Linlithgow Loch, day session, 23 June

The picture above, taken late afternoon during a wee calm bright spell, belies the fact that the day was rather spoilt by the seemingly perpetual stoory wind that is driving us all round the bend at the moment.

It was an interesting day, just the same.  Our boat was into fish right from the off.  We anchored up on the edge of the drop-off into deep water so we could swing nymphs without bother from weed.  Starting on double-strength, fish were coming to middle and tail (jungle cock Diawl Bach and mini-damsel).  When things slowed a bit, a switch to flouro got them back on the take and the anorexic hare's ear on the bob came into play.

We slowed up after lunch, but that was when Alan M got into fish round the Palace bank, fishing double strength and skinny buzzers.  Maybe we should have gone back to double strength?  Aye, but Tommy S took his fish in the afternoon on fluoro!  Spoonings revealed that they were on very little other than baby Corixa.

Gavin O from the School Club with a fish from Town Bay

It wasn't all nymphing either.  Young Euan C took a bag on wets, the stand out pattern being this claret bumble-type-variant-sort-of-thing.

The club's total for 8 boats was 33 fish for 60 lb plus 14 returned.