Anglers making the most of fine weather

Congratulations to Stuart Marklow for winning the Jim Bowman opening day competition at Lintrathen with a catch of four fish for 9lb 14oz.

The friendly memorial competition was fished on Sunday, with the water opening on the Saturday.

FORBES OF KINGENNIE has been busy with anglers taking advantage of the glorious weather.

Nymphs and buzzers have taken a lot of fish as well as fabs and at certain times the dry fly fishing has been good.

Some notable catches have been Mr Leslie with 24, with the best being a brown trout weighing 7lb, while Mr Burnett had a good day returning 13, his best a 9lb rainbow with Mr Green keeping four for 11lb and putting back two.

Mr Sherriff returned 10 caught, while Mr Soave had one for 6lb 8oz.

Mr Jones had two sessions, landing nine each time, with the best estimated at 12lb.

On Sunday 14 members of Raemoir Angling Club returned 111.

Mr Brown was top rod of the group with 27, while Mr Tait had 11 pulling black and green lures and Mr Watson had 12 on buzzers and a bloodworm.

The Woodside pool has been very busy over the last couple of weeks and the fishing has been good with lots of limit bags being taken.

Location has been very important with most of the fish being caught at the tail of the wind.

Mr Bicknell had four for 7lb 8oz, Mr Lawson four for 7lb 8oz and Mr Whiteford three for 7lb.

Kingennie has opened a new Blawearie Basin coarse fishing pool where fishing with a small float and hook with maggots has been successful.

Most fish caught have been the small roach and perch, with the biggest about 6-8oz but there are much bigger there to be caught.

If anyone has a child who would like to try fishing there is an Easter event this weekend at Forbes of Kingennie.

MONIKIE and CROMBIE fished very well last week with 89 anglers taking more than 358.

J Smith of the Canmore Club caught one at 3lb 11oz, while D Clark had a 4lb 9oz brown both off the Island.

Midge tip lines or floaters with cormorants, pheasant tail, traffic light buzzers, crunchers, snatchers and black hoppers or emergers were the most successful.

Catches included K Dickson and guest on the Island who returned all 19 caught, I Reid and I Cameron on the Island with 10 for 21lb 12oz, R Beedie and guest on the Island taking 10 for 21lb, D Murray on the Island who returned all 11 caught, B and S Beveridge on the Island taking 10 for 18lb, A McAllister on the Island taking five for 10lb 4oz, D Hamilton on the Island taking five for 10lb 4oz and one returned, D Inglis on the North with two for 5lb plus eight returned, M Tidcombe and P Kilminster on the Island taking 10 for 19lb 19oz plus two browns returned, George Bruce on the North taking five for 10lb 4oz, H Lewis and C Lewis on the North taking 10 for 19lb 7oz, A Cargill and guest on the Island taking 10 for 21lb 5oz and Colin Brown and R Malkowski on the North taking nine for 22lb plus six returned.

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