Well done to Team GB and to everybody involved in London 2012 .The last two weeks have been terrific and made for addictive TV .It was great to see so many different sports represented but as yet no spot for angling.
Fishers from Lochter Fishery did manage to drag themselves away from the TV for a bit of R & R and turned in some medal winning performances.
In bronze medal position was Jim Adie who used a well placed dry fly to tempt sixteen.The silver medal goes to G McLeod whose cadis imitations and muddlers tempted nineteen while on top of the podium was Charlie McPhee who used a black spider and found that it was favoured by twenty two nice fish.
Just out of the medals but putting in strong performances were F Simpson with fourteen on buzzers,Liam Stephen with twelve on CDC`s and Klinkhammers, Steven Coutts from Ellon also with a dozen.Denny Mackay ,L Davidson and Bill Mead with ten apiece mainly on buzzers ,hoppers and daddies.
There were some days when there was plenty of surface activity but the fish proved hard to tempt. Once anglers found the correct pattern and /or depth then their fishing took off .This is likely to be the pattern for a week or two as there is plenty of natural food about.At the time of writing the harvesting has just started.As it progresses the air will be filled with clouds of corn lice which are a bonanza for trout when they fall in the water.Anglers take note and look out some suitable flies.
HH 13/08/12
