Fishery News

Beecraigs Fishery Monthly Report, Prospects and Records

Winter 2007

Throughout the wet winter Beecraigs Loch has continued to fish well with winter fly-fishers adapting their tackle to suit the colder conditions. Floating lines and intermediate lines with nymphs, dry flies or lures have been replaced with slow and fast sinking lines with larger lures and booby nymphs. Wrapped in warm clothing the anglers have enjoyed fine winter sport with only a few days fishing being lost as a result of the loch being frozen over. Successful flies have included a wide variety of coloured fritz patterns, Montana nymphs, Dawson Olives and Booby nymphs. Cats Whisker, black and green goldheads, and Black Booby nymphs doing particularly well. Although smaller imitative patterns have not featured as highly in the catch returns during the winter months, these should not be discarded as on the warmer days PTN, buzzers and especially bloodworm patterns have all accounted for good numbers of fish. "Hot spots" on the loch have been the roadside and around Dagger Island.

Best Fish

In December Mr. Crawford and Mr. Leech from Ayrshire took 10 fish for 26lbs 4oz on a Cats Booby.
Mr. Laird and Mr. MacIntyre enjoyed a frantic day's sport taking 10 fish for 30lbs 3oz. The best of these was a cracking rainbow of 8lbs 1oz.
Mr. Brynt and Mr. Chisholm also had good sport using a booby to catch a 9lb 10oz silvery 'bow which completed a fine 10 fish limit which weighed 30lbs when brought to the scales.
In the New Year many notable catches were recorded. Mr. Barret and Mr. Barret fishing with Montana Fishing Club, enjoyed a pleasant January day's fishing catching a good boat limit of 10 fish for 25lbs.
In February angling duo Mr. Kettles and Mr. Hooflie had 9 superb trout for 28lbs11oz, while regular specimen hunters Mr. Morrison and Mr. Coyle from Falkirk had fighting-fit rainbows for 34lbs 12oz. All of these were taken on the Booby.

Fishery Records:

brown trout at 8lbs. 5ozs.
Rainbow at 27lbs. 8ozs.
12 Fish Limit at 108lbs. 14ozs.

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