Catch Record
| July | Some lovely conditioned blues in the 3lb to 5lb class being recorded amongst this months catches. Fish mainly falling for nymphs such as diawl bachs and orange pheasant tails. Rainbows also feeding well in our spring fed lochan. Best methods being small mini lures in the day time fished on slow intermediate line and in the evening best results gained by using a floating line and drys and buzzers. Sedges are now also appearing and prospects look good in the warmer more settled conditions. |
| June | Surface sport has been excellent with buzzer patterns being tops. Hot head damsels being the top mini lure pattern. Ritchie Wilson from Armadale had a great evenings sport catching and releasing 12 full finned rainbows and blues on buzzer patterns. We have had some good evening rises lately with sedge patterns also worth fishing with. With the cooler winds we have been having lately water temperature is still good at 15-16c. Some spaces for hospitality bookings still available. |
| May | Floating and slow intermediate
lines are all that is required with the trout now just sub surface on
calmer days. Robert Moffat of Pumpherston recorded a superb 9lb 4oz
blue and Alex Weir from Livingston on catch and release returned 6 nice
rainbows in the 3 - 4lb class. Twelve year old Kyle Farquhar had great
sport when he landed a hard fighting rainbow for just under 3lb. Best
lures are Hot Head Damsels UV Daddies or Fritz patterns and Black Buzzers
and Diawl Bachs along with Orange Pheasant Tails being the pick of the
natural flies. Prospects look good as the weather improves. |
| April | Both lochs fishing well
with the onset of some better weather, although water temperatures are
still a bit low. On the fly loch anglers doing well as fish are sitting
higher in the water so there have been successes with buzzers and green
diawl bachs. Some notable catches being Mr Monhuleck (Falkirk) with
a splendid rainbow for 4lb 12oz on a yellow dancer and Mr Bryce (Maddison)
had one for 6lb taken on an orange blob. Other successes have been achieved
using orange dancers, mini cats whiskers,soldier palmers and pheasant
tail nymphs. Linlithgow Angling Club had a good day for their first
outing landing 31 trout for 77lb 7oz. On the bait loch anglers doing
well Mr Middleton and Mr Buchannan (Falkirk) had 12 nice rainbows for
22lb 8oz using power bait. Power bait still giving best results at the
moment with bright green and pink eggs being the most popular colours.
Bowden Springs is hosting Country Life Open Day on Sunday 20th April.
All welcome. Expert casting demonstrations,fly tying instruction and
a chance to try out some of the latest rods etc. |
| March | A bit of a mixed bag at
the the moment with the weather being the major factor in catch success.
Mr John Watson from South Lanarkshire won the Troutmasters fish off
on the 29th March with 4 fish for 11lb despite the blustery conditions.
Other successes in the last week or so were Mr Murphy with 3 nice rainbows
for 9lb 6oz caught on a Yellow Dancer and Mr Laird had a nice brace
of rainbows for 6lb 8oz using damsel patterns. Best methods at the moment
being sink tip or slime lines with mini lures such as Cats Whiskers,
Hot Head Damsels or Yellow or White Dancers, with Orange Thorax PTN,
Blood Worm and Black Buzzers well worth a try fished on floating lines
and long leaders. Hopefully the weather will improve now we are well
into Spring. |
| February | Both lochs fishing well
with trout in cracking condition. Catch and release anglers catching
8 to 10 fish per session. blood worm doing particularly well fished
below sight bob on floating lines. Buzzer also doing well on milder
days. Mr Alison of Bathgate landed a superbly conditioned rainbow of
8lb 14oz using a White Cat, Ross Walker of Linlithgow had one for 7lb
11oz using a Humungous and Mr Lynch of Fauldhouse had a lovely rainbow
of 7lb using a Yellow Dancer. Club and hospitality bookings now being taken. |
| January |
Both our lochs fishing well as the weather stays reasonable for the time of year.Anglers were out in force at the weekend with many going away with limit bags. On the fly loch Mr Lynch (Falkirk) was delighted with his rainbow of 7lb 4oz taken on a Yellow Dancer and young Russell Leishman (Polmont) landed a fine fish for 4lb 2oz also on a Yellow Dancer. Other favourite patterns being Humungous, Black Buzzers, White Cat's Whiskers, Green and White Fritz and Orange and Black lures.
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| December |
We were blessed with some good weather for our Bowden Loch Second January fly fishing competition. Most anglers found that after a cold start they were picking off trout coming higher in the water and there was plenty of good sport as the day progressed. Michael Rennie of the Fenmore Club had a splendid catch of 4 fish for 17lb 7 3\8oz best being 8lb 3oz winning him first prize of a Greys GRX rod. Second prize of a Greys reel was won by regular Peter Sinclair with his 4 trout for 14lb 7oz best 5lb 5oz and third prize a Hardy fly line was taken by Robert Farquhar with his 4 for 10lb 6oz. Winning technique was slow intermediate line and small mini lures such as pink dancers and orange hot head damsels. Anglers are still being broken by using nylon that is too light.
Bait anglers also going away happy with limit bags. Pink power bait
or maggot being the best methods at the moment. |
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