A nice, benign day, weather-wise, with light and variable winds and sunny intervals, with broken cloud. Frandy isn’t the best water for light and variable, as it is often coming from different directions at different parts and is often messing-up intended drifts. Steve Kilpatrick and I quickly got the vibe that there was little doing,…
You buy a flat on Lindsay Road, with a bus stop just yards from your front doorstep. And you think that is good access to transport to the city centre… but you never figured that they would beat that, by a distance, by putting a tram stop actually on your front doorstep! Jeezo!
Superb conditions for a day on dries – mild, light breeze and good overhead cover. The main problem was the lack of meat on the water and the dearth of rising fish, almost everywhere we tried. Turns out others fishing in different parts had better luck! I was fishing with Allan Everington. Allan started…
Loch amazingly low – while everyone to the south had been suffering deluges… up here… nothing! Midges amazingly bad – a thing, apparently. Monday – we saw lots of fish – many fresh, despite the water levels. However, they were not for playing. Someone suggested they were put off by Storm Francis approaching. Tuesday –…
An unseasonably cool day on the east coast… with an easterly breeze! The air was 17C, but it felt a lot cooler. The odd blink of sun was very welcoming! The water was a degree warmer, at 18C, and it was gin-clear. Gareth reported the fish were on top and dries were working, but…
