Lake of Menteith, 24 March, 2024

  Was the proverbial game of two halves yesterday for Allan Everington and me.  We started off in the Butts with what seemed like a glacial drift along towards Tod’s Hole.  In hindsight (it’s a great thing) probably too close in to the Reeds.  Most of the other boats were spread right across the Eastern…

Frandy Reservoir, 02 September 2023

A fantastic journey up to Frandy.  The drive through Glendevon always whets the appetite for a good day’s top of the water fishing and the country was looking splendid.  The weather was predicted to heat up during the day, but with intermittent cloud cover.  What could possibly go wrong?  We had another decent turnout for…

Lake of Menteith, 19 August 2023

  We are deep into competition season on the Lake and it had faced another busy week of practice, ahead of the second Scottish Clubs semi-final on the Friday.  Well done to all those teams that have qualified for the final.  The results suggested that the fishing had become progressively more difficult over the week. …

Watch Water, 05 August 2023

After a summer pause, our outings kicked-off again at the Watch. July was a fairly wet month and August started off in much the same form, with the forecast suggesting more heavy showers during the day.  From a loch-style fishing perspective this has delivered the benefit of plentiful fresh water to keep our lochs and…

Coldingham Loch, 10 June 2023

This was another outing to highlight that the Berwickshire coastline has its own special micro-climate.  The country has been basking in some glorious summer weather of late, although not great for us fishermen.  The drive down the coast was terrific as usual and we were welcomed by overcast conditions and a pretty cool easterly wind. …

Harelaw, 29 April, 2023

This was our club’s first visit to Harelaw. The fishery is moderately large reservoir of around 120 acres on the South West side of Glasgow, just to the south of Neilston, near Paisley.  Ross and his team deserve real credit for establishing an extremely well run fishery that has a reputation for top of the…

Frandy Reservoir, 08 April 2023

Another cracking day for our outing to Frandy.  It was a bright start, but with an unusual gentle east-north-east wind, which persisted throughout the day.  Generally, the drifts tend to be along the south shore towards the dam.  Today would be dominated by drifts from east to west, along the south shore where most of…

Linlithgow Loch, 18 March 2023

Start of another new fishing season with our usual first club outing of the year to Linlithgow.  The fishing and weather in March can be a lottery at the best of times and for the past week there had been heavy rain.  However, it was remarkably mild with temperatures around 8°C and the loch was…