Sunday, 4th May

Carron Valley Reservoir, Day Session

Recent years have seen our Carron outings blighted by conditions you would not choose for wild brownie fishing: cold east winds plus bright sunshine, or flat calm plus bright sunshine.  As you will see from Alan M's shot above, we had something more like the kind of weather normally associated with catching brownies.  However, it didn't come cheap.  It was very wet.  The wind was also off the most awkward direction for Carron: south.  The feeling among a lot of our rods was that it had been a struggle, given the conditions.  However, as is always the case, some rods did well.

There was a good hatch of scrotty wee buzzers, plus some decent sized ones, and the odd dun.  Dry fly was an option, even in the rain, and Tommy S had half his bag on dries, most notably a wee black bits.  Tommy's own half hog pattern caught a couple for Cap'n F.  Tommy's other fish fell to black lures on UFS and were taken in Burnhouse and on the west shore of Binns bay.

Alan M and Jimmy M had best boat, returning 17 takeable fish between them.  Most fell to pulling tactics on intermediate lines, their best patterns being a clan chief and a mini-shuggy.  Their fish came from the far end of the road shore and Carron bay.

Alan M with a 2 lb class wild fish -- a cracker for Carron

Stu B and Cap'n F caught fish on a Dunkeld variant and black tads on fast glass and Hi-D, again in the usual sort of places: Carron Bay and Burnhouse frontage.

No sightings of ospreys, cuckoos, or red kites to report.  There was however an early sighting, from afar, of a pair of Wayners.  Their boating skills scored nil points from all who witnessed their display.

The club's return for 12 rods was 21 fish for 16 lb 9 oz, with 30 returned.