At last, due to warmer weather, the water temperature has topped 13c which will mean that floating lines and midge tips will soon be the most successful tactics coupled with small wets, dries and buzzers. Another couple of thousand brownies will be stocked this week mainly to the south shore drifts.

Fraser and Greg Young from Johnstone had great sport using midge tip lines and size 16’s buzzers with their best drifts being Portnellan, Milton Bay, Boathouse bay and Submarine Island.

Featuring amongst the best club returns last week were

Darvel Fly Fishers, 7 boats, 16 fish for 18lb12oz - best rod Kenny McLean 6 for 5lb 14oz and the Ferry Fly Fishers, 7 boats,11 fish for 16lb.

Crown Fly Fishers, 8 boats, 15 anglers returned 37 fish with 3 anglers taking their 7 fish limit - Rab Irvine had the winning weight with 6lb 10oz fishing in Boat House Bay with 5 on wets and 2 on dries. 

Willie Osborne had the heaviest fish at 1lb 10oz taken from Submarine Island on a Bibio. Leven Fly Casters, 3 boats, all boats did well returning all fish.

 The best taking flies last week proved to be the Hares Lug, small Black Buzzers, Clan Chief and the Golden Olive Bumble and the best areas were Beetle Bay, Submarine Island, Boathouse Bay and Milton Bay