April 10th and it was 20°C! It’s now April 12th and it’s 10°C. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. It was a two-edged sword, needless to say, when it came to the fishing. There were some juicy-looking fiery brown buzzers hatching in wee bursts throughout the day. Only problem was we had blazing…
Weather a wee bit iffy in the lead up to our first outing of the season at The Lake. Rain forecast, and some hit on the way through, but then we spent most of the day in brassy sunshine! Wind was westerly and blusterly. Temperature was good, given the date. Tackling up in the car…
The drive up to Butterstone was in mainly sunny but cool conditions, with the occasional covering of quite black cloud. However, on arrival, the sun was out and despite a flat calm the water quality was good, so the loch looked quite inviting. The new clubhouse is not yet open, work having been delayed by…
A try for a springer… and I did catch one – right below the Dyke, which now has a large breach in it. No photos of the fish, as I was up to my Jacobs at the time.
A decidedly autumnal feel to our last outing of the season. Made more so by a fresh easterly breeze that lasted the whole day. However, it was dry and we had nearly 100% cloud cover – albeit that cold-feeling misty sort. Quint recommended Lochend as being worth a look. Thought it might fit in with…
Would the Loch again be a bowl of green pea soup covered with giant croutons as the bird lovers and parents hurled slices of pan loaf at the large numbers of rather plump grebes, swans, geese, ducks, seagulls, terns, magpies, woodpigeons and crows? Would we again have had enough by 1400 hrs? Seven of us…
An interesting start to the day. I was out with Dougie Skedd. It was breezy when we were tackling up. Dougie reckoned it was a fairly certain puller and he set up the one rod. Not that I disagreed with Dougie, but with time to spare before we were out – and so often a…
