Blues, browns and rainbows to the fore

Jun 20 2008

AT Butterstone, a floating line is strongly recommended first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening, especially when teamed up with the Diawl Bach, buzzers and small traditionals – and even the odd tiny dry.

But as the day progresses, a fast intermediate with mini lures will be a better option.

The annual Heart Foundation charity fish-off produced something in the region of £1,500.

Blues and browns are still featuring well in anglers’ returns, along with a selection of mid-sized rainbows ranging from 3-5lb.

R. Irvine, of Blairgowrie, took six fish for 14lb 8oz; Stormontfield AC 23 fish for 54lb, 15 for five boats; Perth Civil Service AC 25 fish for 48lb14oz for six boats; and Blairgowrie AC 13 fish for 29lb 8oz for six boats.

At Frandy, A. MacMillan, Comrie, had three fish for 6lb; A. Taylor, from Scone, had seven fish weighing 14lb; Mr. Duprey, Callander, four fish for 10lb8oz; Mr. Rose, Perth, six fish for 18lb 4oz; and S. Guthrie, Perth, seven fish for 15lb.

The angling clubs were out in force last week and Dunfermline AC took 12 fish weighing a total of 26lb15oz.

All areas have been fishing well, with Bloodworm, Apps Bloodworm, Snatchers, Yellow and Coral Dancers, Damsel and various dries and buzzers all accounting for decent baskets of trout.

Kate McLaren, Black Pennell, Black Spider, Diawl Bach, Hopper and Daddy have all been giving sport at Orchill, as have Damsel and various fritz patterns.

Tullibole A.C,. from Cowdenbeath, had 25 fish for 67lb, with the heaviest basket being taken by C. McMonagle, with four fish for 10b9 oz.

There were some fine catches last week from the coarse fishing pools – and Andrew Smart and David Sand, from Glenrothes, had 15 carp, 10 roach, 20 tench, crucian carp, ide and rudd.

Adrian Holsgarth, Braco, had an exciting session, catching a mixed bag.

NIMROD

DAY fishing continues to out perform the evening fishing at Loch Leven at this time. The main reason for this is the small amount of buzzers hatching are coming off during the day, cold weather is persisting right through into dusk and little or no hatch of flies, hence no rising fish to go for. The fish are feeding heavily on blood worm (Buzzer Larvae) and fish spooned, - without exception - have been absolutely stuffed with blood worm. Fish can feed, and "switch on" anytime, but courtesy of an almost limitless supply of food fish can also "switch off" so being in the right place at the right time is very important – not an unusual scenario on wild stock fisheries.

Some good sized fish have been reported, Darren Heenan and Scott McGregor fishing a day session last week had two lovely fish with one estimated at six pounds plus and one at three and a half pounds approximately, both fish were photographed and returned. Darren and Scott fished hard all day but found a good patch of feeding fish at Cavelstone Strip late in the afternoon and made the most of a "good little spell".

Two methods, both involving buzzer patterns working, one using floating line and fishing static, and the other using up to DI 7 lines with a team of buzzers! Traditional flies - Kate McLaren, different colours of Snatchers, Bibio etc also catching, pulled with a sub surface line used.

South Shore - from Sluices to Thrapple Hole, East Buoy, Scart and North Shore are the best areas, but more and more drifts come into play as anglers try to find their own little "hot spot"!

The water clarity remains very good at 4.2 metres and as a result of good clarity weed growth is now prolific. This is great news for the production of many different food items for the trout to take advantage of. Temperature at 16.8°C is fine and very comfortable for fish.

Hopefully the buzzers will start to hatch in the evenings and bring the feeding fish up nearer to the surface providing us with some "top of the water" sport.