We seem to be marking out 2012 in chapters of weather. We had the tropical spell in March, the cold spell in April and into May – fishing in 5 degrees!… and all of a sudden we were into the 20s! The forecast I saw promised us cloud bubbling up later in the day. Well,…
This was the first time I had been to Watch Water Reservoir, and on a very misty morning Hugh Thomson and I were on the road at 05:45 hours. We met-up at Linlithgow Loch, before heading for Haddington, Gifford and then on to Longformacus, arriving at the Loch about 07:55 hours. We were not the…
In time-honoured tradition, we continued not to be able to buy a good day’s fishing conditions for a trip to Coldingham. This one started cold, windy and brassy bright. In fairness, while the bright sunlight continued almost unbroken from start to finish, the breeze surprisingly dropped away at a gradual pace until it was almost…