Well folks spring has finally arrived and it arrived at Coldingham on the 4th of May. When we arrived, we had sunshine and wispy cirrus cloud – not enough cloud to be classed as cover but still a very pleasant day. The WSW wind, strong and very blustery, was the only fly in the ointment…
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As Jamie Tocher and I drove towards Carron, the chat was all about the weather looking very promising. We even imagined ourselves drifting out of Carron bay on a soft SW wind, flicking dry flies at moving fish. However, when we got out of the car at the car park, we were confronted with a…
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As the eleven members, who hoped to fish on this outing, huddled under car tailgates or umbrellas, which were being blown inside out – the only topic of conversation was the weather, or should I say, the bad weather. We had all been looking at various weather forecasts and the bottom line was it was…
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Our third outing this year and it was without a doubt the best one yet – No thick snow, no iced over water and when we arrived, a few fish were rising. I was talking to a chap who was of the opinion that weather forecasters were all procrastinators born from unmarried mothers – and…
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Ed’s call to the heavens after Glencorse fell on deaf ears, sorry to say. We all knew it was going to be cold, and it was. Everybody prepared by dressing with 10 extra layers. I charged up the battery packs for my electric wellies and looked out the charcoal handwarmer. It was 0.5C on the…
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On Friday the 15th, I had a grand time, tying flies, cleaning and stretching lines, charging batteries and just looking forward to Saturday the 16th – our first outing of the year. I did look at the weather forecast but thought – no it just cannot be as bad as they are predicting. However, this…
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A decent autumnal day. Hurrah! It was a bit bright, but with all the weather we have had, it was quite welcome. Breeze was light and varied south west to north west. Len Newby and I started at Kate’s brae – allowing us to keep an eye on what was happening both left to the…
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A breezy weekend, but the temperature on Sunday was distinctly milder and, with nice overhead, it looked quite promising. Michael warned us that the water had cooled down markedly and that the fishing was hard. What fish were being caught were in shallow water, the likes of the north shore, and up the shallows and…
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Heading towards the Lake I was thinking of an argument could I put to Elma when she demanded payment for our seven boats. Surely, the majority of our members had the gumption not to venture out on a day of such weather – the forecast was for rain and wind and general discomfort. What we…
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The weather forecast on Saturday night indicated we could have fine weather for fishing on the Sunday – No rain, a mild southwest wind and cloud cover – you could not ask for more. So we all popped along expecting a good days fishing. We did not get any rain and we did get a…
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