Glencorse 09 August 2015
This outing was cancelled by the fishery management the day before, on the basis of a forecast of localised high winds.
Black Loch 25 Jul 2015
This was the club’s second outing to the Black Loch, and my first ever. It was a big outing: 24 rods out. The weather threw everything at us in the course of the day… flat calms, wind off every point on the compass, including a fresh breeze. Cool, then warm, then cold for July (12°C…
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Lake of Menteith 18th July 2015
Most of the weather forecasts were predicting 40 mph winds for the day. One of the ones that I looked at (BBC website) was the odd man out, suggesting nothing worse than about 17 mph. Judging by the fact that barely half the boats were out on a mid-season Saturday, I suspect some clubs cancelled,…
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Frandy 11th July 2015
On our way to Frandy on Saturday evening, the weather was very pleasant. The sun was out, but with some cloud cover, we had a light wind from the southwest and the air was 19°C. When I arrived, the day session chaps were still out, so I watched the boats and a few bankies, and…
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Linlithgow Loch 05 July 2015
Report and photos by Ed. On the way to Linlithgow, the weather was fine; it had been raining rather heavily during the night, but the temperature was 14°C, the wind was light from the south-east and we had overcast light – what could go wrong? Well, quite a lot, but I will tell you about…
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Menteith 21 June 2015
Driving through to the Lake on a June Sunday, the outside temperature is showing 15 degrees and there is good cloud cover, so I have a real sense of anticipation. On arrival, there is a fair wave on the water, but the swallows are working well and still the feeling remains positive. I get a…
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Black Loch 12 June 2015
The French say, “We should be very careful what we wish for, for we will surely get it.” Well I and everyone else on previous outings have been wishing for better weather, and boy did we get it – we got the hottest day of the year so far. Not a cloud in the sky,…
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Coldingham 07 June 2015
This outing was scheduled for Saturday 6th, however Saturday 6th was, like many days this year, a write-off due to gales. It must take a bit to make Coldingham dangerous, but Gareth reported there were huge waves crashing on the north shore, so it’s as well we were able to reschedule for the following evening. …
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Frandy 30 May 2015
We almost got a good day on Saturday the 30th May – It was dry, bright, but still with the strong, cold, blustery wind blowing from the North West. The water temperature was 9.5°C and the air was the same, never the best for fishing near the top of the water. Allan Brown and I…
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Carron Valley Reservoir 24 May 2015
I think a few of us must have been bad in our youth. Why? Because the weather was if anything worse, for fishing, than any other time this year. When we arrived at Carron, the water was spilling over the dam in waves and the water on the reservoir side of the dam was chaotic.…
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