“The Goldenloch Fishery”
Weekly / Blog / Report
08/06/2025   Sunday

Been a nice week even although the forecasters wrote it off last weekend, it’s been breezy and that puts the fish down, which was really a problem till Friday, after that it was pretty much everything back to normal. Huff and Puff had an amazing day on Saturday, catching quite a few fish, when I spoke to them a few hours before they finished, they had 7 and 8, Sandy Band had 5 from the bank, and Michael Fairweather had 7, Frank Dorris on Saturday 3 and on Sunday 5, while Michael Fairweather back again had 8 others during the week did 2 and 3s but it was a tough week, annoyingly a couple of anglers came expecting to catch masses of fish, armed with bungs blobs and as many lures and mop flies, surprisingly they weren’t to happy at 1, when I spoke with them asking if they had any dry flies or nymphs only to be told the waters they fish these did work and were the flies of choice, so at the days end both were pretty pissed off only catching 1 each, however they did say that they had seen hundreds of fish, Photographer converted to and angler John McRobbie with instruction from Frank caught his first ever trout today a huge congratulations to him, the weed is a bit of a problem as of this week however there are still many places to catch fish, I am onto the weed it just needs to get a wee bit bigger, please understand that weed is good, providing shelter, Oxygen, cover for the fish, provides places for insects and invertebrate’s to live, many things that a fishery need, you only have to adapt your fishing style. John McRobbies pictures to day.

Fly Fishing is a Pastime, it is not only relaxing, but also very rewarding, mindfulness, in tranquil surroundings, plenty abundant wildlife, great fish, Tigers, Blues and Rainbows, you will not be disappointed. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ

“The Goldenloch Fishery”
Weekly / Blog / Report
03/06/2025   Sunday

June has brought with it some well wanted rain, plus much needed colder weather, a welcomed drop in the water temperature has seen the fish a lot more active, but a huge amount of invertebrate’s generated by the warm sun in the past month, is seeing the fish having a massive buffet, of food to eat, this is causing the fish to be extremely particular about what flies to go for, Rod Thaw with a couple of new puppies at home to look after, manged a quick couple of hours on Saturday morning, getting 15 not having any problems finding the right fly there, water boatman and water spiders are very prevalent this year plus a massive amount of stonefly nymphs, there are the usual amount of damselfly and dragonfly nymphs around the margins, alderfly and caddis fly larvae are at the far end, so plenty happening this year, last night was very windy and wet however huff and puff ventured out into the evening with rain in sight, seeing huff catching 9,  practising for going out onto the Lake, I’ve got a bit muddled with photos and photographers lately, it’s an age thing plus I am not using my old trusted computer, however the photos today are from various people but all good pictures.  

Fly Fishing is a Pastime, it is not only relaxing, but also very rewarding, mindfulness, in tranquil surroundings, plenty abundant wildlife, great fish, Tigers, Blues and Rainbows, you will not be disappointed. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ

“The Goldenloch Fishery”
Weekly / Blog / Report
25/05/2025   Sunday

What is there to say about the past week, well it’s certainly not been a very busy week, it’s been a strange week with some doing well and others well they aren’t disappointed but they thought they would have done a lot better, last Sunday was great with everyone fishing all catching average 6 fish each. Monday was blistering hot seeing Sandy Band on 1, Tuesday Willie Watson on 17 plus a bucket load of perch, Karl Cooke 6 and Kev Dickson  a few perch, nobody out on Wednesday two on Thursday, my weekly pensioners who normally get 3 or 4 each, however this week Eck on 11 and Sandy on 9 twenty to the boat, all that on a really hot day and no perch, Friday Dave Wilson on 6 plus a couple of big hard fighting Tigers, his boat partner on 15 all good fighting rainbows, A Robertson and Jim Taylor 3 , M&J Beaumont had 3 bows and 50 perch, so its just a weather related thing but the days are nice, wild life is still good and with the rain we have had albeit just a wee drop, it should be enough to freshen things up, two hardy photographers this week Debi Bell and  John McRobbie, hoping to see more anglers now it has rained,

Fly Fishing is a Pastime, it is not only relaxing, but also very rewarding, mindfulness, in tranquil surroundings, plenty abundant wildlife, great fish, Tigers, Blues and Rainbows, you will not be disappointed. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ

“The Goldenloch Fishery”
Unique Pictures
16/05/2025

So its been relatively quiet this week mostly because of the weather, a cold east wind some days and blistering hot on others, I know that some of you will find this a strange statement, but the peace and quiet is delightful, its wonderful to just have one or two boats out on the water, I can get the grass cut and odd jobs done, everyone has found it hard this week with the bright sun, when you speak to the anglers they have all enjoyed there time here, some do still do well, Willie Watson had 11 on one of those bright days, with fish due today things should be well stirred up this weekend, The Ospreys have had a momentous time this week and I would say an historic event took place, captured on camera by Mark MacLoud, Mr Osprey who has been visiting regularly in the past few days, dove into the loch as usual however this time he with his talons’ outstretched caught and held onto two Perch, the following picture’s are his, well done to him.

Fly Fishing is a Pastime, it is not only relaxing, but also very rewarding, mindfulness, in tranquil surroundings, plenty abundant wildlife, great fish, Tigers, Blues and Rainbows, you will not be disappointed. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ

“The Goldenloch Fishery”
My weekly blog
11/05/2025

Been a great spell of weather lately, perhaps just a wee bit too hot for the fish, but who’s caring, for some its means they can sit back, relax and enjoy their day at fishing, for others its too warm, and it means the fish ain’t playing, however most if not all have enjoyed the day and are happy in the knowledge that they caught a few in extremely hot conditions, mornings have been very good up till about 10.30 and the early birds have seen amazing catches, the evening rise doesn’t really start till about 6.30 pm, and that’s if it happens, however everyone is happy, comments are that the water is crystal clear, no weed problems, the fish are striking hard the one that do and are putting up a great fight, pulling hard, but it not all plain sailing take tonight Sunday for example Huff and Puff arriving late afternoon for an evening session, as the wind dropped as it always does there were masses of fish rising in all areas, when I spoke to them at 5 they had 2 and 1, I came up to the house noting the temperature at 14 degrees later about 7 it had dropped to 8 and I knew that was going to spoil their night, yet on there finishing the catch was Huff 5 and Puff 2, both happy commenting that they saw loads, doing well this week was Willie Watson here on his usual Tuesday he caught and returned a reasonable catch, This week’s Photos are from Debi Bell, she certainly has an eye for a god picture  

Fly Fishing is a Pastime, it is not only relaxing, but also very rewarding, mindfulness, in tranquil surroundings, plenty abundant wildlife, great fish, Tigers, Blues and Rainbows, you will not be disappointed. Phone 01337840355 or 07968006367 ask for John or look up Postcode KY14 6HZ