It was a glorious evening for anything but trout fishing. When I start by saying that we all 3 of us caught fish, that sounds promising, however it was Peter – 1, Fraser – 1, Stewart – 2. We were allowed out early, which just extended the misery. At least thanks go to Fraser who…
As I continued to look at the weather forecast in the days before the outing, I was hoping that if the sun was going to shine then it was perhaps best if the wind stayed light to allow us to control the DI7s that were going to be needed to get down to the deeps…
News from waters through west is that they have ‘gone hot’ with fish heading into deep water to reach cooler temperatures. Fishing seems to be OK still, in the east, probably thanks to all the cold easterlies we have had this year. Every cloud, eh? This was another day of cracking conditions. Mel Mitchell and…
Mayfly season at Menteith, and perfect conditions for fishing dries – a mix of flat calm and pin ripple most of the day, with largely decent cloud cover. So, it was a wee bit disappointing that Bob Whyte and I didn’t find more rising fish to throw at over the course of the day. It…
It had been a couple of seasons since we last ventured to Linlithgow for a club outing. There have been a number of improvements since our last visit: an improved pier that made access to the boats a lot easier, while the boats were all cleaned and in good nick. What had not changed was…
Looking good when we arrived at the car park . Fairly warm, cloud cover and a slight breeze off the south. Looking perfect for dries and the guy at the fishery mentioned that a couple of days ago the yellow owl had been performing well. So, two rods made up, one with the normal midge-tip…
Decent conditions for the day, if still unseasonably cold – I was still wearing the 6 layers I was wearing on the first outing of the season! A light breeze and a ceiling encouraged me to start on dries. John Gibson and I simply started out from the harbour and let the light westerly take…
Ahead of this outing, we learned that Carron is changing its strategy and is going over to a private syndicate. It is also ceasing stocking – and no stock has gone in this year. So, the last bookings made under the old arrangements were being honoured, including our outing. Other changes since our last visit…
The weather has been 4 seasons in one day, for the past week or so… and we had a bit more of it on this outing. Sunshine and showers, with the breeze gradually picking up as the day progressed, getting to some gusty squalls in the afternoon. At least it was a lot warmer…
This one was harder than Steven Hawking’s homework. We had a light breeze, but it was biting-cold. Reports of rising fish from the day previous were unrealised. The sand martins were working the water all day, but it must have been right small stuff, as we were only seeing a decent buzzer once in a…