Watch Water, 14 September 2024
Outing cancelled due to high winds forecast for the Lammermuirs.
Outing cancelled due to high winds forecast for the Lammermuirs.
Dougie Skedd reports… After a couple of cancellations for strong winds it was good to be getting out to fish at Frandy. Given the way the weather has been it should have been no surprise to get up on Saturday morning to find a windless day with dense fog. The murk was particularly bad, crossing…
DetailsDougie Skedd reports… At last! We finally got out fishing as a club. What with the summer break and two weather-related cancellations, it’s been a while. Word was that fish were being caught at Malling and Gateside. That meant two places to avoid, at least early on. I can’t stand crowded water these days. The…
DetailsThe weather was pleasantly unseasonal for our first outing in July. The weather on departure from Gifford was more spring-like at 10.5°C, which slowly approached around 12°C by the time we arrived at the Lake. It was a quieter than usual outing for the club, due to various holidays and fishing trips to Orkney so…
DetailsOur attempts to negotiate with the weather gods for a decent day of conditions at Coldingham continue to fall on deaf ears. This one was bright and breezy from the west, not helped by the water being gin-clear and there being very little evidence of fly life. The fish seemed arsy and only put in…
DetailsI came home last weekend from a trip up north to a mayfly loch. As I was going to Glencorse, I took all my mayfly boxes out my bag – 5 of them, if you include the dapping flies. When I got there, I learned from the others that the reservoir has been enjoying a…
DetailsOuting cancelled due to high winds. John Wastle and I were fishing Craggie that day… With the dap… not easy…
DetailsThere was little sign of cloud cover and the sun was also breaking through as we headed towards the Watch reservoir. I think the drive over the Lammermuirs from Gifford to Longformacus is hard to beat in term of the scenery. Saturday morning was stunning. A word of caution, mind you, rather than spending time…
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