Wednesday, 25th June

Loch Leven, Evening Session

A cloudless sky and a fresh easterly sea breeze?  Heriot's must be at Loch Leven!  Oh well, nothing else for it but to head up to Hole i' the Inch/sluices direction, which as things panned out was an OK place to be… and it was a cracking evening to be out.  The water was still of a very good clarity, if a little more coloured than on our last trip.

Jimmy M and Dougie S fished the sluices, and after a short spell pulling they realised there were fish on top to be shot at.  A turn at the nymphs did nothing, but a switch to dries got them into action straight away and they caught and returned 4 rainbows each.  With the breeze dropping back all the while, a moderate Caenis hatch came on in that area, and it was claret Shipmans and that most reliable of flies for Caenis, a sparkle gnat, that worked for them.

We arrived in the area a bit late in the day, but also picked up one on the sparkle gnat.  That gave us 4 to the boat, when added to the 2 John M took on an orange blob and DI-3, and the one that fell to a Kate lure and Hi-D, all at Hole i' the Inch earlier in the evening.

Special Guest Ray Charles showed he can fish a bit

David E was another to put a brace together with a wet/dry changeover, taking 2 rainbows on a goldhead Viva and a black Bob's bits.

There were loads of undersized brownies feeding on the Caenis.  Derek K returned 4 of them, while Tommy S took their boat's only rainbow, on an epoxy buzzer.

The Club's total for 11 rods was 8 rainbows for 15 lb with a further 8 rainbows and assorted wee brownies returned.