Fishing Reports for Loch Fad 2008 season

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Loch Fad Fishing Reports 2008

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April 2008

April was a much colder month this year and it showed in the fly fishing with a cold east wind spoiling the sport. Good bags of fish were caught on flies such as Black Zonker, Yellow Dancer, Hothead Damsel, Orange Blob, Orange Booby, Yellow Booby and Sparklers. Boathouse Bay, Pumphouse Shore and the Dam all produced fish to the fly. The bait anglers probably had the best sport with the fish feeding right on the bottom of the loch. Lots of fish in the 2-3lb bracket getting caught now and the prospects are good for May.

The flies that are hatching at the moment are buzzers, small olives and stoneflies and the end of the month should see some Mayflies hatching off.

The north end still producing the bulk of the catches although one or two good bags to the fly coming off the south end of the loch. Damsels, Black Zonkers, Orange Blobs and Yellow Dancers still working. One or two reasonable rises happening now since the east wind died down as long as its not too bright. Bait and spinners such as small tobies and mepp spoons catching some good fish.

Big Pike were hard to come by in April although some nice 20’s were caught. Most of the Pike have now spawned and should come back on the feed soon.

Saturday 26^th April

Mr Robert Carson from Airdrie, 10 fish = 30lbs 6ozs, Bait

Mr Mark Armstrong from Airdrie, 10 fish = 24lbs, Bait

Mr William Reilly from Airdrie, 10 fish = 23lbs 11ozs

Mr Michael Pace from Airdrie, 10 fish = 21lbs 14ozs

(The above were from a party of 50 anglers fishing for the John Smith Memorial Trophy, they had a total of 93 fish for 246lbs the biggest fish was 9lbs 8ozs, caught by John McGough)

Friday 25^th April

Mr John Miller from Port Bannatyne, 6 fish = 12lbs, Hot Head Damsel, Black/Yellow Fritz

Thursday 24^th April

Mr Lancaster (3 anglers) from Wigan, 12 fish = 30lbs, Bait (Fence)

Wednesday 23^rd April

Mr Gallagher from Wishaw, 7 fish = 12lbs (gutted weight), Bait

Tuesday 22^nd April

Mr Lancaster (3 anglers) from Wigan, 8 fish = 15lbs 13ozs, Bait

Monday 21^st April

Mr McPartland (8 anglers) from Manchester, 29 fish = 57lbs, Bait (Boathouse)

Mr Boyle from Wemyss Bay, 6 fish = 15lbs, Bait

Mr Alastair Speirs from Rothesay, 7 fish = 15lbs, Orange Blob

Sunday 20^th April

Mr Fisher from Wishaw, 10 fish = 16lbs 8ozs, Boobies, Maggots

Saturday 19^th April

Mr McCallum from Glasgow, 10 fish = 26lbs, Bait

Mr Liam Hendrie from Glasgow, 7 fish = 16lbs 3ozs, Bait

Friday 18^th April

Mr Swinburn (2 anglers) from Blantyre, 9 fish = 20lbs, Spinning

Thursday 17^th April

Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 1 fish = 27lbs 12ozs, Bait (Boathouse)

Wednesday 16^th April

Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 12 fish = 33lbs, Bait (Boathouse)

Tuesday 15^th April

Mr Cooke and Mr Smith from Manchester, 16 fish = 41lbs 8ozs including one @ 6lbs, Bait

Monday 14^th April

Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 15 fish = 40lbs including one @ 6lbs, Bait (Boathouse)

Sunday 13^th April

Mr Harrison and Mr Coxford from Alnwick, 20 fish = 41lbs 12ozs, Bait (Boathouse)

Saturday 12^th April

Mr Mitchell from barrhead, 6 fish = 15lbs 8ozs, Orange Fritz

Mr A Talbot from Bellshill, 8 fish = 16lbs 12ozs, Bait

Mr McCartney from Glasgow, 7 fish = 15lbs, Bait

Mr Rox from Barrhead, 7 fish = 14lbs 12ozs, Fly

Mr Clowe from Bellshill, 9 fish = 20lbs 10ozs

Mr McLeod from Glasgow, 8 fish = 9lbs 8ozs (gutted weight), Bait

Thursday 10^th April

Mr Moore from East Kilbride, 3 fish = 7lbs, Bait

Wednesday 9^th April

Mr Joe Young from Dalry, 7 fish = 14lbs, Bait

Mr Gallagher from wishaw, 6 fish = 13lbs, Bait

Tuesday 8^th April

Mr Tolmie from Fife, 5 fish = 10lbs, Bait

Monday 7^th April

Mr Smith from Paisley, 7 fish = 22lbs including one @ 4lbs 5ozs, Bait

Sunday 6^th April

Mr John Anderson from Ayr, 4 fish = 8lbs 14ozs, Viva, Humungus

Mr Fisher (3 adults and 1 junior) from Wishaw, 32 fish = 66lbs including one @ 6lbs, Orange & Yellow Boobies

Saturday 5^th April

Mr Dennis from Glasgow, 5 fish = 11lbs, Maggot, Worm

Mr Cassidy from Kilmarnock, 5 fish = 13lbs 14ozs, Bait

Friday 4^th April

Mr Baird from Glasgow, 5 fish = 15lbs 14ozs, Bait

Thursday 3^rd April

Mr W Hill from Glasgow, 6 fish = 12lbs, Bait

Wednesday 2^nd April

Mr M Deighan from Rothesay, 4 fish = 5lbs 8ozs, plus 2 returned, Jack Frost, Ace of Spades

Tuesday 1^st April

Mr Dakin (2 anglers) from Stevenston, 12 fish = 25lbs, Bait (Boathouse)

Sunday 30^th March

Mr Fisher from Newmains, 10 fish = 22lbs 12ozs, Maggot, Booby

Mr Fisher from Newmains, 10 fish = 23lbs 8ozs, Orange Booby

25th March 2008 LOCH FAD BACK ON FORM A Loch Fad Specimen

Despite the cold north wind at the weekend, Loch Fad managed to fish well with a bit of spring sunshine giving a more pleasant feel to the weather. Loch Fad gets a fair bit of shelter from the north wind with the dam and wooded hills around it.

Some good bags were caught including ten fish to Barry Ward of Dumbarton mostly on a Red Shrimp fly. Paul Gallagher of Cleland Angling Club had ten fish for 20lbs 10ozs, while club mate Brian Spencer had seven for 23lbs 14ozs with nearly all of their fish caught on Damsels and Blobs. Peter Hart, also of Cleland Angling Club fished bait and had ten fish for 17lbs 11ozs on Sunday and six fish on Saturday for 19lbs 6ozs, including the best fish for the weekend at 9lbs 2ozs.

Local angler, John Miller, had an excellent day with nine fish on Sunday for 20lbs mostly caught on a Hot Head Damsel. Chris Tritschler also had a good late afternoons fishing with five trout on the fly from the shore. Martin Deighan also fishing the shore had six to his rod.

Black Zonkers, Black/Green Fritz and Damsels caught a lot of fish as did the maggots and worms of the bait fishers, quite a dramatic improvement in just a few days.

Saturday 22^nd March

Mr B Ward from Dumbarton, 10 fish = 18lbs, Red Shrimp (Concrete Jetty, Boathouse Bay)

Mr Lynch from Glasgow, 8 fish = 16lbs 3ozs, Bait

Mr Hart from Beith, 6 fish = 19lbs 6ozs including one @ 9lbs 2ozs, Bait

Mr Morrison from Gourock, 8 fish = 18lbs, Bait

Friday 21^st March

Mr Brown from Stevenston, 4 fish = 8lbs 10ozs, Bait

Mr Lawless from Grangemouth, 4 fish = 10lbs 8ozs, Black/Green Fritz, Orange Blob

Thursday 20^th March

Mr Harrison from Alnwick, 3 fish = 7lbs, Bait

Wednesday 19^th March

Mr Gallagher from Wishaw, 3 fish = 10lbs 12ozs, Bait

Mr Speirs from Rothesay, 3 fish = 9lbs 4ozs including one @ 4lbs, Orange Blob, Damsel

Tuesday 18^th March

Mr McLean from Darvel, 5 fish = 12lbs 8ozs, Blobs, Damsels (Boathouse Ba

Monday 17th March

Mr Campbell from Motherwell, 5 fish = 10lbs 8ozs, Worm, Maggots

Sunday 16^th March

Mr Burnett from Glasgow, 5 fish = 16lbs including one @ 5lbs, Blobs, Vivas, Tadpoles

Saturday 15^th March

Mr A Jamieson from Coatbridge, 5 fish = 14lbs 4ozs including one @ 5lbs 4ozs, Bait

Mr Dodd from Glasgow, 6 fish = 11lbs, Bait

Mr D Keenan from Greenock, 4 fish = 8lbs 11ozs including one @ 3lbs 4ozs, Orange Blob

11^th March 2008 TROUT SEASON OPEN ON LOCH FAD

With the trout season well underway on Loch Fad, most anglers are still looking for some spring like weather. The wind, rain, sleet and snow conditions so far have not exactly been ideal for fly fishing for trout, although some nice fish have been taken.

Local anglers John Miller and Fraser McCartney had a good start to their season with seven fish for 17lbs 10ozs to their boat on opening day. With a good number hooked and lost, Blobs, Dancers and Damsels caught most of their fish in shallow water.

The best fish so far this season fell to Barry Ward from Dumbarton and weighed 10lbs 4ozs. It took a Damsel Nymph in front of the Dam wall.

Willie Riddicks from Ayr had five nice fish for 12lbs 2ozs on Blobs and Dancers and John Anderson also from Ayr had three for 6lbs 4ozs.

It has been a challenging start to the season but as the weather improves the fishing should also improve.

Sunday 2^nd March to Friday 14^th March

Not many anglers out, very bad weather conditions.

Saturday 1^st March

Mr B Ward from Dumbarton, 2 fish = 13lbs including one @ 10lbs 4ozs, Damsel

Mr W Riddicks from Ayr, 5 fish = 12lbs 2ozs, Blobs, Dancers

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	Loch Fad Fishing Reports 2008 For more information about permits go to http://wheretofish.spinfish.co.uk/Wheretofor trout2.html#Isle_of_ButeL April 2008 April was a much colder month this year and it showed in the fly fishing with a cold east wind spoiling the sport. Good bags of fish were caught on flies such as Black Zonker, Yellow Dancer, Hothead Damsel, Orange Blob, Orange Booby, Yellow Booby and Sparklers. Boathouse Bay, Pumphouse Shore and the Dam all produced fish to the fly. The bait anglers probably had the best sport with the fish feeding right on the bottom of the loch. Lots of fish in the 2-3lb bracket getting caught now and the prospects are good for May. The flies that are hatching at the moment are buzzers, small olives and stoneflies and the end of the month should see some Mayflies hatching off. The north end still producing the bulk of the catches although one or two good bags to the fly coming off the south end of the loch. Damsels, Black Zonkers, Orange Blobs and Yellow Dancers still working. One or two reasonable rises happening now since the east wind died down as long as its not too bright. Bait and spinners such as small tobies and mepp spoons catching some good fish. Big Pike were hard to come by in April although some nice 20’s were caught. Most of the Pike have now spawned and should come back on the feed soon. Saturday 26^th April Mr Robert Carson from Airdrie, 10 fish = 30lbs 6ozs, Bait Mr Mark Armstrong from Airdrie, 10 fish = 24lbs, Bait Mr William Reilly from Airdrie, 10 fish = 23lbs 11ozs Mr Michael Pace from Airdrie, 10 fish = 21lbs 14ozs (The above were from a party of 50 anglers fishing for the John Smith Memorial Trophy, they had a total of 93 fish for 246lbs the biggest fish was 9lbs 8ozs, caught by John McGough) Friday 25^th April Mr John Miller from Port Bannatyne, 6 fish = 12lbs, Hot Head Damsel, Black/Yellow Fritz Thursday 24^th April Mr Lancaster (3 anglers) from Wigan, 12 fish = 30lbs, Bait (Fence) Wednesday 23^rd April Mr Gallagher from Wishaw, 7 fish = 12lbs (gutted weight), Bait Tuesday 22^nd April Mr Lancaster (3 anglers) from Wigan, 8 fish = 15lbs 13ozs, Bait Monday 21^st April Mr McPartland (8 anglers) from Manchester, 29 fish = 57lbs, Bait (Boathouse) Mr Boyle from Wemyss Bay, 6 fish = 15lbs, Bait Mr Alastair Speirs from Rothesay, 7 fish = 15lbs, Orange Blob Sunday 20^th April Mr Fisher from Wishaw, 10 fish = 16lbs 8ozs, Boobies, Maggots Saturday 19^th April Mr McCallum from Glasgow, 10 fish = 26lbs, Bait Mr Liam Hendrie from Glasgow, 7 fish = 16lbs 3ozs, Bait Friday 18^th April Mr Swinburn (2 anglers) from Blantyre, 9 fish = 20lbs, Spinning Thursday 17^th April Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 1 fish = 27lbs 12ozs, Bait (Boathouse) Wednesday 16^th April Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 12 fish = 33lbs, Bait (Boathouse) Tuesday 15^th April Mr Cooke and Mr Smith from Manchester, 16 fish = 41lbs 8ozs including one @ 6lbs, Bait Monday 14^th April Mr Harrison (2 anglers) from Alnwick, 15 fish = 40lbs including one @ 6lbs, Bait (Boathouse) Sunday 13^th April Mr Harrison and Mr Coxford from Alnwick, 20 fish = 41lbs 12ozs, Bait (Boathouse) Saturday 12^th April Mr Mitchell from barrhead, 6 fish = 15lbs 8ozs, Orange Fritz Mr A Talbot from Bellshill, 8 fish = 16lbs 12ozs, Bait Mr McCartney from Glasgow, 7 fish = 15lbs, Bait Mr Rox from Barrhead, 7 fish = 14lbs 12ozs, Fly Mr Clowe from Bellshill, 9 fish = 20lbs 10ozs Mr McLeod from Glasgow, 8 fish = 9lbs 8ozs (gutted weight), Bait Thursday 10^th April Mr Moore from East Kilbride, 3 fish = 7lbs, Bait Wednesday 9^th April Mr Joe Young from Dalry, 7 fish = 14lbs, Bait Mr Gallagher from wishaw, 6 fish = 13lbs, Bait Tuesday 8^th April Mr Tolmie from Fife, 5 fish = 10lbs, Bait Monday 7^th April Mr Smith from Paisley, 7 fish = 22lbs including one @ 4lbs 5ozs, Bait Sunday 6^th April Mr John Anderson from Ayr, 4 fish = 8lbs 14ozs, Viva, Humungus Mr Fisher (3 adults and 1 junior) from Wishaw, 32 fish = 66lbs including one @ 6lbs, Orange & Yellow Boobies Saturday 5^th April Mr Dennis from Glasgow, 5 fish = 11lbs, Maggot, Worm Mr Cassidy from Kilmarnock, 5 fish = 13lbs 14ozs, Bait Friday 4^th April Mr Baird from Glasgow, 5 fish = 15lbs 14ozs, Bait Thursday 3^rd April Mr W Hill from Glasgow, 6 fish = 12lbs, Bait Wednesday 2^nd April Mr M Deighan from Rothesay, 4 fish = 5lbs 8ozs, plus 2 returned, Jack Frost, Ace of Spades Tuesday 1^st April Mr Dakin (2 anglers) from Stevenston, 12 fish = 25lbs, Bait (Boathouse) Sunday 30^th March Mr Fisher from Newmains, 10 fish = 22lbs 12ozs, Maggot, Booby Mr Fisher from Newmains, 10 fish = 23lbs 8ozs, Orange Booby 25th March 2008 LOCH FAD BACK ON FORM Despite the cold north wind at the weekend, Loch Fad managed to fish well with a bit of spring sunshine giving a more pleasant feel to the weather. Loch Fad gets a fair bit of shelter from the north wind with the dam and wooded hills around it. Some good bags were caught including ten fish to Barry Ward of Dumbarton mostly on a Red Shrimp fly. Paul Gallagher of Cleland Angling Club had ten fish for 20lbs 10ozs, while club mate Brian Spencer had seven for 23lbs 14ozs with nearly all of their fish caught on Damsels and Blobs. Peter Hart, also of Cleland Angling Club fished bait and had ten fish for 17lbs 11ozs on Sunday and six fish on Saturday for 19lbs 6ozs, including the best fish for the weekend at 9lbs 2ozs. Local angler, John Miller, had an excellent day with nine fish on Sunday for 20lbs mostly caught on a Hot Head Damsel. Chris Tritschler also had a good late afternoons fishing with five trout on the fly from the shore. Martin Deighan also fishing the shore had six to his rod. Black Zonkers, Black/Green Fritz and Damsels caught a lot of fish as did the maggots and worms of the bait fishers, quite a dramatic improvement in just a few days. Saturday 22^nd March Mr B Ward from Dumbarton, 10 fish = 18lbs, Red Shrimp (Concrete Jetty, Boathouse Bay) Mr Lynch from Glasgow, 8 fish = 16lbs 3ozs, Bait Mr Hart from Beith, 6 fish = 19lbs 6ozs including one @ 9lbs 2ozs, Bait Mr Morrison from Gourock, 8 fish = 18lbs, Bait Friday 21^st March Mr Brown from Stevenston, 4 fish = 8lbs 10ozs, Bait Mr Lawless from Grangemouth, 4 fish = 10lbs 8ozs, Black/Green Fritz, Orange Blob Thursday 20^th March Mr Harrison from Alnwick, 3 fish = 7lbs, Bait Wednesday 19^th March Mr Gallagher from Wishaw, 3 fish = 10lbs 12ozs, Bait Mr Speirs from Rothesay, 3 fish = 9lbs 4ozs including one @ 4lbs, Orange Blob, Damsel Tuesday 18^th March Mr McLean from Darvel, 5 fish = 12lbs 8ozs, Blobs, Damsels (Boathouse Ba Monday 17th March Mr Campbell from Motherwell, 5 fish = 10lbs 8ozs, Worm, Maggots Sunday 16^th March Mr Burnett from Glasgow, 5 fish = 16lbs including one @ 5lbs, Blobs, Vivas, Tadpoles Saturday 15^th March Mr A Jamieson from Coatbridge, 5 fish = 14lbs 4ozs including one @ 5lbs 4ozs, Bait Mr Dodd from Glasgow, 6 fish = 11lbs, Bait Mr D Keenan from Greenock, 4 fish = 8lbs 11ozs including one @ 3lbs 4ozs, Orange Blob 11^th March 2008 TROUT SEASON OPEN ON LOCH FAD With the trout season well underway on Loch Fad, most anglers are still looking for some spring like weather. The wind, rain, sleet and snow conditions so far have not exactly been ideal for fly fishing for trout, although some nice fish have been taken. Local anglers John Miller and Fraser McCartney had a good start to their season with seven fish for 17lbs 10ozs to their boat on opening day. With a good number hooked and lost, Blobs, Dancers and Damsels caught most of their fish in shallow water. The best fish so far this season fell to Barry Ward from Dumbarton and weighed 10lbs 4ozs. It took a Damsel Nymph in front of the Dam wall. Willie Riddicks from Ayr had five nice fish for 12lbs 2ozs on Blobs and Dancers and John Anderson also from Ayr had three for 6lbs 4ozs. It has been a challenging start to the season but as the weather improves the fishing should also improve. Sunday 2^nd March to Friday 14^th March Not many anglers out, very bad weather conditions. Saturday 1^st March Mr B Ward from Dumbarton, 2 fish = 13lbs including one @ 10lbs 4ozs, Damsel Mr W Riddicks from Ayr, 5 fish = 12lbs 2ozs, Blobs, Dancers Web this Site Back to Top

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