,Youngster Ben Grundy had 12 fish with a nice 6lb 7ozs fish,On 15 fish each were Stevie Wright,Jim Adie and Tommy Graham who had a 4lber aswell,Mike Cowan had 13 with a fish of 4lbs Chris Johnstone had 11 fish and a 5lb 7ozs,Willie Petrie had a 4lb 1ozs,Ian Kerr had 10 fish with a fish of 5lb 9ozs,Jim Thompson had 10 fish as did Gavin Addison and Lawrence Chapman had a 4lb 9 and Al Paterson had 4lb 3ozs fish.
The lochs are producing really good sport and with better weather fish should be well on top and this will see even better sport for the angler with drys.
February 22, 2009
An outstanding week of fishing after the harsh weather was had by anglers with plenty of good bags and loads of fish being caught.Slater Scott landed lucky with 25 fish and weighed in 2 fish for 20lbs 14ozs of which one was 11lbs 2ozs and the other 8lbs 12ozs,Tony Robson had 23 fish with a 10lb 8ozs fish,Dave Cardnell had 16 fish with an 8lb 3oz and a6lb 10 ozs fish,Jimmy George had a 6lb fish and Duncan Shearer had a nice fish of 5lb 12ozs.Tom Anderson had a 5lb er and George Ross had a good one of 7lb 12ozs.Dave leitch who had 20 fish with a tagged fish among them,Nick Mackie had 20,Abigail Montgomery had a fish of 4lb 1oz,Eck Brown had 12 fish,Chris Johnstone had 11,John McGovern had 11 as did Nathan Connell,George Skinner had 18 fish as did Jim Eddie,Mike Matthews had 15 and Willie Petrie had 19 fish for his day.Most fish have been coming to a slow retrieve and tuftys,with buzzers doing well also.Floating lines have been best still and on occasion the intermediate lines have done ok.The second Coarse fishing compy went well and was won By Chris Sherwin with a bag of carp for 6lbs 11ozs and one of 5lb ,in second was Nicky Hone who had a bag of bream and a ghostie carp one of which was around the 1lb mark.Next coarse comp is in April.It was good to see with weather still coldish that the coarse fish were active enough to give out some sport and some of the larger carp moving to bait.
February 1, 2009
There was plenty of fish caught this week at the Glen mainly on lures,tuftys,orange head damsels being the pick of them.heaviest was a 5lb 1ozs fish which went to brian lightfoot.Jim eddie had 41 and 20 fish on 2 occasions,Tom Anderson had 16,Stevie Wright had 18,Andy Mcinnes had 17,Derek Costen had 16,Martin Elwell had 14 and Terry Campbell had 13.Very windy conditions have been the norm all week but still left the fishing very good.22nd Feb will be the next Coarse fishing competition and details can given at the fishery.
January 25, 2009
A mixed bag this week of wind,ice and cold had fish not knowing if they were coming or going.Some days saw fish coming to the fly and catches upto 31 and 21 for Peter Green and Karen Gillies and the next day it was hard going.Weather up and down didnt help either.Jim eddie had 16 fish with a 6lb 10 ozs fish and returning 3 more over 8lbs.Steve Urwin had a 5lb 10ozs,Tommy Graham a 4lb fish and Slater Scott had a 4lb 2oz.Bob Anderson had 14 fish,derek Costen had 13 for his day.Bob Alexander regretted not entering into the tagged fish kitty when he had to return a tagged fish, as £100 swam away.The next competition is a Coarse compy on the 22nd of feb more details will follow and information can be gained from the fishery.The new road has now been laid and other improvements have been made to the anglers hut making it more comfortable for anglers.If any frost is about just contact the fishery or daily updates on the website,www.morayflyfishing.co.uk
January 18, 2009
Fishing has been fairly good with a small downturn as the sun popped out for a while which switched fish off for a bit and then came on again later.It didnt stop plenty of good fish coming out with Ben Cresswell taking a nice 12lb 10ozs fish,John McKenzie had a 7lb 14oz,Jim Eddie a 7lb 13oz,Mark Petrie had a fish of 8lbs,Doug Taylor had a 6lb 14ozs,Neil Carmichael a 6lb 13oz,Nicky Bremner a 6lber,Michael Clark a 4lb 12oz,Willie Petrie a 4lb 4oz and Andrew Thompson a fish of 4lbs.The New road has now been laid to the fishery and is a vast improvement and other improvements have also started which are making a big difference to the fishery.
January 11, 2009
Ice was still visible for most of the week but it didnt put off the good fishing.Most fish were taking buzzers in the okey dokey style of lime and white and were not far down and a floating line was all that was really needed.mark Taylor caught and returned a fish which was estimated conservitivly by anglers who watched it at 15lbs ,most thought bigger,but better to air on the caution side,but a bigg fish non the less.David Reid had a nice 6lb 1ozs fish and those who had decent fishing was Chris johnstne, and Seamus Maguire with 12 fish each ,Jim Walker and Tony Robson both on 10 fish.With a decent wind now it is expected the lochs should be clear of remaining ice and the lochs back to normal,even though the main loch always remains open with plenty of water even in frosty conditions.Improvements are continuing and the road is next once frost has lifted and other things will be done over the next coming weeks.
December 21, 2008
Apart from the windy conditions,fishing in the Xmas competition went very well with all anglers catching fish and in numbers.The eventual winner with 22 fish and a weight of 48lbs 3ozs was Mike Cowan,2nd was Kilmarnock angler Andy Boylan with 12 fish for 25lbs 11ozs,3rd again was a kilmarnock angler,Kevin Andrews with 11 fish for 24lbs 10ozs.heaviest fish went to John McGovern snr with a fish of 11lbs 6ozs.Golden peg winner was John McGovern jnr and he won £27.All 27 anglers did well in very windy conditions and the scores on the doors was a good reflection of fishing this week where some very good fish have been again caught.Slater Scott had 14 with his best at 4lb 2oz,Chris Johnstone had a fish of 8lbs 2ozs,Mark Petrie had a nice 9lb 4ozs fish,J McGovern jnr a 7lb 12ozs,Jimmy Rhind had a 7lb 3ozs fish,Young Ben Grundie had a 6lb 8oz fish,George Ross a 4lb 3ozs,Jim Walker a 5lb 11 and Eric Paton had 4lb 1ozs fish.It ended a good year and we wish all our anglers a very Merry Christmas and would like to thank each and all for their support over the year and look forward to seeing all again next year.We will be closed on New years day only and ready for the off again on the 2nd.
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