The last time we were at Cobbinshaw, 11 April, it was 2.5 C and dreich and breezy. All layers on. This time it was 5.5 C, and dreich and breezy. Every stitch on again. I counted 10 layers! At least it was 3 C less cold, but the wind was 180 degrees from last time…
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It was another good club outing, with 7 boats booked for the day. Glencorse, like many Scottish fisheries has had an up and down start to the season. The unpredictability of the weather has been a major factor across all venues. However, the condition of the water was excellent with great visibility and, although there…
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This was our second outing of the season to Frandy, an increasingly popular venue for The Club. On our first trip we met the back end of Storm David and ended up fishing for a couple of hours in a fairly spectacular blizzard. A couple of weeks at this time of year in Scotland can…
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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…
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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…
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Driving up, we were met with some frost and icy puddles on the approach road. It was cold, but still relatively calm, pending the arrival of Storm Dave, later in the afternoon. I was the lone ranger for the day, as Stewart Barnes couldn’t make it. I set off, and turned left down towards the…
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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…
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Outing cancelled due to high winds. Rearranged for a midweek outing on 01 April.
Dougie Skedd reports… Another year, another first outing to The Lake. Once again fate smiled on us and the weather was very pleasant. We always seem to strike lucky with this outing. I shudder to think what it might be like when our luck runs out. Very similar conditions to those we’ve enjoyed the past…
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After all the wild weather of this season, we finished on a cracker of an autumnal day. It was decidedly cool, as the light breeze came off the ESE, but that was a small price to pay, when we had a light ripple and good overhead all day. None of us found the fishing easy,…
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