Lake of Menteith, day session, 17th September.

After 2 weeks of very autumnal weather, we had all put the sun-tan lotion away for the year.  Big mistake, as our September holiday trip to The Lake turned out to be a scorcher!

With the fish still very high in the water, a cloudless, windless day made the catching of same a very tricky business.  A day on the dries might have been the answer, but the fish were very oncey, and few and far between.  Nevertheless, that was still a partial answer.

Fish were taken to dries, fuelled by the continuation of the heather fly activity, well past its usual end of early September.  In addition, we found shield bugs in the stomachs of the fish we took in International Bay.  Tommy S took a bag of 4 in Gateside Bay on his deer hair emerger pattern that has been going a storm over the past few outings.

Dougie with a shield bug feeder from International Bay

Dougie S took all of his 3 to dries.  Elsewhere, Stewart B took a brace to this season's hot method at Menteith, the washing line: a booby and 2 nymphs.  Top bag was 5 for 12 lb 12 oz, taken on a 3-2 split to nymphs on the slow glass (Diawl Bach and semi-realistic damsel) and dries (pearly-winged heather fly).

Given the very awkward conditions, the Club's 13 rods weighed-in a highly respectable 20 fish for 48 lb.