Goldenloch oct 19-10-09
Two + weeks ago when the weather was more settled the fishing was really good but in the last 10 or so days the weather each and every day is very different and this is having a dramatic effect on the fishing, in fact on Friday/Saturday morning we had our first ever ground frost, and then on Saturday it was a windless, bright, warm day of about 16 degrees, however its not hard fishing for everyone some people are still having really good catches, so what do I write about, take yesterday for example, 3 guys first time visitors to the Goldenloch all blanked, and were quite adamant that when ever they went fishing they always bagged up, so I asked them where they went and it transpires that they normally would visit a water that I would describe as a smaller put and take fishery, in that it is stocked heavily and is quite small and caters for a larger amount of people, what they found difficult here was that the fish wouldn’t take their fritz lures of which they had plenty, it being their most ever successful fly, they never needed to buy anything else, they had decided to venture from what they were used to and try their luck at perhaps a slightly bigger place, the only problem with that is, here at the Goldenloch we have the most abundant fly life and that the water is absolutely full of feeding, and so are the fish, they basically are having a gourmet meal every time they decide to eat, therefore for anglers to arrive without the right flies or rather a good selection of fly types they are instantly at a disadvantage , whilst these guys were fishing other were here and their results are Kevin McArthur, 3 for 9lbs, B Sutherland, 2 for 6lbs and 5 returned, D Reddie, 4 returned John Reid, Kinglassie 2 for 11lbs with one at 6.5lbs and 5 returned using buzzers, but I will be a bit more honest that that some days the fishing just goes right off, and on Saturday it was a bit like that it was however quite a cold day maybe that had something to do with it, I am not sure but the fishing was hard, John Leckie, Strathmiglo using a birthday voucher bought by his mother in law had 2 for 6lbs using a diawl bach, but when I went down he was in the lodge warming is hands due to the cold, not being one to give up John who really enjoys his fishing was soon back out trying hard for another.
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