Sunday 19th June 2011

Today started off with fly tying with Jimmy Miller. This morning the Cygnets were tying a CDC (dry fly). There was a good effort made by all the cygnets at tying this fly and some of them actually tried the fly when fishing.

"CDC"

The fishing started as normal after the Cygnets drew their peg. It was instant success for Robert Fyfe when he hooked in to a fish on his first cast. This was a gorgeous blue trout that gave Robert a great fight before coming to the net.  Robert had his second fish a short time after.

The next Cygnet to hook into a fish, was Robert Hiddleston, who with some advice on how to fish the dry fly from Robert Fyfe, took his fish on a CDC that he tied at the fly tying session at the start of the day. He landed a cracking Rainbow trout.

It was not long before some of the other Cygnets managed to hook into fish. The weather today was dull and showery but felt muggy and warm.  There were 10 Cygnets fishing today on the Millpond.  It was hard work for some of the Cygnets who tried various flies from dry flies to wet flies to lures to try to tempt one of the elusive Swanswater fish.

The successful Cygnets were:-

Robert Fyfe - 2 fish retained and 2 fish returned

Cameron Smith - 2 fish retained and 1 fish returned

Abbi Hutton - 2 fish retained and 1 fish returned

Robert Hiddleston - 1 fish retained

Well done to all Cygnets who were fishing today for their perseverance.

So far this year 3 of the Swanswater Cygnets - Robert Fyfe, Abbi Hutton and William Addison - have been awarded Trout Fisherman Magazine Troutmaster badge for junior anglers catching a big fish.

Cygnets BBQ & Fishing Evening

The Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club held their annual BBQ and fishing evening on Saturday 11th June 2011.   Many thanks to Morna & Alasdair Lohoar for allowing Cygnets to hold their BBQ and thanks to everyone who attended and contributed to a delicious feast.

The evening commenced at 6pm with the Cygnets fishing on the Millpond. The weather was dull, cloudy and damp when we all started but the rain stayed off and it became a very pleasant evening though the midges were out in numbers.

There were 6 Cygnets who attended the BBQ and fishing evening. It was not long before the first fish of the evening was hooked and landed by Callum.  It turned out to be a difficult night for the Cygnets to hook fish.  There were a lot of fish showing all around the Millpond, but no matter what the Cygnets offered them, they were not taking the flies.

 

The Cygnets stopped fishing mid way through the fishing session for the BBQ

A big thank you to Alasdair and Angus for cooking the sausages and burgers. 

Fishing commenced again after we had all had enjoyed some delicous food.  The highlight for a lot of us, after the Burgers and Sauasages, was the cream scones.  The fish were really hard to catch, with a lot of the cygnets trying lures, wet flies, dry flies and buzzers in an attempt to see what the trout wanted.

 

Here are a couple of pictures of some of the sucessful Cygnets who caught trout during the session.

Callum Doherty

Robert Fyfe

The Cygnets return for the evening was:-

Robert Fyfe - 2 fish retained and 1fish released

Callum Doherty - 1 fish

Abbi Hutton - 1 fish

Overall it was frustrating evening's fishing for some of the Cygnets.  The last cast of the evening saw Abbi manage to tempt a fish and successfully landed it just as the light was starting to go. A fantastic end to the fishing session. Well done to all the Cygnets for their perseverance.

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Sunday 5th June 2011

Today was the seventh Cygnets meeting.  There were 12 Cygnets today. The day commenced tying the "FAB" (Blob) with Jimmy Miller.  Some of the Cygnets used "Dennis the Menace" fritz and some used "Orange" fritz for tying their "FAB". Following this the Cygnets pulled their number of peg from the hat and then started fishing.

"FAB"
( The fly pictured above was tied by Swanswater Cygnet, Robert Fyfe)

Today was dull and cold with a moderate easterly wind which made fishing a bit more tricky than we had all hoped.  At the start of the session the fish were showing all around the Millpond.

Cygnets start fishing

Now what will I try

Waiting for a take

William showing Jack how to tie the fly on

Waiting for a take

Fish On for Morgan with Robert waiting to net the fish

It was a difficult day, due to the wind coming from the East. However, a lot of the Cygnets did manage to get fish. In total 13 fish were landed by the Cygnets.  It was a tremendous sight to see the Cygnets help each other, either by tying on a fly or giving fishing advice to a less experienced Cygnet.  The Cygnets are always willing to help by netting a fellow Cygnets fish for them.  There is a real sense of camaraderie amongst the Cygnets.

Here are a few of the lucky Cygnets today with their fish

Cameron landed the biggest fish of the day.

Various patterns were catching today from Lures to wet flies to even dry flies. It was altogether another wonderful day for the Cygnets, in probably not the best fishing conditions.

The successful Cygnets today were:

Robert Fyfe - 2 Fish & 2 Returned

Cameron Smith - 2 Fish

Ellie McLaren - 2 Fish

Robert Hiddleston - 2 Fish

Thomas Penman - 1 Fish

William Addison - 1 Fish

Morgan McDougall - 1 Fish

The Cygnets and their catch

Next Saturday 11th June is the Cygnets BBQ.  We all hope that as many Cygnets can attend. Please remember that if you have not told Morna if you are attending, you must do this before Saturday so that we know the numbers of people attending.  The BBQ starts with fishing from 5.30pm.

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