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News 2010
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NewsSEPTEMBER 10th 2011After nearly 3 weeks of low water the river has burst back to life with lots of water this week, too much at times. Three afternoons then Saturday were all lost with high water. Ballantrae Bridge had 22 for the week. The river is at 4ft tonight ( 12th Sep ) and provided we get no more rain the prospects look very good for the next few days. August 8th 2011 A lively grilse at Balnowlart on Sat 13th Aug
Ballantrae Bridge Balnowlart Knockdolian had its best week so far with 33. Colmonell Angling Club had 8 between Thurs – Sat, best of which a 12lb to George Falls & young Craig Walker had a 6lb fish from Ministers as did Robert McIlwraith. Kirkhill is being well fished but I couldn’t get hold of Gilbert. Owen Samson had one out the Dub on Friday. Dalreoch & Almont - Monday 8th Hallowchapel another big fish for Tom Lothian this time 14lb on
Tues 9th. Laggansarroch While fishing at the bottom of Balnowlart on Saturday I saw a lot of grilse running in straight from the sea. We caught a few of these and they were in great condition covered in sea-lice. With the good number of 2SW fish already in the river and now with the arrival of the grilse , expect to read about some bumper catches here if we keep getting some decent water. Gordon Hyslop JULY 2011Sat 16th July – the river lifted a foot albeit very dirty with the only success I heard of was up on Laggansarroch, where Doug Wyllie landed and returned three nice sea trout just before the darkening. More rain on Sunday had the river in good condition however it poured all day on Monday spoiling what looked like being a great day on Monday. Tuesday was perfect water. Robert Dalrymple down on the Ballantrae beat got their first fish of the season from Diana’s; a sea-liced 8.5lb fish which was returned. Balnowlart had three. Hugh McLatchie a fish of 13lbs from the Corner on a rapala. Gordon Hyslop, one from the Tig Pool, approx 10lbs on a red tube and one for Steven Holliday, 7lbs from the Garden Seat. Kirkholm has been very lightly fished this season and are counting three, the best of which was around 10lbs to Willie Marshall. On Knockdolian Brian Wilson had two 10lb fish from Bankweil – both returned. Colin O’Dele lost three salmon and caught a 1.5lb sea trout an Archie Mitchell & John Hall both lost three fish each. Colmonell Club water didn’t land any, however Les Howarth lost a good fish after having it on for a while. Up on Kirkhill, Tom Wallace had a good fish of 13lbs while Ross McCulloch lost a big fish on a monkey just above Colmonell Bridge. On the opposite side at Bardrochat, Alec McGhee had a 8lb fish out of the Bridge Pool while Alan Scott had a 12lb fish out the Dub. Tom Lothian had another 12lb fish from Hallowchapel – this new rod of his certainly doing the business. As I write the river is getting very low again and only a very few sea trout anglers are on the river. June 2011After rain all day and night of June 17th the Stinchar was a raging torrent more than 6ft and on Sat 18th more rain in the morning just kept it at that height, only losing a foot by darkening. Balnowlart had a fish on moon (no details), Knockdolian had a fish around 9lb off Dalni by syndicate member Brian Shaw on his Stinchar flamethrower. Up on Bardrochat Garry Burden landed a 9lb fish on a rapala, keeper John Goodenough lost a good fish in the same pool. Across the water Davy Conner (registered blind) who was being guided by a friend landed a fish around 7lb while spinning in Rory’s on Kirkhill. Well done DC. Jonny Gaff had a 9lb fish off Almont. Tuesday the river lifted 4in and Garry Burden had another 1 this time off the club water below Colmonell bridge - it weighed 11lb. Wm Blane and Steven Holiday were both in the action at Balnowlart with fish of 12lb and 7lb. Archie Mitchell and John Hall were on Twins & Bankweil and had decided to pack up around 3pm as they hadn’t seen anything all day when they noticed the river had came up. Archie had his rod taken down when John got a fish - they then fished on and finished the day with three (13, 8 & 7lb). Wednesday saw three more from Knockdolian one from Macallum’s and two from the Blackstone at the House pools for Lord Richard, one about 8 or 9lb and another he said looked like a fish of 13lb but felt more like 15lb it was so solid. Dalreoch had one from the Craig 9lb. Hallowchapel had two a 12lb fish for Tom Lothian on his new rod & reel and a 9lb fish for Colin Liddle. Eddie Smith had two, both 9lb from the Isles at Minuntion. Young Daniel Conon had two from the Pot in the village of Barr 9lb & 10lb. Thursday I was on Dalni & Scaur and played a good strong fish in the Scaur for a while before we parted company. I then landed a big hen approx 18lb in Dalni which swam away none the worse for our meeting. Interestingly that fish had only a touch of silver left on her, I reckon she has been in the river from early April. Unfortunately my camera choose the wrong night to decide not to work and the phone was on the charger. Home, and onto Amazon and now in possession of a nice new little Kodak which is totally waterproof, in fact can take underwater pics so hopefully no more missed opportunities. Friday saw the water getting low again but after overnight rain the river rose a few inches on Saturday. The only fish I know about on Saturday was two from Balnowlart, a 7lb to George Falls on a silver toby & an 11lb fish from Watson’s for myself on a little gold bodied willie gunn half in tube. - Gordon Hyslop May 2011 Brian's 12 pounder on McCallums
26th May Another one today - caught by myself on Knockdolian on Dalnie Pruin on a Stinchar Stoats Tail size 8. The fish weighed around 16lbs. Unfortunately it was deeply hooked and bleeding and had to be killed. I then handed the fish into the estate for them to decide what they do with it as I hate having to kill big fish, especially springers. 24th May 18th May All the best, e-mail Gordon at wmhyslopandsons@fsmail.net or text or phone 07767 332800
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