It was a pleasant change not to be charging up the Edinburgh bypass and M 9. Instead, Pencaitland to Gifford then across the Lammermuirs to Longformacus and up to Watch Reservoir. On the way, lots of wildlife including two near misses with roe deer, dodging sheep and the most grouse that I’ve ever seen. This…
As I continued to look at the weather forecast in the days before the outing, I was hoping that if the sun was going to shine then it was perhaps best if the wind stayed light to allow us to control the DI7s that were going to be needed to get down to the deeps…
Looking good when we arrived at the car park . Fairly warm, cloud cover and a slight breeze off the south. Looking perfect for dries and the guy at the fishery mentioned that a couple of days ago the yellow owl had been performing well. So, two rods made up, one with the normal midge-tip…
Much better weather than expected. Moderate wind from the south west, with cloud cover, some sun and a few showers. Quint warned that the fishing had been extremely difficult, but stocking levels were good. I was with Dougie Skedd and we both agreed to start with dries; no surprise there. Dougie started with a half-hog and a…
I was fishing with prospective new member Mel Mitchell. The wind, as normal, was swirling but mainly from the north west, moderate but strong at times and our drogue was used throughout the day. We started at the end of the bay just below the farm, adjusting constantly to drift into the corner at Kirk bridge.…
The journey was probably the worst we have had all season: torrential rain from the moment I left home, until around Bannockburn, when it eased up, and by the time I arrived at the lake… no rain at all! Stewart Barnes had great difficulty in getting out of North Berwick, due to flooding, and Keith…
I arrived eventually after a slight Sat Nav Diversion which took me to a farm at the north end of the reservoir to find that all 5 members and Alan Duncan’s guest, Euan Morrison, had arrived safely. I was partnered with Matt Wolstenholme, Peter Fionda with Steven Kilpatrick and Alan Duncan with Euan and even…
Steady rain when we arrived at the reservoir. However, this soon cleared after starting and the wind was light form the south east with the air temperature around 18 degrees. Bill Taylor advised us that fishing had been very tough due to the recent warm spell with water temperatures around 18-20 degrees and the fish…
Let’s start the normal way: the weather! It was 12/13 degrees, light winds from the north west/west and lots of cloud cover, with rain in the afternoon. Not too bad, but because Frandy sits high in the Ochil hills it felt a lot cooler. As we approached the reservoir at 7.45, there were quite a…
By now you would have thought that we’d be enjoying warm westerlies! Correct about the westerlies but wrong about warm! It was 5 degrees when we arrived in the car park and at times it didn’t feel like it got much warmer for the rest of the day. It did however stay dry. Colin Riach…