October 2014 – Loch Lomond
A day with Colin McCrory on the 7th, and an end-of-season do on the 27th… when my trusty old Evinrude broke-down and we needed a tow back to Balmaha.
A day with Colin McCrory on the 7th, and an end-of-season do on the 27th… when my trusty old Evinrude broke-down and we needed a tow back to Balmaha.
Cracking conditions for a bit of autumnal top of the water fishing… mild, overcast, light wind. Ed Green and I set out, both tackled up with dries. We started up the top end, and worked our way down the water. Action was very slow, however, with just the occasional offer, and the rainbows among them…
Strange day. Superb conditions for fishing dries, but a lot of the water seemed quiet, with not much insect life and very few fish showing. Dougie Goddard and I started down at Lochend, as Dougie had a great day there a couple of weeks previous. And it looked like a good shout, as Dougie had…
A day with Davy McDowell and a (rather calm) day with Angus MacRitchie.
Our outing to Frandy was not one of our best – the weather looked OK even though it was a bit bright, the wind was not very strong but was blowing from a few directions at the same time, and the air was colder than the water. However, hope springs eternal, so on went the…
The weather is starting to cool down after the warm spell. In fact, it was distinctly cool, full stop, yesterday. I was a layer short of comfy! The bright spells were quite welcome to put a bit of warmth back into proceedings. The main feature of the day, however, was the wind. It was blowing…