Linlithgow Loch, 03 July 2016

It’s July and we were sitting in boats on Linlithgow Loch, cold, damp and looking forward to four o`clock. We had a west wind that was cold and blustery; we had bright sun and some cloud cover. The air temperature was only 12 Celsius and with a water temperature of 16 Celsius, we were in…

Lake of Menteith, 19 June 2016

This was the usual Sunday timing of 12 noon to 7:00 p.m.  On arrival, conditions were well nigh perfect, with a temperature of 14 degrees, good cloud cover and only a slight breeze.   Unfortunately heavy rain and a strengthening wind were forecast mid afternoon.  The wind didn’t arrive, but the heavy rain certainly did. Despite…

Black Loch, 10 June 2016

How to start this report, do I tell you about the very heavy rain that was pelting down as I left home, or do I tell you about the sea fog that was drifting down the loch when I arrived, or about the cold NE wind that made me wish I had a spare fleece…

Coldingham, 04 June 2016

Our annual evening outing to Coldingham, and not the worst we’ve had, weather-wise – though given our track record, it had a variety of stiff competition to beat.  The one fly in the ointment was the temperature – it was barely 10-11°C by mid-evening.  That was due to a northerly breeze, though it dropped away…

Frandy, 28 May, 2016

Cracking conditions for it – though the light easterly breeze was naturally a touch on the cool side.  However, good cloud cover until the last hour and a lengthways direction of breeze allowed for some good drifts.  We hoped that the conditions would give us some good surface activity, but there was an almost total…

Carron Valley Reservoir, 23 May 2016

Good weather at last!  It was a cracking day to be out.  Perhaps not what fishers of traditional wets would have been looking for, but ideal for nymphing or dry fly tactics.  The wind was the only fly in the ointment.  It was typical ‘light and variable’, which means that what little air there is…

Glencorse Reservoir, 15 May 2016

The kind weatherman promised a nice warm day, with cloud cover and no rain. We did not get any rain… suppose he is happy with one out of three.  What we got was a cold, swirling wind.  However, it did feel warm when the sun came out, but it got very cold again when a…

Black Loch, 08 May 2016

This was our first evening session this year, and perhaps it was a mistake to have an evening session so early in the year.  When I arrived, very early, the air was 19.5 Celsius if you were in a sheltered spot. However, when you moved away from the shelter and into the strong east wind,…

Coldingham Loch, 30 April 2016

A really interesting day this one, in many ways.  Given the weather we’ve been getting, we’d have taken it, even though it was single figure temperatures and bright sun for much of the day.  The saving grace was that the wind was light and for the first half of the day it was from the…

Carron Valley Reservoir, 17 April 2016

Not the warmest of starts to the day: 2.5°C.  Back to the long-Johns and winter woollies.  The wind was WSW and due to get up later in the day, but was OK in the morning.  The cold rather spoiled things, as there was decent cloud cover and decent numbers of buzzers hatching, but just not…