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Edinburgh Reporter
24-06-2025
- Climate
- Edinburgh Reporter
Fisher is top rod at Millhall
Millhall Reservoir bosses confirmed mixed results at the loch, some anglers had a field day while others struggled for a few fish. Successful tactics ranged from dry flies to diawl bach and buzzer to damsels and other lures and Bill Sutherland confirmed that weed in the loch has 'exploded'. It has restricted fishing to the deeper parts of the water (pictured by Nigel Duncan), but he said there will be a major weed cutting operation in the near future to mitigate this problem. Anglers who have done well at the Polmont-based water included A Burns and B Dewar who returned 14 and 13 fish respectively on FAB and buzzer. T Sharp and R Skillen had seven fish each on dry flies, while W Turnbull and D Frater returned nine fish each, again on dry flies. S Ross managed nine fish on an orange wormit, while J Kelly returned 15 fish, again on dry flies. However, the best return for the week went to M Fisher who had 23 fish on a damsel pattern on an ntermediate line. Nearby, Bowden Springs at Linlithgow have restocked with Tiger and rainbow trout and Linlithgow Loch's top recent rod was Nigel Muckle with 15 fish. Boats are available most days. Allandale Tarn at West Calder closed their bait pond because of the high water temperature but their fly pond is open from 9am to 10.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday 9am to 8pm. Pottishaw near Whitburn report that Kark Phsteven had nine fish in his session and Morton Fishings have also restocked while Glencorse say they have boats available at the time of writing this. In East Lothian bosses of Newlands Tweeddale say Chris Kerr (Tranent) hooked into ten fish on Fab and buzzer. Finally, the Scottish Canal Championship is on Sunday, June 29 on the Forth and Clyde Canal between Wyndford and Dullatur, fishing 11am to 4pm. Contact Gus Brindle for details on 07812 241816. Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Edinburgh Reporter
Home Nations test for Scotland's carp team
Scotland's men's carp angling team contest the Home Nations at Naseby Reservoir in Leicestershire this weekend against England and Wales. Locally, catches were down at Millhall Reservoir near Polmont with almost no surface activity and anglers having to go deep for successful hook-ups. Ally McCoist and buzzer patters plus a selection of lures worked best. Linlithgow Loch report that their most successful set-ups were floating or midge-tip lines with blobs or FAB in orange colour, buzzer, diawl bach and black and green lures the best patterns. Alan McGregor was among the top rods with 15 fish, 12 on size 14 Grunter and three on hedgehog. John Kearney was top rod at Bowden Springs near Linlithgow with ten on the bung. Allandale Tarn are now open until late. Their new hours are 9am to 10.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday 9am to 8pm. Gates open 8am. Sea fishing now and Simon Hogan from Cumbria won Zone A in the latest Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers Open held at Riverside Drive in Dundee. Stevie Burns from Prestonpans was second. In Zone B, Edinburgh angler David Cooper (pictured on a local beach by Nigel Duncan) won with James Duncan (Montrose) second. The longest fish was recorded by Arbroath angler Stewart Falconer with a 34cm flounder. Kirkcaldy-based Chris Horn, one of the organisers, said the venue did not fish anywhere near its potential, possibly because of a smaller tide. Elsewhere, George Harris (Dunshalt) won the first leg of the summer league organised by the Kirkcaldy-based St Serfs sea fishing club with 336 points. Colin Hay (Kirkcaldy) was second on 327 points and he landed the longest fish at 36cm. Michael Abrahams (Kirkcaldy) was third on 120 points with David Erskine (Kirkcaldy) fourth on 41 points, with Ian Crombie (Dysart) and Frank McFarlane (Buckhaven) tied on 39 points for fifth place. Like this: Like Related
