Sunday, 21st March

Lindores Loch, Day Session

We were all thankful that our outing was on Sunday, so we avoided the gales on Saturday, and avoided seeing Scotland getting thumped at rugby... again.  Conditions were ideal at the start, and again at the end, with a rather squally breeze somewhat spoiling the middle of the day.  Water quality was a little on the murky side.  The fish were well spread, although a majority of our catch were taken along the home shore area.  An extraordinary number of jack pike were caught, and many anglers lost flies to the toothy critters.  John W got his thumb chomped to boot!

Alan H and Trevor fishing buzzers early.  Later, a switch to lures improved things dramatically

There were a few buzzers hatching, however those who fished nymphs found it hard going.  Slime lines and weighted damsels were the stand-out combination among our better catches.  Ian Mac was typical, taking 7 this way.  Alan M had the day's top score with10.  Having taken a few to epoxy buzzers early on, Alan switched to slime line with a damsel and cormorant combo in the afternoon and this led to a furious spell of action.

Alan M in the middle of his hot spell

Alan H was another to give up on nymphs after scant reward in the morning.  He switched to slime line and technocat in the afternoon to take a total of 7.  Best boat was Stu B and Fraser, who had 9 apiece.  They stayed on the drift, and again caught with slime line, tin head damsel and cormorant, this time with Vivas in the mix.

The club's new scoring system was put to the test for the first time.  This season, only number of fish caught will count.  This allows fish caught and released to score the same points as fish weighed-in.  All went well, and we hope the system will be a success.  We will know by October!

The club's 14 rods landed a total of 71 fish.