Why o why do I look at the weather forecast? I did look, and was assured that Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th was going to be dry, warm and have white cloud cover. Friday was a bit bright, but I thought that they must get it correct for Saturday. So Saturday arrived –…
Trout fishing must have some peculiar fascination, some pleasure that is not transient, something that brings us back even after another, and another, disappointment. Butterstone on the 23rd was for me, another disappointment. Again, I had studied the weather forecast and took from it that the Loch would be blessed with cloud cover – and…
An interesting day. Frandy is a water where, if I can’t catch them on dries, I can’t catch them. And it doesn’t get much in the way of hatches, so it relies a lot on falls of terrestrials. The one thing that tends to spoil falls of terrestrials is heavy rain the day before, which…
We had fifteen members fishing this outing, and what an outing it was. The weather was nice for a summer’s day, bright blue sky, with some fluffy clouds and a light west wind. The water was clear, but nothing was hatching. Fishing the dog days is never easy but the only member to figure out…
Happiness in fishing is a matter of expectation; catch six when you expect to catch two and you are thrilled; catch two when you expect six and you are disappointed. If your expectations are unrealistically high, you will often be disappointed. Mid-summer fishing in hot weather is a case in point. Both David Bertram, my…