Ron Sharp and I used to have a week on Watten throughout much of the 1980s. Four of us fished it in 2007, my first visit since 1994. It was good to be back.
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We enjoyed it so much, we were back in 2008. This time there were 6 of us, as we were joined by a couple of good lads from down south, Rob and Alec.
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The last row were all shot within a couple of hours of each other, on the last evening of the trip. Caithness truly is big-sky country!
I had never seen divers on the loch throughout the 80s and 90s, but there were several black-throateds on the loch in 2007, and they were joined by at least one red-throated in 2008. I managed a shot of the red-throated (albeit from a bit of a distance!), which is shown centre above.