Down Lochter way the cooler conditions have come as a welcome relief to those fishers who found the heat as well as the somewhat ‘reluctant’ trout too much to bear.
The now cooler conditions in tandem with prolific supply of natural insect feed from the nearby fields, has meant that things have really taken off, with bent rods aplenty on all 3 lochs.
This on top of our regular stocking of our own home grown weighty “Lochter troot’ means there can always be a big surprise at any time of your fishing day. We have an endless supply of these lovely specimen and we will certainly be introducing them more abundantly in the next few weeks as the water cools further.
The last several weeks have been exceedingly busy and there were plenty of fisher who were well into double figures for their sessions.
Paul Ingram used the ‘washing line’ method and hung a team of buzzers and diawl bachs to good effect netting 21 fish in his late afternoon/evening session.
Jim Gilmour used a variety of methods including a ‘daddy’ dry fly, buzzers and then lures and this got him 20 fish.
Kenny Strachan used a shipman’s buzzer when there was a nice ripple on the water and he was well satisfied with his 16 fish. He had a lovely 6lb blue trout on the Muckle Troot which gave him an energetic battle.
Steve Clark had 16 fish mainly using small nymphs, Mike McLennan used a klinkhammer or black foam beetle for his 15 fish and Jim Brown had 14 fish on a stalking bug, dry flies and buzzers.
Fishing buddies Forbes Gallagher and Ian Fong both did well with 16 and 14 fish respectively using mostly dry flies over in the Muckle Troot.
So all in all, things have picked up considerably and should continue with the cooler weather forecast into next week.
Tight Lines
SP
17/8/21
