Lochter Report – Serenity of mind at Lochter
Down Lochter way with all the current uncertainty presently floating towards us in life, we anglers can take some comfort in the fact that the simple act of fly fishing, in its purest form, tends to produce a ‘serenity of the mind’ which in turn allows us a ‘perpetual series of occasions for hope’, whether you catch a fish or not.
With the mild weather continuing, the focused hope of our loyal band of Lochter regulars was whether the fish were still feeding and in a ‘taking mood’. Fortunately our resident stock didn’t let them down and again there were many compliments about the fighting quality of our home grown Lochter troot.
In the 20 plus fish category for returns last week, we had Callum McPherson who changed between a fab/buzzer combination to pulling a blue damsel lure as he saw the conditions or effectiveness alter. Also in this category were Matthew Will on a buzzer and grunter set up, Graeme Duthie on apps bloodworm and diawl bachs fished slow, Jason Cruickshank using the fab,buzzer or olive bunnyleech, Charlie Will on a fab and cormorant set up and Albert Trail sticking to his favourite mop and snatcher combination.
Robert Prentice had 15 fish mainly on the hothead damsel, M Muir with the mild weather conditions persisting stuck to dry flies and landed 15 fish, Keith Wilson and Matthew Reilly used a selection of lures, known only to them, for their 14 and 13 fish respectively, Richard Parley had 13 fish on a white mop, Sandy Reid had 12 fish on ‘anything yellow’ and Nick Begg on his three outings during the week was the model of consistency with 11 fish each time using mops and apps bloodworms.
Other flies that gave good returns in the 6 to 10 fish category last week were the vicar buzzer, kingfisher cormorant, white bungee buzzer, black WSW and Rob Roy lure.
We are open from 8am to dusk, at present, so still plenty of time to come past for a fresh air tonic and who knows you may catch a fish as well.
Tight lines - SRP 15/11/22
