It never ceases to amaze me how smooth the journey is from Gifford to Harelaw at the weekends, despite roadworks on the M8 and navigating the Kingston Bridge. The normal challenge is how to approach the water in the summer months. This year though, Harelaw is standing out as a quality venue, given the commendable…
A week may be a long time in politics, but the same can be said of loch-style fishing in Scotland. Recently, most fisheries across the central belt have had to endure summer doldrums due to rising water temperatures. When stillwaters warm up, it creates a hostile environment that fundamentally changes how, when, and where fish…
This is an outing that really is weather dependent. Aren’t they all? In recent years, baking hot conditions starting in late spring have led to water temperatures soaring in July, which has a detrimental impact on trout for fishing prospects, not just at the Lake but most Stillwaters across the UK. Generally, this means dusting…
In recent seasons we have not had a lot of luck with our outings to Linlithgow. Issues with the quality of the water due to severe algal blooms and on other occasions big winds that prompted the fishery to cancel. This particular outing was wisely re-arranged due to the strength of the wind prevailing at…
An excellent day to be back in the Ochil Hills. Despite Frandy now being marketed by Gleneagles as a water sports destination, with recently installed outdoor sauna, it remains a favourite venue for our club. Normally by this time of the season the weather can be beginning to have an impact on some of the…
It was another good club outing, with 7 boats booked for the day. Glencorse, like many Scottish fisheries has had an up and down start to the season. The unpredictability of the weather has been a major factor across all venues. However, the condition of the water was excellent with great visibility and, although there…
This was our second outing of the season to Frandy, an increasingly popular venue for The Club. On our first trip we met the back end of Storm David and ended up fishing for a couple of hours in a fairly spectacular blizzard. A couple of weeks at this time of year in Scotland can…
This was the 2nd week of the season for Glencorse fishery. It seems like the weather gods are against us for most of our outings to Glencorse, and today seemed no different! The trouble with weather forecasts is that they’re right too often for us to ignore them and wrong too often for us to…
It was a quiet opening day outing for the club this season, with only 3 boats booked following a few last minute call-offs. Our last few sessions on Linlithgow have proven to be extremely challenging, not helped by the quality of the water, which resulted in poor catch returns. Last season this outing was cancelled…
The weather was pleasantly unseasonal for our first outing in July. The weather on departure from Gifford was more spring-like at 10.5°C, which slowly approached around 12°C by the time we arrived at the Lake. It was a quieter than usual outing for the club, due to various holidays and fishing trips to Orkney so…