October 8th 2011 – Lake of Menteith

Yet another unremittingly dreich day, set in a season of unremittingly dreich days. So, not many photos – this season has seen me switch, after 7 years of shooting in aperture priority, to using shutter priority – just so I can be sure of getting enough light through the lens before everything goes blurry! The…

September 25th 2011 – Loch Leven

Another attempt (after quite a few years’ hiatus) to get a good, productive end of season outing at Loch Leven. Prospects were quite good. It had been fishing well, and the day started with a light southerly breeze and good overhead. Word was that when the fish were up, intermediates were all that were required.…

September 11th 2011 – Lintrathen

This was our first outing to Lintrathen since 1993! It’s a wee bit of a haul to get to, but not much further than Butterstone – at least as the crow flies. The staff were friendly and very helpful and attentive, and the boats and outboards were in good order. The weather was a potential…

August 28th 2011 – Frandy

On the road to Frandy, the weather was not promising, but when we arrived, it was worse. A strong NNW wind was blowing down the loch, and the water was just in the process of building into white horses, the sky promised rain and it was cold – very cold for the end of August.…

August 21st 2011 – Coldingham

What a smashing day we had – On the way down to Coldingham the weather was promising, but on arrival at the loch we had almost flat calm water with patchy cloud cover – and lots of fish rising in the open water – Magic! A flurry of floating lines and dry flies were affixed…

August 14th 2011 – Lake of Menteith

Arrived to find white horses coming down the water, but by the time we went out it was perfect conditions! Ended up being a bit 4 seasons in one day. Weather cells came over, pushing stiff breezes ahead of them. Then they dumped a dose of heavy rain on our heads as they passed over,…

August 5th 2011 – Carron Valley

What a nice day for an extra outing to Carron. This outing was to make up for the two-cancelled outings – Lake and Caron at the end of May – these were cancelled due to storm force winds.  The drive along the B818 was interesting, as we had to drive through the signs advising that…