There was a number of call-offs, ahead of our outing to Black Loch, so we ended with only two boats for our session. One thing that you find when you arrive at the fishery is the care and attention paid to the boats and motors, which is top class and makes the day afloat all…
A bit of a curate’s egg of a day – good in places! We had some decent overhead at times, though bright at others. The temperature was decent, though the wind had an edge when it was coming out the east. The wind itself was a bit of a bastard. It was fresher that you…
A day on dries with Jimmy. Mayfly activity starting to get going. Fish quite cooperative. Wind direction less so. Top fly was the ‘Found Link’.
A day with Bob Allan. Mayfly starting to trickle off. Loads of alders, sedges and other stuff – and clouds of gnats and hawthorns.
A sudden improvement in the weather gave us a nice calm, sunny day. However, it came with a price to pay… The breeze was never the same strength or direction for more than 2 minutes. It kept buggering-up the plans, again and again. Peter Fionda and I started out in the bay where the burn…
A spring afternoon’s walk, from Roseburn to Cannonmills, along the Water of Leith walkway.
There are some things that are constants. The Pole Star… pi… the weather for our outings to Carron… Just to recap what those are: stiff, cold easterly wind, and bright sunshine. And it really was cold at times. However, if you got out of the wind, it was lose 2 layers stuff. Back out in…
