Lake of Menteith

The weather for our second Lake outing was nowhere near as bad as forecast.  There was a bit of rain in the afternoon, but we got off lightly, and benefitted from 100% ceiling all day.  The wind was south-easterly and altough never strong, it was annoyingly swirly when trying to keep tight to the head…

Cobbinshaw Reservoir, 11 April 2026

Having seen the forecast for snow and gales, we were all hoping we would get a call from Mel to tell us the outing had been cancelled. No such luck!  The drive out was in pouring rain that was threatening to turn to snow, as the temperature got down to 2.5 C. Everyone assembled in…

Glencorse Reservoir, 01 April 2026

After the excitement of the opening outing to the Lake of Menteith last weekend it was disappointment all round as our second outing to Glencorse had to be cancelled due to high winds (20mph+ winds and 40mph gusts). Kenny Knox, the new fishery owner, was equally disappointed, as it was his first full day of…