Black Loch, 14 September 2019
This outing was cancelled by the Fishery, early on Saturday morning, due to the forecast of high winds for the day.
Loch Hope, 2019
A week of very unsettled weather, with wet days, sunny days, windy days, calm days, hot days, cold days, a day when we had to get off quick half way through… everything under the sun. Not unexpectedly, the fishing was a mix of good, bad and indifferent. Forty five fish for the week – about…
Lake of Menteith, 25 August 2019
This was the Sunday session: mid-day till 7:00 p.m., and the second of a double-header of 2 outings to the Lake in 8 days. The one last Saturday saw a welcome end to the hot weather period with the fish coming out the deeps to play again. The first semi-final of the Scottish Clubs’ comp…
Coldingham Loch, 11 August 2019
A small outing to start with – only 7 of us – and smaller by the end – only 3 of us survived, thanks to the weather! In the middle of a very long, warm, wet spell, it was a dry, cool start, but the forecast rain for later arrived early afternoon, and we got…
Loch Brora, August 2019
Three days with Jimmy, trying for salmon and sea trout. One salmon hooked and lost. Another salmon raised and not hooked, a few half chances of sea trout… and nothing landed bigger than a 10 oz brownie. Water at 19 C, may have been a factor. Thundery weather may have been a factor. Being bad…
Painted Ladies, 28 July 2019
An influx of painted lady butterflies appeared in north Edinburgh, today. Never seen them in numbers here before. They were drawn to lavender plants at the edge of Victoria Park, giving me a chance to get some shots. Quite skittish. Doubt they would have let me get close enough with the macro lens, but I…
Trossachs, 29 June 2019
Mayfly action – who’d have thunk it!
Lake of Menteith, 26 June/01August 2019
A June day with John Wastle, looking for mayfly feeders. The early cloud quickly burned away to give us a scorcher! Then a day beginning of August. Still a few mayfly about and fish looking for them. However, most of the fish were lying deep in Gateside, due to the previous week’s heatwave.