Sunday, 22nd June

Linlithgow Loch

A superb day conditions-wise, but a bit of a struggle for the majority of our club members.  Having said that, there was another club out and they got tuned in to a big group of fish lying just downwind of The Rickle.  They rolly-pollied their way to success.  As for us, there were only 2 boats who made much out of the day.  Gordon G caught five of 7 on a green bodied Fritz booby with a white tail fished on a DI8.  The other two fell to size ten buzzers.  Ian Mac in the same boat took three to buzzers.  (They were off to the pub early, so I couldn't blag any flies.)

Trevor G 'tached everyone around him, taking 7 plus one returned, mostly to his brown buzzer and his black/red/black.

Trevor shows the fish the net... and the fish decides it's not for him

Dougie S had nothing to show for a lot of hard effort until very late in the day, when he tapped into The Rickle group to take 4 on a buzzer.  Dougie G had fish of the day at 5 lb 2 oz, plus another: one on buzzer and one on booby.

The Club's total for 18 rods at the 6 p.m. weigh-in was 29 fish for 71 lb 4 oz plus 5 returned.

Jimmy with a bit of a rarity these days... a Linlithgow brownie

After hours, only 3 of us fished on.  We had sport in a flat calm to dry fly, notably a claret Shipman's, although nothing really got going in the way of an evening rise.