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LATEST NEWS
14th April 08.
This week has
seen yet another fantastic week with some superb catches being
recorded despite the cold conditions. Top angler on Saturday was
John Thomson from Falkirk, fishing from the bank he kept one
Rainbow for 6.5 lbs and stopped counting his returns when he
reached 40, all on size 14 flies and a floating line no less.
Bitter cold conditions and bright sunshine certainly hasn’t put
the fishing off in any way whatsoever as seen in a sample of
this weeks catches below.
J Patrick – 4
for 23lb 14oz. 1 at 9lb 10oz & 1 at 9lb 7oz
G McGregor / A
Daisley – 34 all returned
J McGonagle –
6 for 17lb 5oz. 1 at 8lb 12oz
R Ambrose – 12
for 26lb 8oz + 11 returned
R Robertson –
3 for 12lb
A Brock – 17,
all returned
R McLay – 5
for 8lb 6oz+ 9 returned
Grangemouth AC
– 35 for 81 lb 6oz
To book please
contact 01324 823698
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Despite the
freezing cold conditions and driving snow we’ve seen recently
the fishing has continued to be absolutely superb at Carron with
most anglers getting their limit and more. Many of the fish
caught have been larger and some overwintered, all in fabulous
condition.
A special
mention to Mr B Paton from Kilsyth who managed to land a 6.5lb
Blue trout on only the second time he’s held a fishing rod. Two
friends he was fishing with scored extremely well also. John
Wilson landed a 9lb rainbow while his mate Matt Angus landed a
4lb 7oz wild brown trout.
Some other
recent catches:
Grizzlecats AC
– 68 for 129lb 6oz + 57 returned
A Donaghy – 3
for 8lb 4oz + 24 returned
E Clark/K Thom
– 10 for 19lb + 4 returned
A Brock – 17,
all returned
I Skilling – 5
for 9lb 6oz + 17 returned
M Low / R
Gilbert – 10 for 18lb 7oz + 17 returned
For bookings
please tell 01324 823698
A few photographs of recent catches
John Wilson from
Kilsyth with his 9lb rainbow.
If
you think this
fish may not look 9 lbs ... you really need to see the size of Mr
Wilson to appreciate the scale.

Matt Angus from
Kilsyth with his 4lb 7oz brownie

Yet another
Kilsyth angler with a 6.5 lb blue trout.

A Great Start to 2008 on Carron
Opening
weekend 2008 was a great success for anglers at Carron Valley.
Opening day
(Sat 15th) seen 36 anglers weighing in 145 fish for
257lb and returning a further 129 fish.
Some notable
catches on opening day:
J&N Ross – 6
for 20lb 11oz + 9 returned
I&S Muckle – 5
for 9lb 9 oz + 23 returned
R Gilbert / B
McKenna – 11 for 17lb 3oz + 6 returned
J Milne / I
Bell – 4 for 7lb 4oz + 12 returned
G McGregor/Mr
Galloway – 7 for 13lb 3 oz + 9 returned
Best fish of
the day was a 4.8oz brownie caught by David McFall from Lenzie
who, along with his father, had 13 fish in total.
The following
day was a harder day with double the wind speed and a few
degrees colder however the best over all catch of the weekend
was had on the Sunday by R Watson & W Muir from Ayrshire who had
a total of 31 fish (24 Rainbows + 7 Browns).
Best fly of
the weekend was a size 10 Bibio with small lures (Ace of Spades,
Carron Rabbit, Viva etc) closely behind.
To book please call 01324 823698
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The End of Another Great Season on Carron
Today brings the end of another season at Carron and I would
like to take this opportunity and use this forum to thank
everyone who has fished here this season.
We have had a fantastic response to the new stocking policy and
the quality of the fish and it's fair to say the feedback we've
received from anglers this year has all been very positive.
I'm delighted to say that Carron has fished exceptionally well
all season and from what I've learned this season and our future
stocking policy, next season promises to be even better.
Next year we'll be open from Sat 15th March through to Friday
31st October.
I hope you all have an enjoyable time over the winter and look
forward to seeing you again next year. We can be contacted by
phone or e mail over the closed season for 2008 bookings.
Many thanks again,
Fraser
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Carron Brown Trout

An October Rainbow from Carron

Carron
Valley Fishing Report – August 2007.
August has
continued as before with Carron still fishing superbly. Even
although water temp is up fantastic catches are still being
caught on dries. Over the last few weeks daddies, hoppers,
muddlers, buzzers are all doing the business extremely well.
Sparklers and blobs appear best on the colder days we’ve had.
The bank
anglers are having a ball with almost all getting their limits
early on then fishing C&R for the remainder of the day.
Not much more
can be said so on to some recent catches.
J Davis – 6
for 24lb 4oz with the biggest fish in August at 10lb 12oz plus 5
returned
J Robertson, H
Tolan, Auchterarder – 12 for 23lb & 4 returned
D Walker,
Cumbernauld – 6 for 22lb & 7 returned
R Gilbert,
Kilmarnock – 12 for 22lb 4oz & 6 returned
M McCreadie, M
Ray – 12 for 27lb 7oz & 12 returned
WLFD AC – 26
for 46lbs & 50 returned
Hedgehogs AC –
22 for 45lb 11oz
RAF Northern
League – 40 for 66lb 3oz & 16 returned
Largs AC – 35
for 60lb
Early
indications show September looking even better.
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Carron
Valley Fishing Report – July 2007.
July has yet
again seen some excellent sport at Carron Valley, many large
bags taken, with the majority of fish being caught on hoppers,
muddlers, daddies and various dry flies.
Fishing
reports generally concentrate on the numbers of fish caught, and
while we continue to have an extremely high average per angler
(see below) what we often miss out on is the quality of the
fish. The one constant since we opened this season has been the
comments received from anglers about the quality of the trout we
stock, with many anglers saying they are the best quality trout
they’ve caught anywhere.
I have copied
below an extract from an e mail received on Tuesday this week
from a gentleman who almost never fishes for anything other than
wild fish.
Hi Fraser,
Just wanted
to say how impressed I was today by the quality of your rainbow
trout...... the most perfect rainbow trout I have caught
anywhere. At just under two pounds, silver as a sea trout, full
tail and fins, firm, muscular and fighting fit, as close as
you'll get to the real thing outside North America. I only wish
I had had the camera with me....
John
Some July catches:
R Stanovitch –
6 for 13lb 8oz
Newton Stewart
AC – 19 RT for 41lb & 13 BT for 7.5lb + 13 returned
B Turpie & R
McKinlay – 12 for 23lb 6oz & 17 returned
Mr McNeil – 6
for 14lb 8oz & 7 returned
Aberdour A C –
20 RT for 43lb & 3 BT for 3lb + 60+ returned
S Montgomery –
9 for 18lb 10 oz + 12 returned
J Dunbar (3 in
boat) – 18 for 54 lb + 11 returned (largest fish 11 lb 6 oz)
Lochinch AC –
28 for 55lb 10 oz + 15 returned
John (Smeato) Smeaton with a 4lb 7oz Blue

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Carron Valley
Reservoir – Fishing Report 30th June 2007.
Carron Valley
is still continuing to fish superbly, although there was a bit
of a blip for a few days with the thunder and lightning we had
recently which put the fish down. However they are now back on
form and on the top.
We’ve seen
some fabulous dry sport with daddies and black & olive hoppers
working extremely well.
The bank
anglers are doing equally well if not better and one angler,
David Taddie from Edinburgh, reckons he had the best day's
fishing ever with 35 from the bank.
B Baith had 8
for 16.5lb
Newton Stewart
AC 19 rainbow trout for 41lb & 13 brown trout for 7.5lb
Clydesdale
Bank had 45 fish (no weight recorded)
Mr Sturrock &
Mr Chalmers from Paisley had 12 rainbow trout for 28lb 3oz plus
4 returned, and 7 brown trout, all returned.
To name a few.
We were also
delighted to host a friendly competition between some of the
Scottish adult and Scottish youth teams which saw 51 fish for
77lb and 27 returned in difficult conditions.
Last but not
least Jim Martin from Kilsyth won our bottle of malt for a
cracking rainbow which hit the scales at 11 lb 8 oz.
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Carron Valley
Reservoir – Fishing Report 7th June 2007.
Thought I would
post some recent news on how the fishing’s going but firstly I’d
like to thank everyone for their kind comments over the last few
weeks & months.
There’s no let
up at all on both the quality and the quantity of fishing at the
moment regardless of conditions.
As with all
fishing you just need to tweak your methods to suit the weather,
time of day etc. In summary, the best flies over the last few
weeks have been: black pennell, green tailed Kate, hare’s ear,
claret muddler, black hoppers, numerous buzzers, loch Ordie,
yellow dancer and blae & black. As I’m sure many of the guys on
here will know others are working just as well, however these
seem to be the favourites over the last few weeks.
The rise
tonight had to be seen to be believed….almost as if someone had
turned the gas on under the water. One bank angler (R Gordon,
Alloa) had 14, mainly on dry’s and particularly a size 14 loch
Ordie & size 16 black spider.
I’ve posted
some recent excerpts from the catch returns.
Mr McGinley
6 for 11lb 7oz & 15 returned
Bell /
Templeton 12 for 26lb 13oz & 3
returned
W Leach / J
Crawford
10 for 23lb & 20 returned
RASC 31 for 45lb
8oz & 11 returned
M Ward / G
Parker
46 All returned
Kelvinside A C
35 for 68lb 8oz (RT) & 4 for 4lb 4oz (BT)
Tempo 37 for 84lb
11oz & 21 returned
M Low / R
Gilbert
10 for 20lb 4 oz
R
Fitzpatrick 6 for 11lb
8oz
Mr McGlone
7 for 13lb & 12 returned
SPRA 59
for 111 lb (RT) & 13 for 13lb (BT)
Wilkinson` 12 for 20lb
4oz & 3 returned
None of the
really big fish we have put in have so far come out although I
was told today that someone had a 15lber (approx) on Monday and
had to put it back as they already had their limit. Largest
Rainbow off so far has been 9lb 2oz, largest Brown trout has
been 8lb. Biggest over the last few days was a 5lb 2oz rainbow
taken by Charlie Rankin.
Final thought –
There’s a bottle of malt for the first angler who has a fish in
double figures.
Hank with 4
lb brownie

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Carron Valley Reservoir – Fishing Report 21st May 2007
Fishing has
been superb lately and yet again we have seen some record
catches coming off, mainly to traditional wets although some
have had success with dries when the conditions have been right.
The evening sessions are showing some really good rises now and
water temperature is on the increase.
Again Jim
Quigley from Fintry gets himself into Carron Valley's records
with the largest brown trout at 8lb while J Bell from Kilmarnock
had a nice rainbow at 9lb although still half the size of some
of the fish recently stocked.
Inverkeithing
farmers had 23 for 45lb 6oz including a brownie at 4 and a half
pounds.
A Donnelly & J
Banks (Glasgow) kept 12 for 27lb and stopped counting after 30
returns. J Buchanan (Gargunnock), 19 all returned. K Doig & N
Burns kept 4 for 8lb 8oz and returned another 42.
R McMaster
fishing from the bank had 3 for 12lb 4oz and returned 14.
Derek
Peoples from Kelso with a nice 5 lb brown trout

An 8 lb 12 oz Carron rainbow trout

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Carron Valley Reservoir – Fishing Report 22nd April 2007
The first two
weeks of 2007 have seen some tremendous sport as well as some
record catches. Black Pennel and hare's lug seem to be the top
flies over the last two weeks. Michael Low from East Kilbride
had 6 fish for 19.5 lb and returned another 17. He currently
holds the record for the biggest fish this year tipping the
scales at 9lb (see picture below). As well as some bumper
rainbows we’ve seen 14 Brownies in excess of 4lb caught so far,
the largest of which was caught by the chairman of Milngavie AC
and weighed 4lb 11oz, pictured below.
Other
notable bags have been:
R Gilbert (Thack)
- 6 for 19lb and 14 returned. Campbell Morgan 6 for 11.5lb and
11 returned. J Campbell Cumbernauld 20 all returned. J Quigley,
Fintry - 24, all returned. Mr Quigley also claims the accolade
of being the first person ever to catch a Rainbow Trout at
Carron. W Leach & D Paterson had 8 for 17lb 10oz and returned a
further 15. D Steele 6 for 23lb 4oz and 10 returned.
A lovely
Brownie being returned

Michael Low with his 9lb Rainbow

A superb 4lb 11oz Brownie

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CARRON VALLEY FISHERY
LTD - PRESS RELEASE March 2007
Carron Valley Fishery announce new stocking policy for 2007 season
and beyond.
With effect from March 2007 Carron Valley reservoir, managed by
Carron Valley Fishery Ltd, will begin a policy of stocking Rainbow
Trout in addition to the current stocking policy of Brown Trout.
The current management have strived to maintain a Brown Trout
fishery for the last three seasons. However
continuing trends & customer demand clearly indicate that a brown
trout fishery of this nature is not financially viable, and that, in
order to maintain this amenity to the angling public, it has been
necessary to introduce the new stocking policy.
After discussions with many of their regular anglers and clubs, the
management then went into further consultation with various
organisations to assess both the environmental implications and
viability from the anglers' perspective.
The new policy should appeal to a wider range of anglers who enjoy
traditional wild Brown Trout sport as well as the opportunity to
hook up with hard fighting Rainbow Trout.
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