Loch Leven, evening session, 13 August
As has become customary, the weather in Edinburgh and the weather in Kinross were completely different. This time it was chucking it down when we left Edinburgh, and bright sunshine when we arrived in Kinross. However, the clouds soon arrived, giving as an odd shower, some dramatic skies, and, by and large, cracking conditions for evening fishing.
We had a light south westerly and it was warm and muggy, so no excuses allowed for not catching fish. So, how come we managed 11 fish between 14 rods? There were some localised pockets of activity, but it was your Donald Duck if you landed in one of them. Our boat found a group of fish on a line between metal Mickey and the west point, crossed with Reed bower and Paddies Point. We had sport from the off to wets on fast glass, coming up to ghost tip, coming up to floater, and to dry fly, though the fish refused to stick to the latter. Successful flies were a Dunkeld variant, red muddler and hare's ear palmer, all size 10. Spoonings revealed what they always seem to these days -- very little.
Eric B picked up a good brace of brownies at the west point, taken on slime line and Invicta. Late on, John W picked up 2 brownies (both returned) on dries at Scart I.
John F with 3 lb 6 oz brownie
John F had the fish of the night, a 3 lb 6 oz brownie, taken on a silver Invicta on floating line. The Club's total was 8 browns for 13 lb 3 oz and a single rainbow for 2 lb 4 oz, plus 2 returned.
