"Goldenloch Fishery" Fly Fishing for you to enjoy – Page 22 – Information and reports of how its fishing at the loch

Fishery Blog, June 06, Monday, Week 23.

Posted on 6 June 2022 by John Posted in Fishing reports .

“Goldenloch Fishing” My Fishy Blog 2022

Phone; 01337840355, or 07968006367

Water Temp 17.00 Degrees – Secchi is 10 ft

“The Goldenloch” 30/05/2022,

Fishery Blog, June 06, Monday, Week 23.

I am sure that we will pay later for having such fantastic crystal clear water this year, just leaning over the side of the boat looking into the water all sorts of things can be seen, fish are cruising about looking for and finding a myriad of food stuff, water beetles by the billions, tadpoles, small perch fry, Greater water Boatman, pond Skaters, Caddis Fly Larvae Dragonfly Nymphs, Bi Valves (pee Muscles) snails, worms to name a few, the water is teaming, on pulling in the weed massive amounts of insects can be found, we have cleared a big area and hope that this will by the end of today also include the jetty side of the loch which isn’t that bad, the blanket weed is nothing like as bad as it was last year, however it has dawned on me that ever since I stopped using Barley straw bales which was the beginning of the Blanketweed problem, needless to say straw bales are going back in, CDC flies are the winners just now and anglers are having a great time catching fish, Jock Souter is in the USA just now but had a good day just before he left, and I told him that one day his cap would return, needs a wash but it is here for you, Malcolm Brown had a great day with 5 returned all on CDC yellow Owls, Harry Frankland 6 returned loads more lost, George Duff 8 returned Buzzers, Geoff Gadd 6 returned yellow popper bibio, John Cowie 4 returned but loads lost, Mike Stone getting good catches of the bank, Dave Wilson was stalking fish and had a great day with 8 returned on a suspender buzzer, Father and son, S Dryden 8 returned G Dryden Age 11 returning 2 using a yellow Owl, P Linton and J Wilson enjoyed a perfect weather evening session, returning 4, but they lost a few, Alec Cuthbert has been having great days sport lately and is thoroughly enjoying his fishing just now, a few beginners of late and all doing well, Ian Adams coaching a big up for him, wildlife photographer this week is again John McRobbie, Abernethy, nice to see other thigs in his collection, one or two pictures by me they are the not so good ones, I am sure that soon the weed situation will be past but there is ample space to fish just come and relax enjoy catching a few troots Nae Pressure,

The “Goldenloch Fishery” offers Boat or Bank fishing, or both, superb location in Northeast Fife, Quiet, Relaxing, no background noise, beginners welcome, abundant wildlife. Best quality fish, Phone, or email for information or to book, 01337840355 or 07968006367 or email john@john-nicol.co.uk john@goldenloch.co.uk

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 22.

Posted on 29 May 2022 by John Posted in Fishing reports .

Goldenloch Fishing” My Fishy Blog 2022

email: john@john-nicol.co.uk

Phone; 01337840355, or 07968006367

Water Temp 17.00 Degrees – Secchi is 10 ft

“The Goldenloch” 30/05/2022,

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 22.

So I think we have just had the best weekends fishing ever at the “Goldenloch”, so why has it been so good, well everybody coming fishing has thoroughly enjoyed there time with us, the fish are showing themselves in abundance, the water is crystal clear, YES we have got weed and we are dealing with it, however the fish being caught are all being caught on dry flies, even today a novices after a few hours coaching caught a proper old timer 3+ lb fit rainbow, that’s a thing about fishing here with us, the mixture of naturalised old school and some new fish is very good, we are not stocking wee drops every week and putting up videos saying just stocked come and fish our easy caught trout, here it’s been all dry flies, and I mean nearly all the fish being caught are on the surface chasing flies the hatches are huge and last for a few hours every few hours, even the last couple of days in what was a cold east wind the fishing was great, earlier this week there was a constant cold blustery wind blowing, I am sure in many other places it would have made fishing virtually impossible, but fortunately for us it wasn’t like that, however a few trusty lads were out Colin Hay, Kirkcaldy had 8 all released on yellow sedge hogs, and Dunkeld’s, Alec Cuthbert 14 on buzzers Black spiders, Sandy Band Peth 8 C&R CDCs yellow owls, Lloyd John 11 on dry flies, Les Mitchell 6 returned with 4 buddies, Ian Simpson 4 returned, Stuart Penman 7 Returned, Douglas Anderson with 1 and Hamish McDonald Nil Pois, Stewart Cameron on a late afternoon evening session 12 with yellow Owls, + a bunnet, Huff and Puff back again 13 and 5 on yellow Owl CDCs, Saturday saw Grant McGregor back on form on 15 with Diawl Bachs, Mike Guild 6 dry flies, John Highfield 2 on hoppers & Owls, Brian (Kapt) Kemp 5 on various dries and buzzers, Rod Thaw 10, David Wilson 7 + 1 Kept, George Duff 4 on dries from the bank, so good to see B Finnie out this week after all the covid stuff, its great to see old faces but its really good that the fishing is back to pre-pandemic days, the wildlife is beginning to take off again with the Osprey and marsh Harrier making regular visits, crested newts are getting swallowed by the harrier as are the frogs, swallows and swifts are hear not in vast quantities, but can be seen, worth looking at is the weed when I pull it out which is teaming in grubs, Photographer this week is mostly local lad John McRobbie Abernethy.

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 21.

Posted on 23 May 2022 by John Posted in Fishing reports .

“Goldenloch Fishing” My Fishy Blog 2022

email: john@john-nicol.co.uk

Phone; 01337840355, or 07968006367

Water Temp 16.00 Degrees – Secchi is 6 ft

“The Goldenloch” 22/05/2022,

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 21.

The wind has been spoiling what should be good fishing just now, there are fish rising everywhere and people are having a really good time, but it’s the constant wind that is bothering lads in boats, plus it changes direction so many times, the bank fishing has been harder of late, mostly due to the massive amount of insects and available food out in the middle of the loch, but that is changing and there are some good catches from the jetties, anglers are really enjoying there catches just now with dry flies in the conversations, people show each other their adaptions in what they think the fish are interested in, Brian Kemp Alias the ”Kaptain” is someone who took up fly tying a couple of years ago, and now ties all his own using barbless hooks, he really enjoys his fishing is using 8 lb fluorocarbon and had another mysterious break, which is annoying him, as he is meticulous about his knots and leaders, however yesterday, Sunday, he caught and released 5 plus he dropped 2 all on his own creations which for him is something special, but it was all about what people were using Brian Dewar had a amazing day and with Eck Burns they spent most of the day at the far end of the loch, the weed has arrived with vengeance this year, so some serious weed pulling is about to happen in the next few days its just a symptom of Global Warming I am afraid and it will affect different things in many ways, the wildlife has been slow to show itself this year but there seems to be some now, although swallows and swift numbers are low in numbers, Kenneth O Keefe photographer has taken more superb pictures, a wee bit anger this week as an angler was caught with a couple of fish after he had paid for a catch and release ticket, this will not to be tolerated and there will be more inspections to wipe out this happening, if people want to kill fish let me know beforehand but do not assume that it is OK to kill

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 20.

Posted on 15 May 2022 by John Posted in Fishing reports .

“Goldenloch Fishing” My Fishy Blog 2022

email: john@john-nicol.co.uk

Phone; 01337840355, or 07968006367

Water Temp 15.00 Degrees – Secchi is 6 ft

“The Goldenloch” 15/05/2022,

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 20.

Such a good weekend sport, everyone is delighted with their few hours fishing, £20 for a days fishing, boat or bank is pretty good in today’s environment, it’s up to the client when he or she arrives or leaves, making it both pleasant and relaxing, however arriving at 12 noon and expecting a boat on some days just isn’t happening, but anglers arrive here at any time on any day, I have early morning at 5am and 6am regularly and some till 11pm, we are have the most amazing hatches just now basically there are fish rising to flies all the time, Huff and Puff are in there element just now, sitting in a boat and there till dark basically having fish rising all around them, Rod Thaw had another stormer of a day, his best ever, beating his last best which was only last week, fishing with his pal Davie Wilson he had goodness only knows how many fish all returned and a cracker which was held up for photographic purposes only, while his pal was learning the finer art of dry fly fishing, Thursday saw A Morgan on 12 and A Cuthbert on 9, Wednesday was a good day customer wise Stuart Penman on 11, Ian Simpson on 8, Hamish McDonald 3, Les Mitchell 2, Douglas Anderson 2, Sandy Taylor 1, Jim Anderson 5, it was a steady wind but not a gale, Eddie and Harold on the bank both fish training, Sandy Band here on Tuesday, caught another fine specimen of a Tiger trout, he was the first to alert me to the hawthorn fly hatch, which is phenomenal and has been getting bigger every day, some lads just get it right usually by cooperating with a colleague, Scott Fraser and his brother Steven cracked the flies last weekend, between them had 30 fish, Many Thanks to Leslie Mitchell and his wife Margaret who having a garden clear out donated some amazing trees Thanks to you both. Missing in Action Mr Bowman, from Dundee maybe he is in Ukraine, come back all is forgiven LOL .

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 19.

Posted on 8 May 2022 by John Posted in Fishing reports .

“Goldenloch Fishing” My Fishy Blog 2022

email: john@john-nicol.co.uk

Phone; 01337840355, or 07968006367

Water Temp 14.00 Degrees – Secchi is 6 ft

“The Goldenloch” 09/05/2022,

Fishery Blog, May, Monday, Week 19.

Pretty sure that most if not all fisheries had a great week this past week, it’s been much better for everybody, because of the weather especially in the evenings, but cold mornings and easterly breezes are still causing a problem to anglers, some chaps unfortunately are suffering, John Basford a regular plus an early morning angler, has been getting caught out with the cold mornings returning a couple of Blanks, however his faith was restored last night by fishing in an evening session, but generally the fishing has been outstanding, with the yellow owl being the fly to have, blanket weed is beginning to grow where there once were weeds which is pretty annoying, but the water just now is crystal clear, S Fyffe, Malcolm Brown had a good spell Malcolm using yellow owls 3 to the boat Kaptain Kemp t for the pot with a few returned, Huff and Puff dry fly fishers had 10 on an evening session, A Cuthbert 12 with his buddy Andrew Morgan getting 8, Jim Anderson on yellow Owls had 3 on a short session, Les Mitchell losing 3 but catching 1 and his buddy Stuart losing 4 catching 2, Bank Holiday Monday saw S Cameron catch 7, R Cameron 3 and Stevie getting 1 although he had masses of follows, So why is all this happening, it would seem that in the evening there are two things happening a massive hatch of tiny white midge flies followed by or along with a hatch of Alderflies, now these are not the Caddis fly but is something similar, the trout love them, why because they have a larvae stage in coming to the surface also they pupate on the surface and then fly away generally they are 15mm in length, but if you lean over the boat and focus on the water you will see masses of insects and bugs in the water, this week also saw the return of swallows and a few house martins but nothing like what there should be.

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