Loch Bhac 07 Aug 2015
A productive day with Jimmy. Some evidence of Caenis spinners and shucks, plus a few sedges, and a ecent number of spruce bark aphids (a new one to me this year).
A productive day with Jimmy. Some evidence of Caenis spinners and shucks, plus a few sedges, and a ecent number of spruce bark aphids (a new one to me this year).
This was the club’s second outing to the Black Loch, and my first ever. It was a big outing: 24 rods out. The weather threw everything at us in the course of the day… flat calms, wind off every point on the compass, including a fresh breeze. Cool, then warm, then cold for July (12°C…
Urban peregrines! Right at the foot of my road – didn’t even know there was an eyrie there. My neighbour heard them and pointed them out to me. Couldn’t get very close, so had to compromise with a crop sensor and x2 extender on my 100-400 mm lens. Rather higher ISO than ideal at a forced f11 wide open. Adult male on a high perch. One young still in the eyrie, and the other out on some superstructure. Pigeons all around them – don’t seem to recognise what they are.
Most of the weather forecasts were predicting 40 mph winds for the day. One of the ones that I looked at (BBC website) was the odd man out, suggesting nothing worse than about 17 mph. Judging by the fact that barely half the boats were out on a mid-season Saturday, I suspect some clubs cancelled,…
Tricky on Eye, but some nice fish to be had. Plenty sport on Shin. Highlight was the mayfly hatch on Craggie – our best yet. Mostly stayed with dries – can’t cover risers with the dap!
On our way to Frandy on Saturday evening, the weather was very pleasant. The sun was out, but with some cloud cover, we had a light wind from the southwest and the air was 19°C. When I arrived, the day session chaps were still out, so I watched the boats and a few bankies, and…
An inch of rain fell in an hour, mid-afternoon. That seemed to put the tin lid on what had been some good activity.
Report and photos by Ed. On the way to Linlithgow, the weather was fine; it had been raining rather heavily during the night, but the temperature was 14°C, the wind was light from the south-east and we had overcast light – what could go wrong? Well, quite a lot, but I will tell you about…