WEEK ENDING 21/6/09

Mixed week weather wise, with rain, wind and sunny conditions. Day sessions produced more fish as conditions didn't suit evening fishing.

Anglers had good sport throughout the week with the bay at the burn and the rocks at the peat bank producing fish. Saturday saw the peat bank stuffed with fish, and the best return from the weekend came from this area. J Bryan and B Tomlin landed sixteen rainbows with four over five pounds in weight.

Fishery manager Scott Henderson had the honour of catching the first tiger trout on Saturday morning, caught on a Daddy, this was quickly followed by Mr Wilson bringing in another one weighing 2lb 8oz.

A tagged fish that was stocked for the Macmillan competition was caught on Thursday evening.

Brown trout are showing up in good numbers.

Buzzers, muddlers, daddies, kate mclaren, blae & black & black hoppers taking most fish.

W. Thomson 6lb 12oz Rainbow,
C. Peechy 5lb 8oz Rainbow,
Mcgregor 5lb 4oz Rainbow,
B. Collins 5lb 2oz Rainbow,
J. Bryan 2 Rainbows @ 5lb,
B. Tomlin 2 Rainbows @ 5lb,
Wilson 4lb 10oz Rainbow,
Grey 4lb 8oz Rainbow,
Mckendry 4lb 8oz Rainbow,

D. Robertson 6lb Brown.

WEEK ENDING 28/6/09

Anglers fishing dries made the best returns all week, even at times when no fish were showing on the surface.

D. Robertson & Son in a short session on Friday managed thirteen rainbows and one blue. They returned on Saturday and landed eleven rainbows up to 6lb and two browns.

Saturday saw bank and boat anglers take limits from the rocks at the peat bank, mostly all on black hoppers & kate mclaren in size 14s.

The last two tagged fish were caught, a 6lb Rainbow and a Tiger weighing 2lb 6oz.

Black hopper, daddies, kate mclaren, bibio and blobs were the top flies, with the bank opposite the Lodge up to the rocks the main area all week.

Ferranti A/C (2.5 Boats Sat) weighed in 16 fish for 33lb 12oz, with a further five rainbows and three browns returned.

Edinburgh Masonic A/C (3 Boats Sun) 8 fish for 19lb and one 2lb brown.

As this report gets written (Tues 30th June) water temperature is 19'C and the fishing during the day has become harder. Tuesday evening saw the best evening rise of the season so far.

B. Tomlin 10lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 6lb Rainbow,
S. Henderson 6lb Rainbow,
W. Doran 6lb Rainbow,
D. Rarrity 5lb Rainbow,
H. Gibbons 4lb 12oz Rainbow.
J. Middleton 2lb 6oz Tiger.

WEEK ENDING 5/7/09

Fishing throughout the day became harder what with the water temperature and bright conditions.

Rain on Friday certainly helped and the fishing all weekend was good, with good catches being made fom the burn area.

Evening fishing has picked up with Friday and especially Sunday evening bringing good results.

Black Hopper, Daddies, CDC'S and Sedge patterns taking most of the fish, with the burn the best area.

The level of the Reservoir remains excellent for this time of year.

Butcher Boys A/C (18 bank rods Saturday) weighed in 42 fish for 92lb 4oz. A further three Rainbows were returned. There catch included a 2lb 1oz Tiger.

Crosskeys A/C (2.5 Boats Saturday) 4 fish - 9lb 6oz

Kirkliston Fly Tyers (2 Boats & 1 Bankie Sunday) weighed in 14 fish for 32lb 12oz. A further four Rainbows and one Tiger were returned.

D. Robertson 6lb Rainbow,
A. Vaughan 4.5lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 4lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 4lb Rainbow,
Mr Aitchison 3lb Tiger.

WEEK ENDING 12/7/09

Good catches were still being made through the day, but the best returns are starting to come in the evenings, with most nights seeing good rises.

A feature of the week was the capture of some sizeable browns.

Blank Buster Buzzers, Cormorants, CDC Shuttlecocks and Deer hair Sedges especially at dusk were working well.

TAP SHOP A/C (4.5 Boats, Sunday) 21 fish for 49lb 2oz, with a further one rainbow and some browns returned.

Mr . Liddle 7.5lb Brown Trout,
S. Henderson 7lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 6lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 6lb Rainbow,
J. Levy 5lb 2oz Rainbow,
D. Robertson 5lb Rainbow,
B. Tomlin 5lb Brown Trout,
D. Robertson 5lb Brown Trout,
D. Robertson 5lb Brown Trout,
D. Robertson 4lb Brown Trout.

WEEK ENDING 19/7/09

The Fishery continued to provide good sport throughout the week, with only Saturday and Sunday evening failing to produce good results.

Wednesday evening saw five boats return with over thirty fish.

David Robertson managed seventeen rainbows and seven browns in three visits, with four rainbows at 4lb and a brown at 8.5lb. Most of the fish were caught using Sandy Dickson's Blank Buster Buzzers.

C. Mcglone & W. Doran made the best return on Saturday, boating sixteen rainbows and some browns.

R. Leary & P. Johnson had the top boat on Sunday with eight rainbows and two browns.

Top area continued to be the burn mouth and both sides of the tower, with sedges, kate mclaren, daddies and cormorants.

Kirkcaldy Deaf Anglers A/C (5 Boats Saturday) 26 fish - 62lb 12oz with a further one rainbow returned.

Polton Inn F/F (5 Boats Saturday Eve) 7 fish - 16lb 9oz.

D. Robertson 8.5lb Brown Trout,
B. Tomlin 7lb Rainbow.

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WEEK ENDING 26/7/09

Heavy rain throughout the week saw the reservoir level rise by over three feet. When the level peaked on Thursday the burn mouth area was stuffed with fish, and 2.5 boats landed thirty fish between them.

With the level being so high the fish moved right in to the flooded areas and anglers fishing tight in made good returns.

Top return on Saturday was P. Bryant & W. Cram with eleven rainbows up to six pounds.

Sunday brought blustery conditions with few boats venturing out, of those that did, W. Doran & C. Mcglone made the best return with seven rainbows.

Goth Fly Fishing Club (4 Boats Sat) 10 fish for 27lb, heaviest fish weighed 4lb 12oz.

Edinburgh Post Office A/C (6.5 Boats Sat, Eve) 22 fish for 53lb, with a further four rainbows and some browns returned.

D. Robertson Jnr 7lb Brown,
P. Bryant 6lb Rainbow,
S. Henderson 6lb Rainbow.

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WEEK ENDING 2/7/09

The water level remained high for the early part of the week and good catches were made from the bay at the burn to the burn itself. On Sunday morning the level had dropped enough to allow the bank to come in to play again.

Wind remained strong for most of the week with Saturday seeing the worst of the conditions.

Sunday brought better conditions and the best day return was made by Mr Meechan & D. Grain bank fishing with six rainbows and four browns. Two of the browns were over the two pound mark.

Some notable catches -

P. Johnson & Partner (Mon Eve) 12 rainbows and 1 brown, all on sedges.

A. Sanford & J. Baird (2 Boats Tues) 12 fish - 28lb 12oz, mostly on wets.

A. Banks (Wed) 4 rainbows, 2 tiger trout and a brown at 5.5lb, taken on bibio.

S. Robertson (Sun Eve) 8 rainbows.

Black hoppers, Sedges, Kate Mclaren, Loch Ordie & Diawl Bach's are working best fished near the burn.

Last Cast A/C (4 Boats Sat) 13 fish -39lb

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D. Robertson 8lb Rainbow,
J. Mckendry 7.5lb Rainbow,
A. Banks 5.5lb Brown.

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WEEK ENDING 9/8/09

The week started with windy conditions, but anglers were still catching in challenging conditions.

Floating lines with dries or wets were taking most of the fish.

Thursday saw the Heather Fly being blown on to the surface and some good returns were made.

Friday saw the best conditions of the week with twenty four rods catching over sixty trout.

B. Tomlin used his small spider patterns to good effect catching twenty four rainbows in three visits.

Bibio Hoppers, Black Hoppers, Kate Mclaren, Sedgehogs and Spider patterns working well.

MacTaggart Scott (6 Boats Fri) 26 fish for 61lb 12oz, heaviest fish was a cracking 5lb 6oz resident rainbow.

Douglas Water A/C (3.5 Boats Sun) 11 fish for 29lb 2oz, with a further two rainbows returned.

D. Robertson 6lb Rainbow,
W. Paton 5lb 6oz Brown, (which was unfortunately killed)
D. Robertson 4lb Brown,
D. Robertson 4lb Brown,
D. Robertson 4lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 4lb Rainbow,
D. Roberts 4lb Rainbow.



Monday 10th August 2009 saw the capture of the biggest wild Brown Trout ever from Crosswood. The fish which was carefully weighed before its release, came in at 12lb 8oz and was caught by David Robertson on a day boat using a claret hopper.

David also caught another two five pound browns and rainbows at 7lb and 8lb 10oz.

There were good numbers of browns in the four to five pound bracket showing on the surface coming up for the heather fly.

Mr Jolly fishing the evening session also hooked a large brown from the same area but unfortunately lost it.

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WEEK ENDING 16/8/09

Fishing from Monday to Thursday was good with fish feeding heavily on the heather fly.

Monday saw the capture of a 12lb 8oz Brown.

The browns were feeding hard all week and some nice fish were caught.

The best return was made on Thursday with David Robertson & Son landing thirty one browns up to two pounds and four rainbows, all on bibio hoppers and bibio.

Conditions from Friday through to Sunday were horrendous with strong winds and heavy rain and the returns reflected this.

Bibio hoppers, Black Hoppers, Bibio, Kate Mclaren, Silver Invicta and Teal Blue & Silver were working well, with the Lodge bank and the far side of the tower the best areas.

Seafield A/C (4.5 Boats Sat) only two boats made a return and they managed 12 fish for 29lb 4oz.

Bathgate Legion (4.5 Boats Sun) 6 fish for 16lb 4oz.

D. Robertson 12.5lb Brown,
D. Robertson 8lb 10oz Rainbow,
D. Robertson 7lb Rainbow,
Mr McCann 5lb 12oz Rainbow,
Mr Tervit 5lb 10oz Rainbow,
G. Keenan 5.5lb Rainbow,
D. Robertson 5lb Brown,
D. Robertson 5lb Brown,
A. Brodie 4lb 12oz Rainbow,
D. Robertson 4lb Brown.


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