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Loch Fad Fishing Reports 2010

5^th July 2010

The best catches for June has been local anglers Calum Geddes with four fish for 10lbs 8ozs on mixed lures, and Stewart Reynolds with six fish for 15lbs including one @ 11lbs 2ozs on s small copper mepps. Also local Alistair Speirs with a nice catch of three rainbows on the surface with dry flies. Mr Gordon & Mr Deighan had nine fish in their boat weighing in at 16lbs 10ozs on Black, Green and Orange lures.

Other good catches include Mr Smith and his partner from Glasgow with seven fish for 21lbs 6ozs, Raemore AC had 19 fish for their Saturday on Black & Green Sparklers, Mr McKenzie from Fife with a great day with 13 fish (all returned) on Silver Sparkler, Mr Busby had nine fish for 16lbs 8ozs on maggot/worm.

Loch Fad to date has good water quality at both ends of the loch.

5^th June 2010

Some good hatches of mayflies and lots of damsels coming off the loch at the moment with fish taking Damsels, Yellow Dancers, White Zonkers and Black & Green Fritz. Pheasant Tails and Bushy Olives also working. Fish have been taken from both ends of the loch on a variety of methods.

Willie Smith from Dalrymple had another good week with over 50 fish to his rod on bait and spinner, Local angler Calum Geddes had ten Rainbows on fly for 18lbs. Hot Head Damsel and Peach Booby were his successful flies. John Campbell from Newcastle had seven on Black & Green Fritz and small Damsels. The Goth Angling Club from Stirling had 31 fish for 68lbs. Robin Smith and Laurie Taylor from Airdrie had eleven in the boat on fly. Fish up to 8lbs have been caught in the last week with the average around 2lbs.

Loch Quien has been producing some nice Brownies around the 2lb mark with a couple of fish lost, estimated between 3 to 4lbs. Clan Chief, Wickhams Fancy and Black & Pearly Spider taking fish. Mayfly and lots of caenis and black buzzers on the water, especially at night. Fish are fairly close in with the Scalpsie end being a hot spot.

17th May 2010

This weekend at Loch Fad produced some great sport for both boat and bank anglers, also some nice settled weather. Best catch on Friday 14^th May was Mr Collins, who was bank fishing, with three fish for 16lbs with his best fish weighing 11lbs 14ozs.

Saturday 15^th May also produced some great bags and some single trout catches: Mr Reynolds from Rothesay had two for 4lbs 8ozs, Mr Hillan had two fish for 4lbs 6ozs, Mr Jackson had two fish for 6lbs 4ozs but the best bags went to Mr Kerr with five fish for 12lbs 11ozs his best fish weighing 4lbs 3ozs, and Mr Hailstones with ten fish for 2lbs 8ozs, Mr Connway had four fish for 8lbs, Mr Ferguson had ten fish for 21lbs 8ozs on boat, Mr Boag had five fish for 9lbs 11ozs, Mr Thompson had seven fish for 15lbs 4ozs and Mr Falkner had three fish for 8lbs 6ozs, but best weekend catch went to Kingfisher Angling Club who had 57 fish for 132lbs 7ozs with a nice double at 10lbs 1oz.

Also on the Pike angling, Mr Boyle and his son had an exceptional weekend with 24 fish, caught at the south end of the loch on baits, with a best fish of 22lbs.

5th May 2010

The month of May has started well with some good bags of fish coming to both fly and bait. Large hatches of buzzers on the go has seen some good fish starting to rise to them.

The water is now over 10C which makes a big difference to rising fish. This month should see some excellent catches as lots of flies start to hatch. The Hawthorns and Olives usually start at this time and at the back end of the month the Mayfly should be on the go. Last years hatch was good and we are hoping this year will be the same although the cold winter we have just had may effect the timing.

At the moment Black and green fritz, Orange blob , Green eyed monster and Yellow dancer seem to be doing well. Maggot and sweetcorn also doing well with small mepps and tobies also catching. The fish have been coming of both ends of the loch with the Barnauld Burn, Boathouse Bay and the first fence being very productive.

Local angler Martin Deighan had three on the fly from the first fence and lost a few. Wullie Smith from Dalrymple had a great weekend with 64 fish caught and returned over four days .Local anglers Stuart Reynolds and Alan Fraser had 9 trout between them on the 1st, mostly on spinner. Barlinie A/C had 46 fish for 114lbs including two over 6lbs.Danny Still had 7 for 14lb 3ozs.Mr Carrol had 8 for 14lb 14ozs and Mr McAvoy had 5 for 9lb.

Robert Auld and his boat partner had 6 for 12lbs and lost a lot in a frantic three hours on the 2kd.DSM fishing club from Dalry had 22trout for 42lbs 8ozs while Alex McClaren from Newmains had 8 for 14lbs on the 3rd.George Fisher from Wishaw had 6 for 12lb,Mr Miller from Ayr had 6 for 19lbs including one of 10lb 4ozs. Mr Buntting also had 6 for 10lb 4ozs.Mr Fullerton from Port Glasgow had 10 for 18lb10 mostly on Green eyed monster as did Mr Mooney who also had 10 for 16lbs.

27th April 2010

Loch Fad continues to produce some nice Rainbows although the changeable weather has hit its consistency, with even the nice days being spoiled by cold winds.

Mr Busby from Clydebank had 4 fish for 18lbs including a nice fish of 10lbs on bait while Mr Dow from Kinross had four for 11lb 4ozs on fly, his best weighing 5lb 10ozs.Mr Harrison from Alnwick had seven for 19lbs on bait including one of 6lb.

By the middle of the month the water was starting to warm and Eddie A'Hara from Glasgow had a nine pounder on a black buzzer. Mr McPartland had 5 for 18lbs including one of 10lbs 4ozs.

Mr Rooney and his party of four rods from Bellshill had 29 Rainbows for 43lbs including a fish of 8lbs on the 26th and Joe Schofield from Glasgow had an 8lb fish on the 27th.

Best flies are black and green or orange patterns at the moment.

Loch Quien producing Brownies to 2lb 10ozs recently with some nice fish rising to small dark flies Fishing best when the harsh wind is not blowing. Bruisers. Kate McClaren and Clan Chief worth a go.

12^th April 2010

The warmer weather has now started to warm the loch with countless buzzers hatching all over with lots of fish rising to them very early in the morning. There are a few fish being taken on buzzers but lures are still catching. Best bag to the fly this week was taken by Mr Bell from Dunoon who had nine on Black and Green Fritz for 16lbs 8ozs. Gold Head Nymphs and Damsels also taking fish.

Mr Turner from Glasgow had five for 14lbs 12ozs including a fish of 9lbs 12ozs on Saturday while his companion Mr McGhee had seven for 12lbs 14ozs. Mr Coxford and Mr Harrison had 51 trout for their week including one of 12lbs 6ozs and a couple of 8lb plus fish.

Sue Kuzyszyn from Preston had a nice Rainbow of 9lb 8ozs during her trip to the loch to show her husband how its done. With the water warming now, hopefully we will see some more rising fish before too long.

5^th April 2010

A cracking Fad rainbow

The dry spell over the weekend saw some good sport on Loch Fad with fish up to 11lbs 8ozs being caught. Mr Fisher’s party had nineteen fish for 43lbs 4ozs on Sunday including the 11lb 8oz fish. Bellshill anglers Mr Clowes had ten fish for 25lbs including a 9lb fish and Mr McLeod had nine including one of 10lbs 14ozs on Saturday.

Plenty bags of four to eight fish have been coming off to both fly and bait anglers. Local fisher Richard Home had seven including two around the 5lb mark, all at the south end on an Orange Fritz. Many different flies catching including Green Fritz, Black Fritz and Orange Blob.

A quality bag of Fad rainbows St Peters Angling Club had a visit to Loch Fad on Saturday 3^rd April and boated 38 fish weighing 78lbs including a best fish of 10lbs 4ozs. Lots and lots of buzzers hatching although the rises seem to be very early in the morning. The trout seem to be well spread out at both sides of the loch now.

27^th March 2010

Loch Fad is now warming to the spring weather conditions, with some good hatches of flies and buzzers on the water. Also plenty of early rising fish being seen.

This weekend saw some good bags of fish coming from both boat and bank. Colin Clement and his boat partner from Tyndrum had ten fish for 23lbs on mixed lures at the dam wall.

Andy Jamieson and his wife from Coatbridge had ten fish for 29lbs 8ozs including one at 10lbs. Mr McKenzie from Glasgow had ten fish for 19lbs 12ozs including one at 9lbs. Mr Campbell’s party had six fish for 23lbs at the old boathouse including one fish at 10lbs.

Mr Marsland and his grandson had eight fish for 15lbs 8ozs. Lilybank Fishing Club had a good day with 47 fish weighing 89lbs, fishing the left hand shore, their biggest fish weighing in at 7lbs. A party from Bellshill had 25 fish for 49lbs for their day out. The Ferguson lads had 20 fish for 48lbs.

These were good days sport on the loch, just nice timing for the Easter break.

LOCH FAD REPORT – 8^thMarch 2010

An amazing bag from Loch Fad

The 2010 trout fishing season on Loch Fad is now open and some very nice fish are being caught. Laurie Taylor of Rainbow Warriors Angling Club had a nice fish weighing 10lbs 12ozs to open his Loch Fad season, while Willie Riddicks from Ayr had the biggest fish so far weighing 12lbs 6ozs on a Damsel Nymph. Peter Edge from Troon had a 12lb Rainbow caught on a Green Fritz and Jim Wright of Good Companions Angling Club had six fish for 33lbs on Saturday for the best bag so far. Willie Fotheringham and his son Ewan from Fife had five fish in the boat for 20lbs 14ozs and local angler Leighton Reid had a nice fish of 9lbs 12ozs.

Quality fish from Loch Fad on Arran

Lots of different flies working including Black Fritz, Orange Blob, Damsels and Black Zonkers. The north end of the loch produced the most fish with the dam wall and pumphouse shore also doing well.

As with most lochs in Scotland this year there has been a lot of ice on Loch Fad, but it is completely clear at the moment and hopefully we have seen the worst of the cold weather already.

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