Sunday 27th May 2012

This mornings Cygnets session commenced with fly tying with Jimmy Miller. Today the Cygnets were shown how to and got to tie a "Bibio Snatcher"

"Bibio Snatcher"

Following fly tying the Cygnets were shown how to set up their fly rods under the expert instruction of Mr John Hood (SANA) Level 3 coach who kindly came along today to help the Cygnets.

The Cygnets who were less experienced were fishing on the Meadow Pond under the instruction from John Hood and Thomas Anderson. The Cygnets who were fishing the Mill Pond, then drew their pegs and headed off to fish.

It was very difficult conditions today with the very high air temperature, which meant the fish were staying deep and were not keen to take flies.

It was a very bright and sunny today with the temperature very high. It was not long before the first fish of the day was hooked and landed by Cameron Smith. The Cygnets sensibly took plenty of breaks and were suitably attired with suncream and long sleeves to protect them from the sun.

The Cygnets were treated to a visit by 2 swans and their 5 Cygnets, which were born last Friday.

Unfortunately due to other commitments, Paul Young was unable to come along today to see the Cygnets but hopes to do so in the near future.

The successful Cygnets today on Mill Pond were:-

Cameron Smith     2 fish

Abbi Hutton          2 fish

Eddie McKillop    2 fish

William Addison  1 fish

Meadow Pond - Mathew Beattie 1 fish

The next Cygnets session will be on Sunday 10th June.  The Cygnets will be shown how to tie knots prior to the fishing by Thomas Anderson.

Reminder to all Cygnets



Cygnets as the weather can be unpredictable at times throughout the year, always remember that you should wear appropriate amounts of clothing and footwear and always be prepared for any adverse weather such as rain. Always bring a waterproof jacket and/or trousers even though the forecast is for dry weather.

Remember also that with the summer approaching that you should be suitably protected with a high factor suncream, you may feel hot and want to remove clothing such as a jumper.

Make sure you have a high factor suncream applied to any areas of exposed skin to prevent any risk of sunburn. When it is hot weather, have regular breaks and have plenty of drinks. It is recommended that you do not wear shorts or t-shirts to prevent any long sun exposure to your skin.

It is recommended that you wear light weight trousers and collared shirts to protect your arms, neck and legs from the sun. 

It also important that you know that with the warm/sunny weather that wasps and bees are possibly around. Do not touch these insects or leave cans of juice unattended.

Always wear your baseball cap and eye protection at all times, and Always Look Behind You Before you Cast.

Cygnets Outing

The Cygnets had their first outing of 2012 to Swanswater for the more experienced members and to the Mill Pond for the less experienced.  There was 7 Cygnets fishing on Swanswater and 6 fishing the Mill Pond.  It was a very difficult day for fishing with strong winds and showers throughout the day. The first two hours proved to be hard work for the Cygnets fishing Swanswater, with the wind blowing to gale force at times. In between the strong winds the Cygnets did manage to hook and land fish. Due to the strengthening winds to continuing to gale force, the decision was made to take the Cygnets down to fish the Mill/Meadow Ponds in relation to safety. It proved to be near impossible for some of  the Cygnets to fish thereafter due to the weather conditions.

The successful Cygnets today were:-

Eddie McKillop - 2 fish (1 fish Swanswater and 1 fish pond beside Meadow Pond)

Abbi Hutton - 1 fish (Swanswater)

Cameron Smith - 1 fish (Swanswater)

Robert Fyfe - 1 fish (Swanswater)

William Addison - 1 fish (Swanswater)

Emma Hughes - 1 fish (Mill Pond)

Louise Dinley - 1 fish (Mill Pond)

Alasdair Anderson - 1 fish (Mill Pond)

The next Cygnets session will be on Sunday 27th May commencing as normal at 09:30am with fly tying and 10:00am setting up rods etc with fishing starting at 10:30am.

Our Cygnets Honorary President, Paul Young will be coming along to the next session to see the Cygnets.

2012 Cygnet Committee, Waterside Assistants & Instructors

 

Mr Paul Young
Honorary President
Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club

Chairman

Angus McDougall

Vice Chairman
Waterside Assistant

Alasdair Fyfe

Treasurer/Secretary
Morna Lohoar

Match Secretary
Waterside Assistant
Jim Allan

Game Angling Instructor
Thomas Anderson

Fly Tying Instructor
Waterside Assistant

Jimmy Miller

Waterside Assistant
Dave Armour















Junior Committee members - Morgan McDougall and Robert Fyfe

Cygnets if you have anything that you would like discussed or raised with the committee, speak to Robert or Morgan who will them speak to the adults committee

Sunday 29th April 2012

The Cygnets session commenced as usual at 09:30hrs with fly tying with Jimmy Miller. The Cygnets were shown how to tie a Corixa.

"Corixa"

Following the fly tying the Cygnets were split in to groups to fish the Meadow Pond and the Mill Pond. The experienced Cygnets were fishing the Mill Pond and the less experienced fished the Meadow Pond. There were 18 Cygnets at today's session.

Mill Pond

Meadow Pond

The weather was bright and sunny, but was very cold with a strong wind for the entire session. The Cygnets did very well to brave the wind, which made casting and fishing very difficult at times.

It was not long on the Mill Pond before Robert Fyfe was into the first fish of the morning followed by William Addison who hooked and landed a superb, rainbow.  Robert Fyfe then got his second fish of the day.

Waterside Assistant giving advice

There were a number of fish around the ponds.  The Cygnets fished hard throughout the morning.  Cameron Smith hooked and landed a Tiger trout from the Mill Pond midway through the session. Thereafter other Cygnets were into fish, which gave some excellent sport to the Cygnets.

Cameron with a Tiger on !!!!!

Cameron with a superb specimen of one of Swanswaters hard fighting Tiger trout

The successful Cygnets today were:-

Robert Fyfe  - 2 fish retained & 1 fish returned

Robert Hiddleston  - 2 fish retained

Cameron Smith  - 2 fish retained (2 Tigers)

William Addison  - 1 fish retained

Scott  Dinely  - 1 fish retained

Eddie  McKillop - 1 fish retained

Jordan  Duncan - 1 fish retained

Keir  Penman - 1 fish retained

The next Cygnets session, on Sunday 13th May, will be a Cygnets outing to Swanswater. The experienced Cygnets will be fishing Swanswater and the less experienced will be fishing the Mill Pond. Further information about this outing and times will be sent to Cygnets in due course.

Sunday 15th April 2012

18 Cygnets met on Sunday 15th April 2012 which was a sunny day with a cold wind.  There were 10 Cygnets fishing on the Millpond and 8 Cygnets on the Meadow Pond. 

The successful Cygnets were:

Jack Forbes with a blue and Matthew Beattie with a rainbow from the Meadow Pond.  Both boys have only been fishing few sessions.

On the Millpond Abbi Hutton 2 rainbows, Cameron Smith 2 tiger trout, Robert Fyfe 2 trout (one rainbow and one blue) and 1 released and Robert Hiddleston with 1 blue trout.

Some Cygnets also caught perch which were returned.


The next Cygnets session is on Sunday 29th April.

Sunday 1st April 2012

Today was the 2nd day of the Cygnets 2012 fishing season. Some of the Cygnets commenced this morning learning to tie a "Griffiths Gnat" with fly tying instructor Jimmy Miller . The others started off being shown the elementary basics of fly tying, and how to tie a buzzer.

"Griffith Gnat"

Swanswater Cygnets Junior Angling Club

There were 19 Cygnets today. The less experienced Cygnets were given instruction on the Meadow pond by Cygnets professional casting instructor Thomas Anderson with the assistance of David Armour.  The more experienced Cygnets commenced fishing on the Mill Pond. It was sunny day with a strengthening breeze which made the day quite cold.  It was not long before the first and only fish of the day was hooked and landed by Cameron Smith, a superb Tiger Trout.  The fish were showing around the pond but, were not keen to take any of the flies that the Cygnets cast to them. The Cygnets tried lures, wet flies, dry flies and buzzers today. There were a few small perch caught today and returned to the pond.

The next Cygnets meeting is Sunday 15th April 2012 with fly tying commencing at 09:30am with fishing thereafter.