Lochter Fishery

Well done there to Riley, a lovely pic there of him with his first fish on the fly and one from the weekend with Stonehaven angling club / Somers.
Still much the same on the algae front nice and clear on muckle but algae on the other two. Please note we won't be doing any food this coming Sunday due to a private event with activities so you'll need to make up a piece.
Cheers Brian

A couple of pics from the bait ponds always good to see the juniors with their first fish. Thankfully a bit cooler today after that wee heatwave this week, water temps have come up 5 deg f from Wednesday to Friday which have slowed things down a bit from the start of the week when we have had some great sport on dries. The middle loch is steadily improving on the algae front and still nice and clear on the muckle. Cheers Brian

We have just some sad news about one of our regulars, Brian Ross has just passed away. Brian has not been able to come out for some time due to ill health but he would call every week to see how the fishing was doing and to ask for everyone especially fishery dog. If you ever met Brian I'm sure he will have told you about his famous carpet fly. Rip. Brian

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Congratulations to Zac Anderson for catching his first fish on the fly a nice 🌈 on a buzzer. Current conditions are not easy with the warm water temps but eary and late birds not surprisingly are doing best, at least water temps have dropped a wee bit from the 66 (no football reference for a change) of last week. Another pic there from the bait pond of another happy youngster. Daddies have died down a bit this week but still good at time, my thinking id that they are being taken for the female dragon fly, I've never seen so many dragon flies as this year. Nice to have robert back out fishing again after his wee scare. Cheers Brian

Spectacular pic there from Les again just at sunset last night, a late evening snack for the osprey chicks before bedtime.
Have had a few fishers lately saying they have been broken by big fish, this one pictured will have been one of them and has unfortunately paid the price. I couldn’t see any damage but on closer inspection a big Ali McCoist was lodged in its throat, remember its not the fishes fault you get broken its always the angler thats got something wrong, be it leader, knots or too much tension.
Guess the weight to the nearest ounce, first to get it right wins a mars bar.
On a more serious note a get well message to Robert, hope your on the mend now and see you back on your cairty before long.

Cheers. Brian

Josh there with a belter of a first fish a right chunder, after a few near misses he got this one on the dry. We managed a quick out and back in since it was his first fish, but normally keep fish in the water whenever possible. The fish went back no bother. A wee snap also from the new bait pond. After the warmer temps last week water temps have stabilised at a reasonable 65 deg f, forecast is for a bit cooler this coming week so here's hoping that's right. Daddies doing well with a nice breeze and when the sun dips. Cheers Brian

Good conditions tonight for a shot of dry fly fishing. Overcast and fish showing on the top of the water. We are open till 10pm tonight, Stuarts on, look forward to seeing you!

Shuttlecock and particularly the CDC yellow owl are the ones to kit out with.