Lake of Menteith, 10 May 2023

  I was out a couple of times on private trips in the previous couple of weeks and had good sport on dries, thanks to superb buzzer hatches.  Plenty risers to cast to.  But one thing to be wary of – groups of fish that were very hard to interest.  Often behaving a bit different. …

Glencorse Reservoir, 05 May, 2023

Dougie Skedd reports… Hmmm, another cool day of easterly airflow. Getting a bit sick of it by now.  Still, moving on… Glencorse. A personal favourite of mine. I like its “natural” look and feel. It’s stocked with particularly good fish and they will usually respond to something during the day.  Dougie Goddard and I set…

Lake of Menteith, 19 April 2023

I could anticipate what was coming.  We were stuck in that cold easterly aiflow that we seem to be plagued with just about every year at this time – and it goes on for weeks and weeks.  Not a cloud in the sky, but needed 6 layers on, all day!  The wind strength picked up…

Coldingham Loch, 15 April, 2023

What a day of up and down temperatures (and fishing conditions)!  The car thermometer was showing 3 C on the way down.  I arrived to a flat calm and bright sun, and had to peel half my clothes off so I did not bake myself.  By the time we were into the day, we had…