Linlithgow Loch, day session, 28 April
| Not an ideal day, by any means, but better than the forecast was trying to make out. It was a bit four seasons in one day. The wind started south easterly and gradually swung round to westerly. It picked up every time a squally shower came over, including one of large hailstones. Not a good day for taking photographs with an automatic digital camera, as you can see by the dodgy exposures! |  |
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The fishing was a bit iffy. There were a
few big buzzers coming off in the morning, then a huge hatch of scrotty
wee black buzzers got the sand martins on the go in the afternoon.
But we struggled, in the whole. We did have 2 boats who got plugged
in to the action that was to be had. Jimmy M and Stu B got going in
the bay at the far end of the north shore.
The fish were running so tight to shore that Jimmy and Stu had to take turns at being the inside rod in order that both got a share of the action. They reported that they found the fish high in the water, taking all their fish swinging nymphs, predominantly green-headed hare lug and melanistic flash-back Cove. |
| The other boat that found fish, did so in front
of the trees below the Palace bank. A few other rods got in among
them later on in the day, but Derek G did by far the best, catching on an
assortment of patterns fished on the floater: Diawl
Bach, orange blob, black
epoxy buzzer and green
& black goldhead tadpole.
Jimmy and Derek both had a limit bag of 6 fish plus 4 returned, with Jimmy's bag going a total of 14 lb 8 oz. The club's catch for 9 boats was 38 fish for 86 lb plus 11 returned. |
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