The sun was shining when we arrived at Menteith and the water had a nice ripple, a light wind blowing from west-northwest and cloud cover was coming in. Water temperature was 16°C, one degree above the air temperature, not so good but the air quickly went to 17°C – things looked as though we would…
What has happened this year? The weather has not been the best for the fishing. At Frandy, which is normally a grand place for top of the water fishing, we were presented everything that you could think of for a difficult day. We arrived to be greeted by a bright blue sky, high water spilling…
A few ‘texture’ themed shots while buying 2-stroke oil at the Bosuns Locker. Also took a few snapshots of how the new bridge is progressing.
I think we put this down as a near miss, conditions-wise. It was a very bright start, but also very pleasant, with light and variable wind, and shirt-sleeve warmth. After a while, cloud developed and it was looking good. However, shortly afterwards a cold sea breeze came in off the North Sea, the temperature plummeted,…
This outing was cancelled by the fishery management the day before, on the basis of a forecast of localised high winds.
A productive day with Jimmy. Some evidence of Caenis spinners and shucks, plus a few sedges, and a ecent number of spruce bark aphids (a new one to me this year).
This was the club’s second outing to the Black Loch, and my first ever. It was a big outing: 24 rods out. The weather threw everything at us in the course of the day… flat calms, wind off every point on the compass, including a fresh breeze. Cool, then warm, then cold for July (12°C…
Urban peregrines! Right at the foot of my road – didn’t even know there was an eyrie there. My neighbour heard them and pointed them out to me. Couldn’t get very close, so had to compromise with a crop sensor and x2 extender on my 100-400 mm lens. Rather higher ISO than ideal at a forced f11 wide open. Adult male on a high perch. One young still in the eyrie, and the other out on some superstructure. Pigeons all around them – don’t seem to recognise what they are.
Most of the weather forecasts were predicting 40 mph winds for the day. One of the ones that I looked at (BBC website) was the odd man out, suggesting nothing worse than about 17 mph. Judging by the fact that barely half the boats were out on a mid-season Saturday, I suspect some clubs cancelled,…
