Sunday 30th September 2012

This morning the Cygnets session commenced as usual with fly tying with Jimmy Miller. The cygnets were instructed and tied the "Claret Bumble". This can be a very productive wet fly, when fishing on a floating line when there is a wave. This pattern is a firm favourite by many competition anglers, who regularly fish the Claret Bumble as part of their team of flies.

"Claret Bumble"

Today was a very dull and damp day to start, with a brisk wind and heavy showers. Once the Cygnets had drawn their podiums they were eager to get started fishing on the Mill Pond.  The wind proved fishing to be impossible on one side of the pond initially this morning.

There were a few fish showing around the Mill Pond. The first fish of the session was hooked and landed by William Addison, which was a light blue trout.

The Cygnets tried lures such as the Yellow Dancer to nymphs such as the PTN to buzzers this morning. However the fish were reluctant to take these flies. However, some of the Cygnets managed to take fish.

The successful Cygnets this morning were:-

Alasdair Anderson   2 fish

Eddie McKillop   1 fish

William Addison 1 fish

Cameron Smith   1 fish

Mathew Beattie  1 fish

The next Cygnets session on Sunday 14th September 2012, will be an outing for the "A" Team to fish the main Swanswater. 

Mr Rab Hiddleston has kindly and generously booked with the fishery, 2 boats to be made available to be used by the "A" team Cygnets on Swanswater.  The Cygnets will each have the opportunity to fish from a boat accompanied by and under supervison of a Waterside Assistant /Coach.

"Swanswater"

The "B" team will be fishing on the Mill Pond. 

Further details, times etc, for the next session will be sent to the Cygnets in due course.

Sunday 16th September 2012

The Cygnets session commenced with fly tying with Cygnets fly tying instructor Jimmy Miller. This morning the Cygnets were shown and tied the "Woolly Bugger" Lure. There were 13 Cygnets at the session today.

"Woolly Bugger"

 

 

Following the fly tying and the rods being setup, Cygnets casting instructor Thomas Anderson gave the safety brief, followed by the Cygnets drawing their starting podiums.  It was a dry start with drizzle at times to sunny spells to heavy showers and bright spells. There was a brisk wind which was very gusty at times which made casting difficult on parts of the Mill Pond.

 

 

 

"Fishing on the Mill Pond"



 



 

There were plenty of fish showing around the Mill Pond throughout the session. The Golden trout were showing especially around the bottom area of the pond.  The Golden trout gave the Cygnets a challenges to catch.  However, they were very reluctant to take any of the flies offered by the Cygnets.  The Golden trout gave the Cygnets an opportunity to practise their casting accuracy and distance, when targeting the fish.

 

 

 

"Fish on"

 

 

 

"Fish coming to the net"

 

 

Cygnets casting instructor Thomas Anderson spent time with all the Cygnets on a one to one basis throughtout the session, giving each Cygnet advice on casting and identifying and rectifying any errors in their casting techniques. Overall, it was very clear that the Cygnets were casting very well.

 

 



The sucessful cygnets today were:-

 

 

Alasdair Anderson     2 fish

Colin Russell    1 fish

Cameron Smith    1 fish

 

 



 

 

"The lucky Cygnets today"

 

 

The next Cygnets session is on Sunday 30th September.

Reminder

Remember to bring with you:-

(Apart from rod, reel & line, leader material flies and net)

Cygnets baseball cap

Glasses (i.e Sunglasses for eye protection)

Warm clothing including waterproof jacket, gloves

Wellington boots or sturdy footwear

The weather can be unpredictable, it might be sunny but it can rain or turn very cold quickly. If the wind strengthens this will make what looks a warm day into a very cold day. It is very easy to remove a layer (take a jumper off) if you become too warm. Wear plenty of layers as this is the best way to keep you warm.

 

 

 

We are all looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday 16th September. Cygnets will be at the usual time.

Swanswater Cygnets JAC "A" Team - Millhall Reservoir Outing

Cygnets "A" Team outing to Millhall Reservoir

 

Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club "A" team had their outing to Millhall Trout Reservoir, Old Polmont, Falkirk today. The Cygnets Cameron Smith, William Addison, Eddie McKillop, Robert Fyfe and Robert Hiddleston with Cygnets Game Angling Coaches James Allan and Alasdair Fyfe all arrived eager to get fishing.

 

The Cygnets were fishing from 09:30hrs to 13.30hrs with a 2 fish limit and then Catch and Release limit of 2 fish each.

 

 

 

Millhall Reservoir

 

It was a good day with the weather dry, cloudy with some strong sunny spells with a light wind with strong gusts at times. It was not long before Cameron Smith, hooked the first fish of the day with a superb, hard fighting, fully finned Rainbow coming to the net.

 

"Waiting for a take"

 

 

It was a superb days fishing with plenty of fish showing around the reservoir. The Cygnets were getting takes frequently with some of them hooking and having some tremendous sport from these hard fighting fish.

 

 

 

 

"Fish coming to the net"

 

 

 

 

"Concentration"

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Fish on"

 

 

The successful Cygnets today were:-

 

 

                                       Robert Fyfe             2 Rainbows kept for 4lbs and 2 Rainbows returned

                                      Cameron Smith        2 Rainbows kept for 4lbs and 1 Rainbow returned

                                      William Addison     2 Rainbows kept for 4lbs

                                       Eddie McKillop      1 Rainbow kept for 2lbs

 

 

 

 

"The Cygnets "A" Team"

 

 

Well done to all the Cygnets. It was a truly fantastic day and showed the camaraderie amongst the Cygnets.

 

 

The Cygnets reported that they had a great time and are desperate to return to Millhall Resevoir soon.

 

 

 

The Cygnets would like to thank Millhall Reservoir for their hospitality and warm welcome.

 

 

 

 

The next Cygnets session will return to Swanswater Fishery on Sunday 16th September 2012.