Carron Valley fishery

[Jock]

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The first two weeks of 2007 have seen some tremendous sport as well as some
record catches. Black Pennel and hares lug seem to be the top fly's over the
last two weeks. Michael Low from East Kilbride had 6 fish for

19.5 lb and returned another 17. He currently holds the record for the
biggest fish this year tipping the scales at 9lb. As well as some bumper
rainbows we've seen 14 Brownies in excess of 4lb caught so far, the largest
of which was caught by the chairman of Milngavie AC and weighed 4lb 11oz.



Some noteable bags have been.



R Gilbert (Thack) 6 for 19lb and 14 returned. Campbell Morgan 6 for 11.5lb
and 11 returned. J Campbell Cumbernauld 20 all returned. J Quigley Fintry 24
all returned. Mr Quigley also claims the accolade of being the first person
ever to catch a Rainbow Trout at Carron. W Leach & D Paterson had 8 for 17lb
10oz and returned a further 15. D Steele 6 for 23lb 4oz and 10 returned

[Jock]

Fishing has been superb lately and yet again we have seen some record catches coming off, mainly to traditional wets although some have had success with dry’s when the conditions have been right. The evening sessions are showing some really good rises now and water temp is on the increase.



Again Jim Quigley from Fintry gets himself into Carron Valleys records with the largest Brown trout at 8lb while J Bell from Kilmarnock had a nice rainbow at 9lb although still half the size of some of the fish recently stocked.

Inverkithing farmers had 23 for 45lb 6oz including a brownie at 4 and a halflb



A Donnelly & J Banks (Glasgow) kept 12 for 27lb and stopped counting after 30 returns. J Buchanan (Gargunnock) 19 all returned. K Doig & N Burns kept 4 for 8lb 8oz and returned another 42.



R McMaster fishing from the bank had 3 for 12lb 4oz and returned 14.

[Jock]

This weeks report 8/6/7

Thought I would post some recent news on how the fishing’s going but firstly I’d like to thank everyone for their kind comments over the last few weeks & months.



ThereR17;s no let up at all on both the quality and the quantity of fishing at the moment regardless of conditions.



As with all fishing you just need to tweak your methods to suit the weather, time of day etc. In summary the best flies over the last few weeks have been; black pennel, green tailed kate, hare’s ear, Claret muddler, black hoppers, numerous buzzers, loch Ordie, yellow dancer and blae & black. As I’m sure many of the guys on here will know others are working just as well, however these seem to be the favourites over the last few weeks.



The rise tonight had to be seen to be believed….almost as if someone had turned the gas on under the water. One bank angler (R Gordon, Alloa) had 14, mainly on dry’s and particularly a size 14 loch ordie & size 16 black spider.



IR17;ve posted some recent excerpts from the catch returns.



Mr McGinley 6 for 11lb 7oz & 15 returned

Bell / Templeton 12 for 26lb 13oz & 3 returned

W Leach / J Crawford 10 for 23lb & 20 returned

RASC 31 for 45lb 8oz & 11 returned

M Ward / G Parker 46 All returned

Kelvinside A C 35 for 68lb 8oz (RT) & 4 for 4lb 4oz (BT)

Tempo 37 for 84lb 11oz & 21 returned

M Low / R Gilbert 10 for 20lb 4 oz

R Fitzpatrick 6 for 11lb 8oz

Mr McGlone 7 for 13lb & 12 returned

SPRA 59 for 111 lb (RT) & 13 for 13lb (BT)

Wilkinson` 12 for 20lb 4oz & 3 returned



None of the really big fish we have put in have so far came out although I was told today that someone had a 15lber (approx) on Monday and had to put it back as they already had their limit. Largest Rainbow off so far has been 9lb 2oz, largest Brown trout has been 8lb. Biggest over the last few days was a 5lb 2oz rainbow taken by Charlie Rankin.



Final thought – There’s a bottle of malt for the first angler who has a fish in double figures

[Jock]

Carron Valley is still continuing to fish superbly although there was a bit of a blip for a few days with the thunder and lightning we had recently which put the fish down, however they are now back on form and on the top.



WeR17;ve seen some fabulous dry sport with daddies, and black & olive hoppers working extremely well.



The bank anglers are doing equally as well if not better and one angler, David Taddie from Edinburgh, reckons he had the best days fishing ever with 35 from the bank.

[Jock]

Carron Valley Fishing Report – July 07.



July has yet again seen some excellent sport at Carron Valley, many large bags taken, with the majority of fish being caught on hoppers, muddlers, daddies and various dry flies.



Fishing reports generally concentrate on the numbers of fish caught, and while we continue to have an extremely high average per angler (see below) what we often miss out on is the quality of the fish. The one constant since we opened this season has been the comments received from anglers about the quality of the trout we stock, with many anglers saying they are the best quality trout they’ve caught anywhere.



I have copied an extract from an e mail received on Tuesday this week from a gentleman who almost never fishes for anything other than wild fish.



Hi Fraser,



Just wanted to say how impressed I was today by the quality of your rainbow trout. The most perfect rainbow trout I have caught anywhere. At just under two pounds, silver as a sea trout, full tail and fins, firm muscular and fighting fit, as close as you'll get to the real thing outside North America. I only wish I had had the camera with me.



Some July catches:



R Stanovitch – 6 for 13lb 8oz

Newton Stewart AC – 19 RT for 41lb & 13 BT for 7.5lb + 13 returned

B Turpie & R McKinlay – 12 for 23lb 6oz & 17 returned

Mr McNeil – 6 for 14lb 8oz & 7 returned

Aberdour A C – 20 RT for 43lb & 3 BT for 3lb + 60+ returned

S Montgomery – 9 for 18lb 10 oz + 12 returned

J Dunbar (3 in boat) – 18 for 54 lb + 11 returned (largest fish 11 lb 6 oz)

Lochinch AC – 28 for 55lb 10 oz + 15 returned



WeR17;ve also seen a large number of Blues being caught recently and have a pic on the website of another person in the news recently…..John (Smeato) Smeaton with a lovely blue at 4lb 7oz.

[Jock]

August has continued as before with Carron still fishing superbly. Even although water temp is up fantastic catches are still being caught on drys. Over the last few weeks Daddies, hoppers, muddlers, buzzers are all doing the business extremely well. Sparklers and blobs appear best on the colder days we’ve had.



The bank anglers are having a ball with almost all getting their limits early on then fishing C&R for the remainder of the day.



Not much more can be said so on to some recent catches.



J Davis – 6 for 24lb 4oz with the biggest fish in August at 10lb 12oz plus 5 returned

J Robertson, H Tolan Auchterarder – 12 for 23lb & 4 returned

D Walker, Cumbernauld – 6 for 22lb & 7 returned

R Gilbert, Kilmarnock – 12 for 22lb 4oz & 6 returned

M McCreadie, M Ray – 12 for 27lb 7oz & 12 returned

WLFD AC – 26 for 46lbs & 50 returned

Hedgehogs AC – 22 for 45lb 11oz

RAF Norther League – 40 for 66lb 3oz & 16 returned

LArgs AC – 35 for 60lb



Early indications show September looking even better.



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