Report and photos by Ed. On the way to Linlithgow, the weather was fine; it had been raining rather heavily during the night, but the temperature was 14°C, the wind was light from the south-east and we had overcast light – what could go wrong? Well, quite a lot, but I will tell you about…
Thursday morning, July 2nd, 1 a.m., the pyrotechnics started. I got up to have a look at it – see if there was any lightning strike I could have a go at photographing. There were! I went and got the camera, then got the tripod, then got the remote cord, then set it up, then had a think about settings. Then put in the settings. By the time I had it set up, the rain had come over and most of the lightning was above the clouds.
However, there was still the odd flash coming down. So, I stood there firing off 4 second exposures, trying to capture one. I was probably going something like 4 sconds on, 4 seconds off, 4 seconds on, 4 seconds off… It’s amazing how many of the flashes came during the offs – nearly every one. One of the best examples of Sod’s Law I’ve ever experienced.
Finally I got a good one, only to find I’d missed it off to the left, as the storm had moved round while I had been standing there firing off shots for the last half hour. I repositioned the camera and continued, but by now the storm was on the way out, and there wasn’t much more in the way of action. Here’s the best of what I got.
Took time off from fishing to visit the famous Italian Chapel
Jimmy, Dougie, Alex and me this time. Fishing decent, given it was late June and the temperature was never above 11°C.
Driving through to the Lake on a June Sunday, the outside temperature is showing 15 degrees and there is good cloud cover, so I have a real sense of anticipation. On arrival, there is a fair wave on the water, but the swallows are working well and still the feeling remains positive. I get a…
A day with Jimmy, looking for mayfly feeders. A few on dries and one on the dap.
This outing was scheduled for Saturday 6th, however Saturday 6th was, like many days this year, a write-off due to gales. It must take a bit to make Coldingham dangerous, but Gareth reported there were huge waves crashing on the north shore, so it’s as well we were able to reschedule for the following evening. …
We almost got a good day on Saturday the 30th May – It was dry, bright, but still with the strong, cold, blustery wind blowing from the North West. The water temperature was 9.5°C and the air was the same, never the best for fishing near the top of the water. Allan Brown and I…
I think a few of us must have been bad in our youth. Why? Because the weather was if anything worse, for fishing, than any other time this year. When we arrived at Carron, the water was spilling over the dam in waves and the water on the reservoir side of the dam was chaotic.…
Ten of us spent a week of fishing Lochs Arkaig, Shiel and Lochy for ferox with wet fly. Thankfully I caught one! Some of the fish caught by others on this trip, and other trips to these waters can be found here.
