[Hamish Young]

General query really.
I plan on going there this Thursday with "soundmixer" but have never fished Lintrathen in my puff - any good
Any hints/tips/suggestions of how/where to fish
Might go to Backwater, but fancy a day drifting so Lintrathen more likely

[PDScott]

Hamish,
I have fished there twice with my brother - on the first occasion it was only stocked with browns and we had several small ones plus a few perch. On the second occasion they had started to stock rainbows and the man at the boathouse told us that they had put in 2000 the week before! Unfotunately it was blowing a "hooley" with a buffeting wind coming out of the North-West and we never saw one fish move on the surface. I ended up with one under-size brown and a near case of sea-sickness. If you do encounter a windy day, there are several bays which you might try and a sheltered area at the bottom of the loch which appears to be seperated with a wall of some description. If I can get hold of my brother, I will try to add more information before Thursday.
All the best.
Peter

[Stuart Smith]

hows it going?

i use to fish it all the time but havent been there for two years.the rodes,the road store, the river mouth, the little bay straight across for the boat house, and the little bit which is closed in down the far end were the best bits to try

flys- bibo, claret pennel, red tailed blae and black were moslty my fish catchers

it was a lot better fishery before they put the rainbows in

let me know how you got on

stuart 

[Peter McCallum]

sound advice Stuart, I think the little loch will be closed off because of the water height, but its worth a look. Evenings were usually good when I fished it, a number of years ago it must be said, with a rise, sometimes of biblical proportions, down near the rhodedendrons to the left as you look from the boat dock. Dries such as CDCs, shipmans etc worked too, as did various 'lures' - you know the type.

[Hamish Young]

Crap conditions today - bloody cold as well    - but we managed plenty of brownies to about 3/4lb and moved far bigger trout. Took home a rainbow each best just under 3lb and it went very very well indeed.

'Bows took claret bumble and claret sedgehog - browns took "typical loch patterns" 

Will definately go back, it's a nice water and worth the visit

[Hamish Young]

Had my second visit to Lintrathen last week and much warmer than last time but still tricky conditions - wind was damn fickle - sport was slow with only the occasional fish showing but loads of fish coming short. Chopping and changing fly size/depth/speed made liitle difference so as I had taken the 'whole' armoury with me I tried out a superfast sink and white lures to see if anything would have a go...... result was plenty of Perch to about 1lb and one Brownie about 1lb on the sinker.

But no 'bows.

After lunch the conditions were ideal and I switched back to a floater and loch patterns, hard going (even the brownies) but managed a brace of 'bows for 5 1/2lb, one belting overwintered fish about 3lb which took my favourite 'adapted' claret bumble and had me into the backing more than once 
Euan  sadly wasn't blessed with the same fortune as I, but as he lives considerably more local to Lintrathen than I do it's likely he'll be back again soon to get some practice in to show me up next time

Nice to get out onto a 'big' loch and fish 'loch' style, so much so that I thought a wee forum outing might be a plan

Anyone interested Plenty of boats available and £45 for 2 rods fishing 10am-5pm with a bag limit of ten in the boat isn't too bad.

Can't say when exactly, but I'd like to go back again before seasons close.

[salar35]

The aerator (centrally situated in the main loch) is a good place to find fish. And on one outing two years ago, my boat partner and I fished the small loch and as I was pulling in a three-inch perch which had seized my nymph, a fish of around five pounds made a massive lunge at it. So I tossed the poor wee perch back into the general area (still attached!) and the monster tore into it once again.

I put this big fish down to a pike until I learned on my return to the jetty that there were.........no pike at all at Lintrathen! So the muckle trout may still be cruising about that secondary loch yet! Good luck.

[Hamish Young]

Haven't yet made it to the 'wee' loch, have seen it from the road, must make an effort to try it next time I'm there
Aerator was turned off when we were there last, but the chap at the boathouse did mention it was a good spot.

I did have something wrench at one of the lures but didn't see a thing so no idea how big it was, have been told they do get some really good Brownies there so maybe..........

[Jim Eddie]

Aye I'd be up for a wee stravaig down to Lintrathen , work family etc permitting 

 

Jim 

[Hamish Young]

Good man Jim - anyone else

This is the only on-line information I've been able to find, doesn't really do the place justice IMHO 

http://www.flyfishingscotland.com/subpages/lintrathen.htm

[Cameron deBoth]

same here as jim

[Hamish Young]

That's two 

[Peter McCallum]

pencil me in

Peter

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Hamish
Great stuff ...... Me too please

Cheers
Mike

( hopefully the day won't coincide with one that I have advance bookings for )

[Hamish Young]

4 Blimey - well with me and Euan that's three boats already 

Excellent