June 8th 2013 – Coldingham Loch

I always look forward to fishing at Coldingham Loch, dreaming of top of the water fishing and drifting along with pleasant company. However –When I left home on the evening of the 8th, the temperature was a very hot 32C, on crossing the Kincardine Bridge, it had dropped to 28, at Linlithgow it had dropped…

June 1st 2013 – Frandy

More half-decent weather – though the wind, when it got up, was decidedly cool.  It was also bright most of the time, and the combination of rising sun and cool wind quickly put the fish down.  That was a pity, as they were on the pop to hatching buzzers in the calm when we arrived.…

May 26th 2013 – Carron Valley Reservoir

The weather this year seems to consist of one decent day… once in a while, followed by yet another week, or two, of bitter biting winds and just horrible conditions to be out fishing.  As a for example, Ron Sharp and I had been trying to get a day out on Gladhouse.  We cancelled once…

May 20th 2013 – Glencorse

Glencorse looked very promising as we stood looking at the water, a nice ripple and a few rising fish, the air temperature was 14°C with a very light WNW wind. Nineteen of us went out with high hopes. I was fishing with Alan Brown, a guest who would like to join us at the end…

May 12th 2013 – Linlithgow

I wonder if anyone can remember a year that has started with such cold and wet weather, if so, he must be even older than I am.   We had eleven brave souls at Linlithgow last Sunday night and these intrepid anglers caught eight fish – a rod average of 0.73. What we should be proud…

May 4th 2013 – Coldingham

Well folks spring has finally arrived and it arrived at Coldingham on the 4th of May.  When we arrived, we had sunshine and wispy cirrus cloud – not enough cloud to be classed as cover but still a very pleasant day.  The WSW wind, strong and very blustery, was the only fly in the ointment…

April 20th 2013 – Carron Valley

As Jamie Tocher and I drove towards Carron, the chat was all about the weather looking very promising.  We even imagined ourselves drifting out of Carron bay on a soft SW wind, flicking dry flies at moving fish.  However, when we got out of the car at the car park, we were confronted with a…

April 14th 2013 – Linlithgow Loch

As the eleven members, who hoped to fish on this outing, huddled under car tailgates or umbrellas, which were being blown inside out – the only topic of conversation was the weather, or should I say, the bad weather.  We had all been looking at various weather forecasts and the bottom line was it was…