The Trout Anglers’ Club Edinburgh (1899 ~)
Members Edinburgh Trout Anglers’ Club
29 Dundas Street Edinburgh
EH3 6QQ
Edinburgh
If you are interested in joining our club and/or finding out more, please come along on a Tuesday night after 5 pm to have a look round and have a friendly chat with our club members. All are welcome..
The Edinburgh Trout Anglers Club 29 Dundas Street.
Over the years the club has been graced with several anglers who have gone on to achieve international honors on both the rivers and lochs and any new members will only learn from their experience.
Those members of the club who do not have a personal echo sounder and fish finder, may find these depth maps of hundreds of Scottish Lochs very useful URL Link Below. Scottish Lochs:
http://maps.nls.uk/bathymetric/loch_order.html Loch Leven.
http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400553 Lake of Menteith:
http://maps.nls.uk/view/74422111
Submitted By John Langlands.
Edinburgh Trout Anglers’ Club Outings 2018
Please note that the under noted venues/dates have been reserved for this year’s season. Five boats have been reserved for each outing.
Linlithgow Loch Friday 20th April Day outing.
Lake of Menteith Friday 4th May Day outing
Black Loch Friday 18th May Evening outing
Lake of Menteith Friday 8th June Evening outing
Black Loch Friday 27th July Evening outing
Carron Valley Friday 10th August Day outing
Lake of Menteith Friday 7th September Day outing
Lake of Menteith Thursday 4th October Day outing
Please also note that a number of members’ subscriptions for 2017/2018 have not yet been received
Edinburgh Trout Anglers’ Outings 2018
(Outing 1) Friday 20th April
Linlithgow Loch
Best early season lures will be black and green tadpoles; ace of spades and various dancers. Best flies should be cormorants and daiwl bachs on a midge tip line.
Anglers should not to fish too light a line. Anything less than 8lb nylon or FL carbon will not stand up to the savage takes.
Linlithgow Loch – (Day outing)
Conditions, good with a cold wind.
8 rods,
15 fish caught, weighing 39lb 5oz
Heaviest basket, 4 fish weighing 10lb 1oz
Linlithgow-Loch Weather Forcast
(Outing 2) Friday 4th May
The Lake of Menteith
The Lake of Menteith – (Day outing)
10 rods
22 fish caught, weighing 54lb 6oz
20 fish returned
Heaviest fish – 4llb 15oz
Heaviest baskets (2), 4 fish weighing 9lb 12oz.
Lake-of-Menteith Weather Forcast
STILLWATER AND RESERVOIR FLY FISHING GUIDE: LAKE OF MENTEITH
Tips on Fly Fishing Lake of Menteith
(Outing 3) The Black Loch
A floating line with a fab or a candy booby on the point, and two diawl bach’s suspended just under the surface, was working very well. Also using a single sedge dry fly worked very well.
(Outing 3)
The Black Loch Fishery – Friday 18th May (Evening outing)
Conditions ;- Good, with a slight wind, and overcast
8 rods, 18 fish caught, weighing 40lb 9oz 3
Heaviest basket , 5 fish weighing 10lb 14oz.
The Black Loch Slamannan Weather Forcast
(Outing 4)
The Lake of Menteith
The Lake of Menteith – Friday 8th June (Evening outing)
Conditions ;- Good. although air temperature was lower than water temperature.
6 rods.
(Outing 5)
Black Loch Fishery – Friday 27th July
Conditions ;- Good at first, then some thunder and lightning
9 rods
19 fish caught, weighing 37lb 8oz
Heaviest basket, 5 fish weighing 11lb 4oz
(Outing 6)
Carron Valley Reservoir – Friday 10th August
Conditions;- Good, with some rain and wind
9 rods
11 fish caught, 7 Rainbow Trout and 4 Brown Trout
Heaviest basket, 3 fish weighing 5lb 11oz.
(Outing 7)
The Lake of Menteith – Friday 7th September
Conditions, good all day
7 rods
25 fish caught, weighing 70lb 10oz
Heaviest fish – 5lb 9oz
