Harelaw, 19 April 2025

The day was a decidedly cool one: 8 C and a stiff easterly breeze. Top bags were two 7s. In total the 12 rods caught 28 fish. Best areas were Tank/Shooters’ Bay. Lines were DI-3 and midge tip. Best flies were Diawls and buzzers.

Lake of Menteith, 09 April 2025

An absolute cracker of a day, weather-wise!  It was a cool start, as the weather was still off the east and we had good cloud cover.  But winds were light (mostly south-easterly), and the morning cloud gave way to bright sun for most of the afternoon, which brought the temperature up to the point I…

Frandy, 05 April, 2025

Mel Mitchell reports… We arrived to a crisp Spring morning and a full car park.  Three clubs were booked-in for the day.  The start of this season has delivered some fantastic sunny weather, with the first week of April being no exception.  A weak Jet Stream has created what is known as an Omega Block…

Glencorse, 28 March 2025

This was the 2nd week of the season for Glencorse fishery.  It seems like the weather gods are against us for most of our outings to Glencorse, and today seemed no different!  The trouble with weather forecasts is that they’re right too often for us to ignore them and wrong too often for us to…

Lake of Menteith, 19 March 2025

A superb day just to be out, after so much bleak, cold, grey, off-the-east type weather in recent months. I saw the forecast – no breeze and no cloud – and so slathered myself in Factor 50 before leaving the house.  I had been out on our loch for just a couple of hours last…

Linlithgow Loch, 15 March 2025

It was a quiet opening day outing for the club this season, with only 3 boats booked following a few last minute call-offs.  Our last few sessions on Linlithgow have proven to be extremely challenging, not helped by the quality of the water, which resulted in poor catch returns.  Last season this outing was cancelled…