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2008 Season at Carron Valley

Carron Valley Report 15th Sept 08

The water has continued to fish extremely well recently with most action on the top or just under the surface. The most successful flies in recent weeks have been Bibio, Kate MacLaren, D’ Bach and Loch Ordie, the first two more so in snatcher form. On the sunnier or colder days white cats have worked well however most fish are being taken right on the surface and extremely close to the bank.

A few entries from the catch return book as follows:

Mr Marshall & Mr Wallace, Cumbernauld – 10 for 23lb 7oz + 4 returned

Mr Middlemass, Mid Calder – 3 for 5lb + 40 returned

Thack A C – 34 for 67lb + 7 returned

R Kenning / A Moffat, Mallaig – 7 for 19lbs 8oz + 5 returned

CSP – 24 for 44lb + 30 returned

Special mention to Mr Moir from Stirling who landed one of the nicest Brown Trout we’ve seen at Carron. It weighed 5lb 13oz which, although certainly not the largest, was an absolute cracker ....

Mr Moir with his 5lb 13 oz brown trout

Bill Holeran with a 9 lb Blue

Bobby Moore with a 9lb 3oz Rainbow

Fishing has been excellent over the last few weeks despite the heavy rain and some really nice bags as well as individual fish have been caught. The most prolific fly recently has been a Bibio, followed closely by Kate MacLaren and Loch Ordie.

The recent heavy downpours have brought the loch back up a few feet and exposed a lot of natural feeding, bringing on some excellent rises.

Some recent catches

Townhill AC – 23 for 43lb 1oz + 5 returned

R McConachie – 57 all returned

Central Scotland Police – 18 for 46lb 3oz + 11 returned

SANA Youth – 75 for 143lb 9oz + 21 returned. Largest fish 8lb 1.5oz – Grant Osler

Some other notable fish

Bill Holleran, Bo’ness – 9lb Blue

Bobby Moore, Cumbernauld – 9lb 3oz R’bow

Grant Hendry, Falkirk – 10lb R’bow

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Again we’ve seen some good catches over the last week or so with most fish being taken on dries, buzzers and sedgehogs in the evening sessions and a mixture of nearly everything during the day sessions. The warmer weather has brought some terrific rises, mainly in the evenings although some day sessions have shown great rises when the weather has been favourable.

We’ve seen a whole load of blues coming off to both the anglers and the Ospreys, as well as a fair number of double figure rainbows.

Some recent catches include;

Gartmore AC – 24 for 45lb 10oz + 25 returned (biggest 10lb)

Bill Holleran has returned 43 fish over two outings

D McAlpine – 36 all returned

Mr Brunton & Mr Mason – 8 for 18lb 4oz + 17 returned

Scottish Fire & Rescue – 38 for 75lb 1oz +12 returned

Special mention to Mrs Sinclair from Glasgow who landed a lovely 9lb 4 oz fish on her second outing this year.

Scottish Youth Team member Calum McIver with a good Carron brown trout

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After a slightly quieter spell the recent weather seems to have flicked the switch back on with some great catches over the last week or so. Dries and buzzers seem to be the order of the day when cloud cover is good, while traditionals (Kate MacLaren, Diawl Bach) and mini lures (Carron Rabbit, Viva, Ace of Spades etc.) are working well when the sun is out. The bigger catches of Rainbows seem to be coming on day sessions while the Browns are out in force in the evenings.

Some recent catches:

SANA Youth team – 28 for 49lb 2oz + 39 returned

Thack A C- 30 for 63lb

Falkirk FD – 30 for 52lb + 4 returned

I Wallace / G Annal – 10 for 19lb 3oz + 7 returned

Bank anglers are also doing very well at the moment as the following two examples show.

P Rae Kilsyth – 9, all returned

R Fitzpatrick Kilsyth – 3 for 5lb 8oz + 10 returned

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The recent spell of weather has brought some great hatches and even better rises to Carron over the last week and we’ve also seen large numbers of mayfly appearing which is a first for us.

Even in the bright sunshine and flat calm during the day, plenty of fish are coming off to those going down for them and in the evenings most sport is to be found on the surface with some great dry fly fishing on the warm evenings.

Congratulations to Mr J Fotheringham from Stenhousemuir who landed the biggest fish this week (and this season so far) at 11lb 11oz (see photograph below).

Also congratulations to Campbell Morgan and Donald Forbes who won the Scierra pairs and to Steve Welsh, Rob Denson, Tom Graham and George Leishman who all qualified. 

Some of this week's catches include:

S & G Robinson, Newcastle – 10 for 20lb 10oz + 14 returned

Mr McFarlane & Mr Grant, Bothwell – 9 for 17lb 4oz + 10 returned

Falkirk Municipal AC – 33 for 56lb 8oz + 8 returned

Team Canada (3 anglers) – 26 all returned

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The fishing over the last few weeks has again continued to be first class with a mixture of large bags and large fish.

The recent weather has seen a huge increase in surface activity and some of the rises seen here over the last few weeks have been nothing short of spectacular. In the evenings fishing dries seems to be the answer and cdc’s, Loch Ordie and snatchers have all done well throughout the day.

A few mentions from the last week:

Mr Stevens & Mr Macleod, Cumbernauld – 16 all returned. Richard Kenning, Mallaig – 3 for 6lb + 16 returned. D Forbes, P Batchelor – 5 for 16lb 2oz + 12 returned (biggest 8lb 8oz). J Patrick jnr & J Patrick Snr, Kilsyth – 10 for 18lb 4oz + 26 returned. G Sloan & N McNeil, Kilmarnock – 10 for 18lb +19 returned. Largest fish of the week was Kenny Scott from Earlston A.C with a 9lb 2oz Rainbow.

Day two of the World team selection saw 21 anglers take 280 fish.

On this note I’d like to congratulate Calum Crosbie, Willie Leach, Jim Lister, Donald Forbes, Davy Chalmers and Simon Cocker on their performance over the 4 days and winning their places on the team. Not only a great bunch of guys but as good a team as you’ll get.

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The first two weeks of May have seen some tremendous sport with no let up in the quantity of fish being caught. Dries and buzzers are working very well especially in the evening sessions and the bright sunshine we’ve had of late hasn’t put the fish off at all. Water temp is up and some decent hatches have produced some great rises and top of the water sport.

The majority of anglers have had large catches and while it’s impossible to list them all a few examples are shown below.

D Kelly / A Deans – 12 for 28lb 7oz + 15 returned

D Paterson / W Leach – 23 all returned

R Guthrie – 3 for 6lb 4oz + 19 returned

S Walker – 21 returned

R Petrie – 10 for 19lb 7oz + 17 returned

Milngavie AC – 28 for 56lb (biggest 6lb 3oz)

Clydesdale bank – 76 fish kept + 39 returned

Some notable individual fish

Graham Walsh - 10lb 10oz (+ 5lb 14oz Brown)

Kevin Porteus – 10lb 5oz

Sam Montgomery – 9lb 12oz

John Benson – 9lb 13oz

D Chalmers – 7lb Blue

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and some pics ......

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14^th 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

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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

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Opening weekend 2008 was a great success for anglers at Carron Valley.

Opening day (Sat 15^th) 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.

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