Some mayfly action in tough conditions.
Decent conditions! The westerly breeze was a bit brisk at times… and cool for the time of year… and it turned dreich for the last hour… but having fished a whole week in Sutherland at the beginning of the month in blazing sun (and east winds), it was nice to see a ceiling for a…
Twelve of us based at Shinness Lodge for a week… A whole week of cold, dry easterlies, with 4 and a half days of sun. However, wind strength was on the whole decent (a write-off for the two on Merkland on Tuesday), and sport was had by all.
A few mayfly coming off, but the fish yet to tune in to them. Hard work with dries in bright sunshine. A few alders provided a bit of sport.
We came across two mice that had got trapped inside a coolbox. whether one died and the other took advantage to stay alive by eating it, or the one that was alive survived by killing and eating the other, we will never know. The strangest thing was that while we were examinging the scene and…
Spring and summer flowers along the River Almond walkway.
A family of three otters, mucking about in open water on Loch Lochy.
