After a bit of a heatwave during the week, the conditions turned out a lot cooler than most of us were expecting. However, they were pretty decent – a moderate southerly breeze and good cloud cover for most of the day. Ed Green and I started out on sedgey dries, having seen sedges in evidence,…
A day on our way to Orkney. Blowing a total hooly in 2016. A much better day in 2018.
Some photos of my favourites among the winners of the 2016 press photography awards, which were on exhiibition inside the Scotish parliament building… plus a couple fo the main chamber, and a sneaky one of herself…
A boat to myself, and some more mayfly action.
Mayfly hatch going great guns, though a sudden drop in air temperature coupled to very warm water rather knocked the fish off the top.
Our annual evening outing to Coldingham, and not the worst we’ve had, weather-wise – though given our track record, it had a variety of stiff competition to beat. The one fly in the ointment was the temperature – it was barely 10-11°C by mid-evening. That was due to a northerly breeze, though it dropped away…
