Sunday, 20th March

Lindores Loch, Day Session

Our good luck at getting good conditions for our first outing of the season held for yet another year, as we were treated to a calm, overcast, albeit very misty day.  The temperature wasn't quite what many other parts of the country were enjoying, but there were no complaints.  Andy Mitchell reported that the fish had been getting caught almost exclusively on floating line and buzzers.  Music to our ears!  However, many of us didn't find it that way.  Ian Mac did OK early doors, catching half a dozen to Diawl Bach and bloodworm.  Dougie S also caught early on orange thorax Cove, and Ivor took 7 to assorted buzzers and nymphs.  Generally, though, many found it hard going with nymphing tactics.  A change to slime line and taddy/damselly/mini-lurey type stuff worked wonders.

JW with a bright fish, taken on slime line and damsel combo

Len Newby took 10 to a cat's whisker tadpole, and John W was top rod with 11, taken to 2 mini minkies in black and white, and a damsel.  Dougie S took fish later to black and yellow booby, while Allan E and Stewart B were another 2 to catch to slime line and damsel.  Stewart reported seeing one boat do exceptionally well across on the railway shore.  When asked, they reported catching to sink-tip lines and goldhead Viva.  The bulk of our own catches came from the road shore, all the way from the top corner, down to Lindores house.  Trevor and Alan, however, didn't venture beyond Milanda Bay, and they 'tached a creditable total of 16 between them, to black and brown buzzers and a black snatcher.

The, er, railway shore -- location for some good catches later in the day

There was plenty other wildlife on offer.  Some nice Scottish blend buzzers were hatching and an odd fish was seen to rise to them.  A red kite was spotted, some good sized perch were caught (though they seemed in rather poor health?), and Cap'nF finished the day with a 5 lb pike on his last cast.

The club's total for 16 rods was 77 fish.