Saturday, 9th April

Lake of Menteith, Day Session

A better day than many predicted, given the wintry conditions and gales over the past couple of days.  The north wind turned west, it got a bit milder and although on the damp side at times, we had good cloud cover (and some spectacular skies) for most of the day.  The odd blink of sunshine was quite welcome, when it came.  There was evidence of big buzzer hatches, by way of loads of shucks in the water.  There was little evidence, however, of feeding fish.

The fish were well spread and came from Hotel Bay, right round the road shore to Lochend and on towards the butts.  They seemed to be well spread depth-wise as well, as fish were taken to many lines, from ghost tip to DI-7.  We started in Hotel Bay and john R was into a fish straight away on a red holo Diawl Bach.  This was one of 4 fish John took to nymphs, the others coming to an orange thorax Cove and an orange snatcher.

John and his Diawl Bach-caught fish from Hotel Bay

Boyd S and John G took 7 to their boat in the Quarry area, mostly deep to orange tadpoles.  Alan M had 3 early at Lochend to a black cat and DI-3.  Later in the day, he got into fish well up in the water, out from international bay.  Slowing it all down and going more imitative, Alan took 4 more to ghost-tip and snatchers.  Alan D and Dougie G shared half a dozen in Lochend and International Bay.  Our secretary had a good day, taking 8, mostly to damsels with a couple on a Viva.  Stewart fished slime line in the Lochend area.

The west shore of Gateside Bay, catching a bit afternoon sun

Top catch of the day went to Tommy S and Euan C, who boated 16 to DI-3 and fast glass, fishing damsels, Dunkelds and cats in the Lochend to Tod Hole area.

The Club's total for 19 rods was 75 fish.