Sunday, 7th September

Loch Leven, Day Session

Looking out from the pier towards the strip...

Another nice day to be out.  Flat calm at the start, with a steadily rising light to moderate breeze, coming from variably an east, then south, to south westerly direction.  A misty start gave way to bright sun for a while, though increasing cloud cover gave good conditions in the afternoon, albeit with a marked drop in temperature.

We had noted the results on the notice board from the previous day's international match.  Yet another win for Scotland!  (Get it right up yez!)  But, the catches were not great... a fish and a bit per man... and that was after the practice days!

... and back towards the pier from Roy's Folly

I'll cut straight to the chase.  At the weigh in at 6:00 p.m., well, there was no weigh-in.  Poor Stewart B was wandering around looking for people with fish.  We had word that Eric G had landed a fish, but he was away early.  Stu B had returned 2 smallish brownies, taken at Kelson (one on a goldie and one on a cormorant, both to DI-7).  Incidentally, Stu and Stewart B reported loads of fish showing at Kelson, but they couldn't catch them.  Alan H had lost a fish at the back of Castle Island, on a Wetcel II and an orange cat.  We had returned 2 smallish brownies ourselves, taken at Old Levenmouth on dry fly, after seeing a bit of late surface activity.

The north buoy

But... there was absolutely nothing for the secy to weigh.  A rare event in our annals!  A 'phone call the following evening confirmed that Eric G had indeed landed a fish, a rainbow, of a whole 1 lb 2 oz, on a green blob, off the west point, on a Hi-D.

And that was that!