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Monthly Reports 2007

December 2007

Due to severe frost the fishery was frozen over for 16 days,the remainder of the month fished well with very few blanks.
Ace of spades and buzzers were doing best.
 K.Minnock, Bilbster caught nine fish in a two hour session.

Best Catches for December

G Gunn Wick 5lb 5oz
K Minnock Bilbster 4lb 1oz
A Budge Wick 3lb 5oz

November 2007

Due to the adverse weather the fishery has been quieter than usual this month, on the better days dry flies were giving good sport.
D Urchyd bagged five fish in a two hour session.

 

Best Catches for November

D Urchyd Castleford 3lb 12oz
J Davies Wales 3lb 4oz
K Minnock Bilbster 2lb 9oz

 

October 2007

October has been a very pleasant month leaving some nice catches on the dry fly. One of the highlights of the month was Ray Sinclair, Wick, catching the tag fish and netting himself £100.
R Imlach, Thurso caught 9 fish in a four hour session

Best Catches for September

R Imlach Thurso 5lb
I Mackay Wick 3lb 11oz
B Munro Wick 3lb 9oz

September 2007

The fishery has been busy this month with dry flies and buzzers doing best.
The month began very wet but has improved with some lovely days and frosty evenings.
J Sinclair Elgin landed 13 fish in a four hour session and P Robertson Orkney caught 11fish in a two session.                                                                                                                                         

 

Best Catches for September

W Sutherland Wick 3lb 12 oz
R Merry Calder 3lb 12 oz
G Reid Wick 3lb 2oz

August 2007

August has been a busy month at the fishery with some nice catches.
Weather has been very mixed with some mild evenings when dry flies,hoppers and daddies doing very well.
Best catches, A Bruce Thurso caught a nice 4lb 8oz rainbow and returned six fish in a two session.

 

Best Catches for August

B Little Wick 5lb
A Bruce Thurso 4lb 8oz
J Gunn Wick 4lb 5oz

July 2007

There has been no improvement in the weather this month and the dismal summer continues.
The unpredictable weather has been making fishing difficult with much chopping and changing of flies, late in the month daddies being the most productive.
George Gunn and Sandy Taylor of Wick both caught tag fish this month each winning £100.
D McLean of East Kilbride caught 5 fish in a two hour session.

Best Catches for July

K Warner Thurso 4lb
D Miller Wick 4lb
J Murray Garelochhead 3lb 10oz

June 2007

This month has been very disappointing, the north missed most of the rain but we had blustery disagreeable weather.
Black buzzers and klinkhammers were doing best.
K Kennedy Orkney had 14 fish in a four hour session.

 

Best Catches for June

K Kennedy Orkney 6lb 0 oz
J Sinclair Wick 4lb 10oz
B little Wick 4lb 8oz

May 2007

This Month the weather has been very mixed, with strong winds low evening temperatures making fishing unpredictable. Best catches this month were from M Macleod Harpsdale who had 8 fish in a two hour session while D Mason Aberdeen and D Romanis Leeds both had 7 fish also in two hours.

 

Best Catches for May

J Sinclair Wick 4lb 6oz
C Farquhar Wick 4lb 0oz
J Munro Lybster 4lb 0oz

April 2007

We have had glorious weather for April and this has brought a good turnout of anglers to the Fishery.The month started with the troutmasters which was won by Alan Porteous who now goes on to represent us in the final.We also had two hundred pound tag winners M Mackay Forss and G Gawthorpe Fife, best catches this month A Christie Elgin who had twelve fish in a four hour session and L Cameron Thurso who had ten in a two hour session.

Best Catches for April

G Shearer Watten 4lb 8oz
K Beales Wick 3lb 9oz
K Stevenson Halkirk 3lb 8oz

March 2007

This month has seen mixed weather starting off very windy, followed by sleet and heavy rain and has ended very spring like.
This has reflected on the fishing which was difficult early on but the month finished with dry flies doing well.

Best Catches for March

A Scollie Kirkwall 6lb 5oz
D Miller Wick 4lb 8oz
J Blake Thurso 3lb 10oz

February 2007

Mild but wet, with some nice catches early in the month. However proving to be more difficult fishing towards the end. D Adams, Orkney, caught seven fish and J Sinclair, Wick, caught six in a two hour session.

Best Catches for February

G Amour Halkirk 5lb
M Norquay Orkney 3lb
B Evetts Harpsdale 2lb 12oz

January 2007

The frost arrived, completely freezing us over for part of the month. When conditions improved fishing continued to be slow. E Bremner caught six fish and A Porteous five in a two hour session

Best Catches for January

K Minnock Bilbster 4lb 3oz
G Evetts Plymouth 4lb 3oz
G Evetts Plymouth 3lb 6oz