This was the club’s first outing to Stenhouse, but we had heard some good feedback and we were looking forward to a decent days fishing. The fishery itself is classed as a small stillwater of around 35 acres, with an average depth of around 3m, sitting just north of Burntisland. The owners have done a…
I can’t help myself but still get a bit over-excited ahead of any outings to the Lake. Is it just me? The recent better weather was continuing – warm and overcast with a westerly breeze. Fishery reports in the run-up sounded familiar, with fishing being challenging. I met Quint on my arrival and walked down…
It has been a fairly dismal summer so far, besotted with big swings in temperatures and strong winds, with a fair spattering of rain. In general, most fisheries have reported that conditions have been tough and fish moody and difficult at best so, to be honest, it has been a bit of a slog of…
Another July club outing and another episode of Scotland the Dreich. Hard to imagine that only two days earlier I was sitting on top of the cairn at the summit of Lamer Law in 26 degrees, with not a cloud in the skies, and having side-stepped a couple of adders on the way up, basking…
They say Montana has big skies, well someone should check out the wilds of the Trossachs on a typical July morning. The big difference in Scotland is that our skies are peppered with lots of dark clouds that hold plenty of water. It was a dreich morning, make no mistake, but warm and overcast, with…
Saturday evening up at Frandy was definitely a soup and bacon roll night, rather than strawberries and cream. A bit cool even for Scotland in early July and there was quite a lot more wind around than we had hoped for. We could see the day-boats drifting open water and close to the dam wall…
A blessed relief to leave behind all the general election nonsense and never-ending mutterings on Brexit, Indieref2 and a raft of ridiculous promises from Westminster and Holyrood. It is likely that trout are a lot more reliable and actually quite a bit brighter than our own politicians. A special commendation to the fishery and management…
Conditions were bright and cold with a south-easterly breeze. The swallows had arrived, welcomed earlier in the week by sleet and flurries of snow, but reports were that fishing had been consistently good. There were fewer fish showing on the surface compared to our previous outing and there was a distinct lack of insect life…
A very good day out on Saturday watching Scotland clinch their third Murrayfield victory of the 6 Nations. So the omens were good ahead of the Club’s traditional first outing of the season at Linlithgow Loch. You can never be entirely sure what March can throw at you, but this winter has been unnaturally mild:…