Anglers see increase in catches at Lochter Fishery
At Lochter Fishery the onset of autumn has seemed to jump-start the fish into action to feed up for the long, dark and cold winter predicted to be ahead of us.
This was reflected in the returns book where many anglers had seen increases in their catch rate from their previous normal numbers and there was very good feedback about the fighting ability of the trout and also about the varied range of weights stocked.
With the water cooling and clearing considerably it seems that lures are proving very effective and those in the 20 or plus returns category seemed to be using them in the main.
Such anglers were Declan McFarlane who used the blob or a mixture of lures.
Kevin McDonnell stuck with either the black and green nomad or white cormorant and Ian Fong used lures or buzzers.
Mike McLennan used black beetles; Steve Prince used damsels or the WSW lure; and C Collie used a yellow and black lure.
J Eddie used a black and green flexi cat; Paul Massie changed between buzzers, blobs and drys; and Steve MacGowan used okay dokays, cormorants and the Kate McLaren.
Eric Duthie changed between dry flies and a black beetle and Steven Craig used a mixture of lures.
Other returns were Graham Gauld with 18 fish on buzzers or crunchers and also on this number were Forbes Gallagher on nymphs and Albert Cowie on lures and buzzers.
L Greenlees had 17 fish on the yellow dancer; Simon Ruddiman had 14 fish on the nomad lure; and Brian Ross stuck with his dry fly and buzzer combination for 13 fish.
On 12 fish were Ian Cameron using a black lure; Bill Coull on a blue damsel; Gary Findlay on a damsel and Nick Begg on a cat’s whisker.
This is the last week when evening sessions are available at the fishery and as from Monday, October 3 it will be operating its autumn hours of 8am to 5pm.