Sunday, 17th April

Lindores Loch, Day Session

Another case of being happy with the weather we got, when compared to what had been for the past week.  It was, however, decidedly baltic!  It was a bit on the breezy side in the morning as well, though it dropped away nicely in the afternoon.  There were some nice buzzers coming off, and cow dungs on the water, but it was really too cold to get the fish to poke their noses out, save for the odd one in the most sheltered bays.  The fish were, however, high in the water, feeding on daphnia.  It took a while to appreciate quite how high they were, and some switching from sinkers to floaters, and from fluoro to nylon was required to get tuned in.

The fish were well spread.  There was a good group in the bay out from the bird hide that Steve G made the most of.  Steve fished a fast glass, taking 8 to black and green fritz tadpoles, Diawl Bachs and snatchers.  Guest Bob Allan took 2 of his 3 fish in the same area.  Bob was one of the few to have success with a fast sink line.

There was another run of fish, right up the centre of the loch, but the only boat to get tuned in to them was with another club and we didn't find out their answer.

Dougie S with the first of the day

Len and Ivor found their fish well out from the road shore, catching with yellow dancer and sparkler on intermediate and floater.  Alan and Trevor sat it out in Milanda Bay all day and had top boat by one, taking a dozen under the 'tache, mostly to a size 10 black and red buzzer.  We ended up fishing the railway shore, where we found the fihs were in small fast moving groups.  We had difficulty getting tuned in, as we only had fleeting encounters with them.  Two fish in 2 casts, then nothing for half an hour, or a double-up, then nothing...  Swinging a team of nymphs worked reasonably well, mostly with JC Diawls and a wee damsel.  Dougie took 5 fish to 5 completely different flies, 3 different lines, 2 totally different methods, and 2 different leader materials!

As usual, Alan H provided the action shot

Ken McL and Bob T did very well to get tuned in to the roving groups along the railway shore by repeatedly drifting down the shore, picking up fish whenever their paths met.  Ken had top equal bag with 8.  He fished an intermediate line, with a small goldhead Montana being his stand-out pattern.

We were entertained throughout the day by a pair of ospreys, who worked the water hard.  As hard as us!  One posed overhead for a photo -- on the day I left the 300 mm lens at home and just brought the 135!  Doh!

The club's 13 rods landed a total of 56 fish.