Saturday, 23rd October

Linlithgow Loch, Day Session

If we thought we were lucky with the weather last weekend, then we had 6 numbers up in the lottery for this one.  Again, the previous couple of days were dire, but come Saturday it was idyllic.

In the morning some of us struggled while others caught fish.  This turned round in the afternoon to the point where those who were catching dried up, while those who were not, caught up.  Apart from one early one, our boat spent the morning changing and changing again, without so much as a sniff.  Meanwhile, one of the boats from another club spent the morning right next to us in the town bay, sconing fish.  They seemed to be pulling on blue Cortlands.

Guest Boyd S with the first of the day

Eventually we got tuned in, mainly thanks to guest angler, Boyd S, who started to pick up fish to figure-of-eighting size 10 buzzers, floating line and 16 foot of fluoro.  I had been getting nowhere swinging buzzers on a long leader.  Going over to Boyd's set-up, the figure-of-eighting didn't really help, but going up to size 10s did, while shortening up to 16 foot really worked a treat -- even though nearly all the fish came to the tail fly!  Our successful patterns included Blakeston's, orange thorax Cove and black Spanflex.

There are plenty other anglers in our club -- but Alan and Trevor have an uncanny knack of providing the photochancities!

Harry P was one who had the best of his sport early, taking 5 out from the north west point on orange booby and DI-7.  Trevor and Alan had the best of their sport in the morning as well, 'taching it with assorted buzzers in black and brown.  Ivor had a good day, taking 4 of 5 fish to this yellow lure.  Ivor fished off the north shore with an intermediate.  Ian Mac and son Gavin had a brace each, Ian to orange thorax Cove, and Gavin to boobies.  George W and Allan E had their sport to Diawl Bach and brown snatcher.

The Club's 13 rods landed 41 fish.