Roz Cassidy leaves it late to win the first match of Summer Series

A 6lb rock cod caught on an Aquamarine Charters trip out of Eyemouth this week

ROZ Cassidy won the first post-lockdown match of the Summer Series organised by Edinburgh and Lothians Coarse Angling Club.

The club’s Ladies’ Shield holder left it late, however, taking most of her total catch of 14lbs in the final hour of the match held on a pleasant day at Orchill near Dunblane.

John Perella was second only a pound behind in the event fished in mostly overcast conditions but with some sunny spells. There was a breeze blowing most of the day but Geoffrey Lowe, the club chairman, said this did not affect bait presentation.

Groundbait like Dynamite mixed with maggot, worm and chopped-up sweetcorn, proved popular but carp were few and far between until the last hour when they switched on for some anglers. There were a few decent bream caught and roach, perch and gudgeon were in all the pegs.

RESULTS: Roz Cassidy 14lbs; John Perella 13lbs; Tony Ball 12lb 8oz; Geoff Lowe 11lb 8oz; Harry Fraser 8lb 10oz; Bill Hamilton 8lb 4oz; Heather Lauriston 7lb 2oz; Darrin Ferguson 6lb 10oz; Tommy Lauriston 5lb; Wayne Henley 4lb 1oz; Andy Paterson 3lb 8oz; John Carral 2oz.

You could be part of the series providing you book a place and pay your £10 annual subscription ahead of the next event.

Lowe said they welcome newcomers to the long-established club which has another match on Saturday, July 25 followed by a third on August 8.

Five more are planned until the end of the series and they are on August 22, September 5 and 19 and October 3.

Maggot, worm, corn and pellet bait are allowed as is a method feeder and full details are on the club’s Facebook page at Edinburgh and Lothians Coarse Angling Club.

Geoffrey said: “The water we’re on has 30 pegs and I must know ahead of the match how many are coming, two days is preferable, so I can book. We are always happy to see newcomers and it was good to be back on the water.”

Meanwhile, Bill Taylor, owner of Glencorse Reservoir, hosts one of the rounds in the Scierra Pairs tomorrow. Eleven boats are booked for the event from 9am to 4pm and the competition is one of the biggest fly fishing events in Britain.

Bill urged anglers to park as close as possible to the wall at the side of the fishery and said the reservoir has been fishing well recently.

The heat includes local anglers Mike Connet and Jock Kettles, who made the final last year, and Scotland’s international women’s captain, Liz McLellan, from Armadale who teams up with international colleague Liz Fraser.

Across the Pentlands at Harlaw, director Robert Ross reports that the best time is still early morning to mid-day with many anglers accounting for several fish in just a couple of hours.

During the warmer evenings fishing has been good from around 8pm to sunset.

Fish are being caught traditional Dunkeld, small black lure, yellow dancer, yellow/orange egg fly, small Blob, Jelly Fritz, FAB and black buzzer. A number of fish continue to be caught on dries.

The favourite cast is the washing line technique with a small dry on the point with two buzzers, nymphs or diawl bach.

At sea, Derek Anderson of Aquamarine Charters of Eyemouth reports that he has midweek spaces available from Monday, July 19 and he revealed that morning fishing been fair to good recently with cod, pollock and mackerel being hooked.

Mark Fouracres of Bee Cool Fish said it had been a challenging period recently with mackerel, codling and pollock all being landed along with some fine wrasse. He has spaces available next week.