First fish newbie report from Rosebury Reservoir, near Edinburgh.

[Capt Horatio McCallister]

After a failed Loch Earn trip we decided to go to a smaller and more local Fishery at Rosebury Reservoir.

Spent too much time faffing with chosing which lure and putting the wrong floats on for the weight of the shot but finally got going at a small quiet inlet with still water.

Used a kinder surprise capsule with holes drilled as a feeder* and worms for bait, then after a few mins from the first cast managed to get this little chap.



Perch isnt it?

Then after a while as the sun was setting and magic hour approached i ended up with this chap.



2 1/4lb Rainbow, whos the smug one then.

Seems that boilys were the key, and even got some of those red bait balls we were throwing to the areas we casted. (Is this the correct usage?)

But in all i finally caught my first fish and had a great evening on the loch with a friend and a bottle of 1999 Chateau Olivier.

Thanks to all who helped in my fng thread to get me to here. Invaluable.

P.s Put the Perch(?) back dont worry, obviously only a tiddler.

*correction edit

[Maddison_Twatter]

Well done capt . Not quite sure what you did with the kinder capsule as a boilie i a type of bait . Did u mean feeder ? Twelve year old wine eh . I normaly take chateau de stella 2011

[Fishing Forum Admin]

lovely water and a man who fishes with a bottle of red has fishing spot on

[Capt Horatio McCallister]

Originally Posted by Maddison_Twatter

Well done capt . Not quite sure what you did with the kinder capsule as a boilie i a type of bait . Did u mean feeder ? Twelve year old wine eh . I normaly take chateau de stella 2011

Right! Feeder, my bad, im getting all the slang mixed up still. I have no idea what a boilie is now. Ha.

Originally Posted by Fishing Forum Admin

lovely water and a man who fishes with a bottle of red has fishing spot on

Glad i got it right first time. Thank ye!

[Portland Pirate]

Nice one.

[Maddison_Twatter]

A boilie is a type of bait made from a mixture of flours ,eggs and flavourings. This is mixed into a paste then rolled into balls and then boiled. hence the term boilie.

[Capt Horatio McCallister]

Yeah i think thats where the confusion started, i read it on the side of the boilie bag on the instructions and thought thats what you put them in.

[king01]

well done mate, good report

[Complete Tangler]

I nice report there Capt, I don't think I have seen a prettier Perch in my life, that is one colourful little fish.

[BoldBear]

Congrats on yor first fish, sounds like you are catching the fishing bug. lovely looking Perch and a very nice rainbow trout.

Looking forward to reading your next report.