Fishing returns

FRANDY

Fishing from the bank Ronnie Turnbull caught and released 13, Albert McInnes 11 c/r, John Wilson 18 c/r including one brown trout estimated at 3lb 8oz, Gary Carnegie nine c/r and Nichola Campbell five c/r, Paul Holbourne c/r 10 (fishing over two days), Raymond Pirrie 23 c/r, Jimmy Miller c/r five.

Boat anglers Davie Kemp and Davie Borwick kept four fish weighing 8lbs.

The best flies and lures included the Hot Head Damsel, Cormorant, and the Alex Ferguson whilst the best fishing area was on the South Shore from Fishery Lodge to Dam Wall.

ORCHILL

It was another week of nasty cold winds but hopefully next month it will warm up but, as always, there are always a few brave anglers willing to brave the elements.

S Cairns took three fish for 10lbs on. Buzzers, C Skinner four for 1lbs 4oz on Black Bunny Leech, S Clark two for 5lbs 4oz on a Yellow Dancer, Richard Kerr four for 11lbs on a Bunny Leech, E Davidson three for 9lbs on a Spider, J Munroe two for 6lbs on Buzzers, S Lowe eight c/r on Lures.

J Dickson two for 6lbs on Nymphs, P Paterson five c/r on a Klinkhammer, J Millar three for 10lbs on a Wotsit, A Stirling eight c/r using a Klinkhammer, C Ainge three for 8lbs on a Bloodworm, Struan Davie 11 fish c/r on Eggs.

Ewan McMeechan four for 12lbs on a Bunny Leech and Ewan McMeechan used a Bunny Leech to catch four weighing 12lbs.

SWANSWATER

The week started cool and breezy with some sunny spells but by the end of the week there were strong winds and some very heavy showers. Unfortunately, the rain led to some slightly coloured water at the weekend, but this should clear quickly.Water temperature remains around 7oC.

The most productive area this week was the Dam although the Channel in front of the Island was also a bit of a hot spot. In general, the fish were around three to four feet down although they went a bit deeper on Sunday.

The small ponds, especially the Meadow Pond, provided some great sport in more sheltered conditions, on the days when the winds made things more difficult on the big pond.

A variety of lures and nymphs were catching on the fly ponds with Damsel, Diawl Bach, Dancer, Ally McCoist, and Buzzer being the most popular patterns. On the bait pond spinners, worms, maggots and power bait were all catching.

Amongst the best bags landed on the fly were: Willie Smillie 6lb 8oz Blue; Lewis Sharp, on his first-time fly-fishing, two for 7lb 8oz including 5lb 8oz Rainbow, plus five c/r; Tam Baillie five for 12lb; James Elliott for 11lb 8oz including a Brown; Stuart Nicholson three for 12lb 4oz including a Gold.

Kieran Lydon three for 9lb 6oz including a Brown, plus nine c/r including two

Golds and a Brown; Donald McMurchie three3 for 9lb including a Gold and a Brown; Henry Thompson three for 8lb 8oz; Norrie Holmes three for 7lb 8oz from the Meadow Pond; Barry Lee three for 6lb 8oz from the Meadow Pond. Malcolm Miller two for 7lb 12oz including 3lb Tiger; Ross Martin two for 6lb 12oz from the small ponds including 4lb 12oz Rainbow; Euan Perry three for 5lb 8oz from the small ponds, plus five c/r; John Galloway c/r a Rainbow estimated at 8lb; Paul Ryder caught and released 20 including a Blue; Tam Clark four c/r;.

Those doing well on bait included Jordan Sneddon three for 5lb 8oz; Callum Mitchell three for 5lb 8oz; Michael Moffat two for 4lb; James Lewis two for 4lb 4oz; Scott Douglas two for 4lb; John More three for 5lb 12oz; Tom Heslop three for 5lb 8oz; Callum Campbellthree3 for 5lb 8oz; Ryan Jordan two for 4lb; Owen Fullerton two for 4lb.

Now that the clocks have changed the fishery is open every day from 8am to 7pm except for Thursday when it close s at 2.30pm. Please continued to observe all Government guidelines with regard to the current Covid situation, including travel restrictions, social distancing and hand hygiene.

LAKE OF MENTEITH

The weather has not really encouraged too many potential customers and staff continue to outnumber the customers most days.

Despite losses and having an extremely quiet Kirk and School Day last autumn due to travel restrictions, the board has kept up the donations to the kirk and school (£1200) as they are so important to the community. Thanks also to the anglers who donated.

Scottish Club Championship: Entries are still being taken. There are still plenty of spaces in Group Two (June 26, July 3, 10, 17 and 24. There are too many teams wanting a heat in Group One and unfortunately some will have to be moved to Group Two to balance the heats up a bit.