There had been hardly a breath of wind for the past 2 weeks… until we turned up at Black Loch for our outing and got a stiff westerly. Oh well… Keith Logan was on the engine in our boat and we focused on drifting onto the downwind shore, where the advice was that we would…
One of the flattest calmest days I have been out in a long time. About 5 minutes of ripple all day. It would have been a good day for fishing dries, except the water seems to have warmed up again after the previous week’s sunshine and warmth from the big high pressure system, I measured…
Three days on South End. Very hard going, with a lot of calm conditions and a full day of bright sun… and the water just under 19 C in late August.
A fall of flying ants got the fish on the pop!
One thing our club can usually count on when we go to Coldingham is rubbish fishing conditions, and yesterday was typical. Bright for much of the day and a stiff, swirling, variable wind. Gareth informed us the fish were high in the water and dries were doing well. So, Bob Whyte and I both set…
Some years ago a group of enthusiasts expressed a sadness that only three of the East Coast Pacifics had a preserved example. They decided to put that right. 18 years and 3 million pounds later the result was Tornado. A Peppercorn A1 Pacific locomotive for the 21st century. A thing of remarkable beauty and a…
Water 20 C. Fish concentrated over the deeps, but enough of them in the surface layers to fish a floating line.
