Next Session Information

The next Cygnets session is this coming Sunday, 2nd September 2012.

The A team (experienced Cygnets) will be away this coming Cygnets session. The A team are having an outing to fish Millhall Fishery, Falkirk.  The Cygnets who are going on the outing have been informed of the arrangements by Jim Allan.

The B team will be at Swanswater Fishery as normal with the usual times for fly tying and fishing thereafter.

We look forward to seeing the Cygnets on Sunday

Tight lines.

Swanswater Cygnets Barbecue

The Swanswater Cygnets held their annual fishing barbecue this evening. Unfortunately the weather was dull and wet. This did not dampen the cygnets spirits.  The Cygnets were divided into 3 teams with team captains William Addison, Abbi Hutton and Robert Fyfe. The teams were chosen by Angus MacDougall, Chairman. Each team had a waterside assistant to help.

Teams

 

William Addison

Cameron Smith

Robert Hiddleston

W/A  Alasdair Fyfe

 

 

Abbi Hutton

Eddie McKillop

Mathew Beattie

W/A Jimmy Miller

 

Robert Fyfe

Connor Sewell

Scott Dinley

W/A Jim Allan

Dave Armour

 

 

The rain was heavy at times but this did not stop the Cygnets. The first fish to be successfully landed was a hard fighting rainbow by Robert Fyfe followed by a superb rainbow caught by Cameron Smith.  There were fish showing all around the Mill Pond with the golden trout giving the Cygnets some fun trying to catch them.

 

The barbecue was held half way through the session with Angus MacDougall and Alasdair Lohoar in charge of the cooking of the beefburgers and sausages.

 

After the barbecue the Cygnets had fun trying to burst balloons by casting fly lines into hoops. Following this the Cygnets were back onto the Mill Pond to fish for the final part of the session.

 

 

The Successful Cygnets were:-

  

                                            Robert Fyfe                                                     3 Fish (2 retained and 1 returned)

Eddie McKillop                                                2 Fish

Cameron Smith                                                 1 Fish

Mathew Beattie                                                 1 Fish

 

 

The overall team competition was a draw between Abbi Huttons and Robert Fyfes teams with 3 fish each.

 

 

It was a great evening despite the rain. It became dry and clear towards the end of the session.

 

 

 



Stillwater Fly Life

Here is an article that highlights the things you need to know to match the hatch for sucess throughout the trout season.

Article by Mr Mark Roberts Total Flyfisher September 2012

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(You may need to zoom in on your browser to read the article)

Swanswater Cygnets Barbecue

Cygnets barbecue

The annual barbecue has been rearranged for this coming Saturday, 25^th August.  Fishing is from approximately 5.30 to 9.00pm  with the bbq scheduled for around 7.30pm.   All Cygnets and their parents/guardians and siblings are invited.

If you wish to attend, you MUST let me know by 6pm on Tuesday 21^st August so that we can order enough burgers and sausages from the butcher, and buy enough rolls to put them in.   .  (Those who were at Cygnets session today and who have already signed up don’t need to let me know again!)

Burgers, sausages and rolls will be provided by the Club.    Everyone is invited to bring along a contribution to the food.   We already have offers of :

Juice & crisps

Juice, crisps & dip

Fried onions

Salad

Tuna pasta

Traybake/cake

Lemon cheesecake

Still required

Paper plates/napkins/plastic knives and forks

Coleslaw

Relish/mustard/mayonnaise

Cheese (if you like it with your burgers)

and any other goodies you can think of!

It would help if you could let me know what you intend to bring so that I can let you know if we have too much of one thing and not enough of something else.

Hope to see you on Saturday evening.

Morna

Sunday 19th August 2012

This mornings Cygnets session commenced as usual with fly tying with Jimmy Miller. This morning the Cygnets were shown how to tie a Shipman's buzzzer and then got the chance to tie the fly themselves.

"Shipman's Buzzer"

Following fly tying the Cygnets drew their first peg for the session and started fishing on the Mill Pond. There were 14 Cygnets at the session today.

Mill Pond



Cygnets Honorary President Paul Young came along this morning to see the Cygnets and offered advice and encouragement to them. It was fantastic to see Paul and the Cygnets were all delighted to see him.

Paul Young

It was a sunny start to the session and it was very humid throughout the morning.  The bright sunshine made the fishing difficult with a lot of fish showing around the pond early on but as the session continued the fish appeared to be deep down.

Paul giving Mathew some advice



Cameron waiting for a take

The first fish of the session was successfully landed by Abbi Hutton. It was a hard fighting Blue trout followed quickly by Robert Fyfe, landing a Blue trout as well.



Paul watching Colin casting to a fish

Eddie waiting for a take

Paul watching Alasdair

The Cygnets tried various flies from lures, wet flies, dry flies and buzzers but the trout appeared to be ignoring any fly that was offered to them.

Paul and Robert talk fishing

The third fish of the session was landed by Colin  Russell who came along to Cygnets today for the first time. This was Colin's first trout caught on the fly. It was a superb Rainbow trout, which gave Colin a tremendous fight, before coming to the net.

The successful Cygnets today were:-

                                                                                Robert Fyfe                  1 Blue Trout

                                                                                Abbi Hutton                  1 Blue Trout

                                                                                Colin  Russell               1 Rainbow Trout

Robert, Paul, Colin and Abbi

Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club, Waterside Assistants and Paul Young

The annual Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club Barbecue is being held next Saturday 25th August.  Times and further information will be sent in due course.

Junior Troutmasters Final 2012

Congratulations to Swanswater Cygnet Eddie McKillop for competing in the Junior Troutmasters Final, 2012 at Stonebridge Fishing Lake, North Yorkshire, England.

Eddie caught the best fish of the weekend a 3lb 8oz Brown Trout.

Well done Eddie

Sunday 5th August 2012

The Cygnets session today started with Thomas Anderson, casting instructor, demonstrating and teaching the Cygnets on how to do the "double haul".

The weather was very humid and the sky looked very dark and grey. It felt very warm throughout the session.  There were 10 Cygnets who attended the session this morning. The Cygnets were all fishing the Mill Pond today.

It was very difficult for the Cygnets today. There were fish rising around the Mill Pond, with the golden trout showing around the pond which gave the Cygnets fun, trying to target them.

The fish were very reluctant to take any of the flies offered by the Cygnets. The Cygnets tried dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, lures and buzzers, but the fish showed no interest in anything.  Mid morning the first fish of the session was hooked by Eddie McKillop which was a lovely Golden trout.  Some of the Cygnets caught a few Perch throughout the morning. 

There was a shower of rain late morning which we hoped would help the fishing but unfortunately the fish remained uninterested in the flies being offered.

It was late morning before the second fish of the session was hooked and landed by Robert Fyfe. The fish was a hard fighting Tiger trout and gave Robert a good scrap before it was sucessfully netted by one of Cygnets coaches.

The successful Cygnets today were:-

Eddie McKillop:-  1 Golden trout

Robert Fyfe:- 1 Tiger trout

The next Cygnets session is Sunday 19th August with the session commencing with fly tying, setting up and fishing thereafter.