The weather forecast for Sunday was promising: between six and nine degrees, cloud cover and a nice wind for drifting. Would we get another day like Coldingham, with so many rising fish that you did not know which one to cast towards? (No we did not!) I was living in hope of another dry fly…
A very interesting day. The rain encountered while driving down went off, just as we arrived. It stayed off the whole day, giving a heavy overcast light for much of proceedings, together with a light, cold sea breeze. A brief spell of sun, mid-afternoon, brought a welcome burst of warmth. I was fishing with Derek…
The day was typical in several ways, and untypical in one or two very important ways too. Typical, in that many of the wettest days I have been out fishing have been on Menteith, and this was a doozy. It stopped for about 15 minutes at one point in the afternoon, and the rest of…
The weather was just grand for gardening on the Sunday morning of our first outing of the season, bright blue sky and a light wind from the south-west; mind you, the wind had a very cold edge to it. The air temperature was only 3.5 centigrade at the start. However, it was still super to…