An interesting day. Frandy is a water where, if I can’t catch them on dries, I can’t catch them. And it doesn’t get much in the way of hatches, so it relies a lot on falls of terrestrials. The one thing that tends to spoil falls of terrestrials is heavy rain the day before, which…
Nigel Passmore, having a cast at the tip stream
A day-evening session with Stan and Jimmy.
We had fifteen members fishing this outing, and what an outing it was. The weather was nice for a summer’s day, bright blue sky, with some fluffy clouds and a light west wind. The water was clear, but nothing was hatching. Fishing the dog days is never easy but the only member to figure out…
Happiness in fishing is a matter of expectation; catch six when you expect to catch two and you are thrilled; catch two when you expect six and you are disappointed. If your expectations are unrealistically high, you will often be disappointed. Mid-summer fishing in hot weather is a case in point. Both David Bertram, my…
First really good day of mayfly fishing at Menteith. The hatch is now going from strength to strength.
With all the comedy weather we have been subjected to this spring, it seems the best we can hope for is a couple of hours of good conditions. That was what we got at Frandy. It came early in proceedings. Flat calm when we arrived gave way to a light easterly by the time we…
For view of River Forth see May 23rd entry.
