A decent day to end the season. Light to moderate westerly breeze, and good overhead. Temperature was still unseasonably mild, too. Alan Duncan and I set out to look for risers in the calm at the head of the wind: Chicken-Leg and the butts. Alan was on a washing-line set-up, with a midge-tip and 2…
A recurring issue this year has been the weather and this outing was no different. A beautiful red sky and sunrise greeted us on the way down the coast, but it didn’t fool me! High winds from the south-west and some rain were forecast and they were spot on, especially the wind. We had 5…
This outing was cancelled by the fishery management on 19th September, based on weather forecasts… which turned out to be inaccurate!
As normal, let’s start with the weather forecast. On this occasion it was pretty accurate: moderate winds from the south west, plenty cloud cover and the possibility of rain, mid-afternoon. The Fishery report mentioned the Heather Bank so Ian MacDonald and I headed there first thing. Both of us set up with floating lines…
Nearly perfect fishing conditions for this outing: a pleasant, warm, autumnal day, with a gentle south-west breeze and total cloud cover! However, we fishermen will always find something to moan about. The water clarity was OK, but not great, and where have all the insects gone this year? Stenhouse is surrounded by all sorts of…
Well! The forecast was correct: rain all day. At least there was a light breeze. The rain didn’t stop and rivalled our recent experience on Coldingham. By the time everyone got in at 7 o’clock, most people where soaked through except Dougie Skedd who’s two pairs of waterproof trousers worked, and Trevor, who’s jazzy blue…
After setting out from a very dreich Edinburgh, we arrived to find decent conditions at The Lake. It was cooler than of late, and a tad breezy, but we had a good ceiling and the reports were that the fish were on the top. The word was that Gateside, Gateside and Gateside were the hot-spots…
After a short sabbatical I was looking forward to our outing to Coldingham. The prolonged hot summer weather seemed like a very distant memory on a bleak Sunday morning. Temperatures were still fairly mild, sitting at around 14 degrees, but what we had not expected was the persistent rain and easterly wind, accompanied by thick…
The weather forecast had looked good all week for our visit to Glencorse. Light winds and cloud cover! We shouldn’t have been surprised when we turned up and found that the wind gods had conspired against us and a considerable wave was coming down the reservoir – more like 15mph and gusty wqith it. Cool…
This was a small, 3-boat evening outing. The loch was clearly fishing well. When I arrived, mid-afternoon, every boat was out and rods were bent. Davy said they were getting good evening activity to sedges and advised going with dries from the start. As it was quite a stiff breeze, I hedged my bets by…