SWANSWATER

It was another mixed week, weatherwise, with some bright spells, some overcast days, and some showers. Most of the week was windy with strong gusts at times.

During the strongest winds, the Meadow Pond provided a more sheltered environment for fly angers.

The water temperature is refusing to come up and was between 6C and 7C all week.

The fish were mostly on deep side but during the few warmer spells this week fish were being caught on dries. Dancer, Damsel, Diawl Bach, Cormorant, and Buzzer were the favourite fly patterns.

On the bait pond, spinners, worms and maggots were all catching fish. Plenty of cracking Tigers and Browns are being caught on both Swanswater and the Millpond, in addition to Rainbows, Golds and Blues.

Those doing well on the fly ponds included: Robert Smith 2 Tigers for 9lb 12oz, bigger one at 6lb 4oz, plus 5 C&R including 2 Tigers; Danny Doherty 4 for 17lb including 3 Tigers, biggest at 4lb 10oz and a Gold, plus 3 C&R; Kevin O’brien 10 for 24lb including 2 Tigers; Allan Evans 4 for 10lb, plus a Tiger C&R; Barry and Kyle Hamilton 4 for 9lb 8oz including a Blue and a Gold; Tam Baillie 4 for 9lb 8oz including 2 Golds; Kenneth Blackley 3 for 7lb 12oz including 3lb 8oz Brown; Ivo Manoev 3 for 7lb 8oz; Przemyslaw Rosinski 3 for 6lbb 12oz, plus 5 C&R; Calen Mclachlan caught and released 17 including a Brown; Calum Mcmillan caught and released 12 including a Tiger; Stuart Patterson caught and released 10 including a Brown and a Tiger; Jude Whitfield caught and released 10; Malcolm Mulgrew caught and released 7; Tim Gellaitry caught and released 7; Calum Mcmillan caught and released 6; Archie Mccoll-smith caught and released 6; Paul Mcguigan caught and released 5; Liam Murray caught and released 5; Blair Duchart caught and released 5; Stewart Parker caught and released 5; Chris Harris caught and released 4; Frank Barr caught and released 4 including 2 Golds; Jimmy Higgins caught and released 4; Ian Stewart caught and released 4 including 2 Golds.

Amongst the best catches from the Millpond were: Jay Lawrie 2 for 6lb including 4lb Tiger; John Bell 6 for 13lb 8oz including 2 Tigers; Theo Shaw 6 for 14lb including a Brown and a Tiger; David Shaw 2 for 4lb 4oz; James Woods 2 for 4lb including a Tiger; Jamie Dooey 5 for 13lb including a Tiger; Davie Markie 6 for 12lb 6oz including 2 Tigers; Jonathan 7 for 14lb; Drew Nichols 2 for 4lb 4oz including a Tiger; Brian Mclaughlin 4 for 9lb 8oz including a Brown and a Tiger; Bill Donaldson 4 for 10lb 12oz including 3lb 12oz Tiger and a Blue; Alessandro Conti 6 for 12lb 8oz; seven members of Dellets Club took 28 for 60lb 14oz, including 5 Tigers, a Brown and a Blue.