Sunday, 10th July

Loch Leven, Evening Session

Another disappointingly small turn out for Loch Leven -- 9 rods.  The evening started a bit bright, but quickly developed 50% cloud cover.  It was certainly warm enough... 20-odd degrees and holding up well enough to fish in shirt sleeves right through to the 11.30 finish.  The breeze was perfect, a light south westerly, dropping to near calm late on.  The water clarity was good, though the temperature was understandably high.  There wasn't much fly life early, but later there was a wee Caenis hatch, followed by a big sedge hatch, followed by a few big buzzers.

It's not often one has the chance to get a whole club outing into one photograph

Michael Wilson recommended trying Kelson, West Point, Factor's Pier and Scart Isle, and all were given a good going over by our 4 boats.  He also recommended a clan chief, a particular favourite of Dougie Skedd's.  And Dougie fished it and took a stockie brownie on it out from Kelson, early doors on a DI-4.

And I'm afraid that is about all there is to report.  Stewart Barnes caught a big perch.  Eric Begbie had a swirl to his bob fly at St Serf's.  Alan Morrison and John Wastle both covered a rise between Scart and Green Isle.  I had one chance all night to cover a rise and my rod got so excited it flew apart at the middle joint!  Just about the time an evening rise should have got going, it went deader than a dead thing.

At least it finished with a bang for the good people across the road at T in the Park...

Photos:  Canon 10D with 28-135 IS lens and neutral grad filter.