Some photos taken around the car park at the Black Loch, near Caldercruix, ahead of our angling club outing on the evening of 21 July 2018.
This was a small, 3-boat evening outing. The loch was clearly fishing well. When I arrived, mid-afternoon, every boat was out and rods were bent. Davy said they were getting good evening activity to sedges and advised going with dries from the start. As it was quite a stiff breeze, I hedged my bets by…
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.
