July 12 / 04 good fun for all
With the weeds well under control at the Goldenloch anglers this year have been getting the best fishing ever, fish have been feeding of the surface for the past week and are taking hoppers spiders and small nymphs, the water is absolutely moving with daphnia and buzzers and the fish are on inspection absolutely stuffed with pond life, Father and son Messer’s Calvert Perth had 3 for 11lbs using 3lb line and hoppers, losing loads more his comments were that he had never seen so many fish actively feeding at one time, Mt Fraser, Cupar had 3 for 8lbs using a small daddy and damsel of the middle jetty, he managed to attract his fish from the middle weed bank as it was busting with fish, by casting into the weeds and quickly flicking his cast back far enough so as to get the fishes attention, it must have worked for him as he also returned 6, with every one well into the 3lb mark, Mr John Leckie had 3 for 7lbs only using dry flies, commented that this is what fishing should really be like, he again returned 6 good big fish, with several anglers now quite regularly getting their casts snapped, more than it would have been a few years ago it would seem that the strength of the lines are not as good, or it may be that the old nylon casts stretched rather than broke or it is just that our fish are good at breaking casts!! Big congratulations to Niki our intrepid lady angler who has taught herself to fly fish and beat her previous usual catch of one fish per visit by 5 every one a beut.