A new era at Drumtassie
Nigel Duncan reports anglers can now enjoy coarse ponds
DRUMTASSIE IS ABOUT to enter a new era with a mouth-watering prospect for coarse anglers as the long-awaited coarse ponds are scheduled to open next month.
Bosses are set to release the pricing structure soon and the coarse lakes are around half a mile from the current three-pond trout facility.
A large number of anglers, including specimen carp hunters, are likely to fill the car park judging by calls seeking information.
Bosses plan to make Drumtassie “Scotland’s finest coarse fishing location”.
Meanwhile, the trout ponds, used by anglers from all over Central Scotland, continue to produce.
Recent catches have included one of 22lb, another of 17lb and a good number of double-figure fish.
Weekly stocking is a feature.
Buzzers, cat’s whisker patterns, yellow dancer, diawl bach, FAB flies, mini-lures, particularly black and green, and chamois patterns have regularly delivered over the winter and, if there is a wee ripple on the top of the water, a sedge hog can be deadly according to Leeanne.
Drumtassie fish are reared on quality pellets and the lakes are fed by a nearby stream, continuing to oxygenate the water which caters for anglers of many degrees of competency. Beginners, for example, don’t have to cast far to locate fish.
Car parking is a few steps from the Kingfisher and Mallard ponds and the access is flat making this ideal for those with a wheelchair.
Indeed, wheelchair-bound Kenneth Harper fishes the water several times a week and he was all smiles recently with a 10.5lb trout safely landed after being tempted by a Millennium Bug.