I was looking forward to a day on the dries in the lead-up, with the weather nicely settled. However, it was seemingly too settled, with not a cloud to be seen the whole day. The calm start gave way to a light-mod breeze that had an edge to it to remind you the season was…
The demoliton of the twin chimneys of Cockenzie Power Station.
What a grand day Eric Singer and I had on the Lake! It was a nice warm sunny day, a slight wind from the south-west and a water temperature of 16°C. Both Eric and I thought a good day for dries, so on went a size 12 yellow owl on the point, a cormorant on…
Collected photos from the Achnacarry trip of 2015.
Twelve of us this year. Fishing the poorest by far – 9 sea trout and no salmon between us!
The sun was shining when we arrived at Menteith and the water had a nice ripple, a light wind blowing from west-northwest and cloud cover was coming in. Water temperature was 16°C, one degree above the air temperature, not so good but the air quickly went to 17°C – things looked as though we would…
What has happened this year? The weather has not been the best for the fishing. At Frandy, which is normally a grand place for top of the water fishing, we were presented everything that you could think of for a difficult day. We arrived to be greeted by a bright blue sky, high water spilling…
A few ‘texture’ themed shots while buying 2-stroke oil at the Bosuns Locker. Also took a few snapshots of how the new bridge is progressing.
I think we put this down as a near miss, conditions-wise. It was a very bright start, but also very pleasant, with light and variable wind, and shirt-sleeve warmth. After a while, cloud developed and it was looking good. However, shortly afterwards a cold sea breeze came in off the North Sea, the temperature plummeted,…
This outing was cancelled by the fishery management the day before, on the basis of a forecast of localised high winds.