Last outing of 2009 and, given some decent weather, a last chance to hunt some late season scrot pickers with the dry fly. Dougie Skedd and I started out and meandered our way up the water, trying to drop in on the groups of risers we were seeing, going up through the crannog, and on…
The drive up to Linlithgow seemed to be in very good fishing conditions, however these early hopes were to be immediately dashed on arrival. The whole loch was like a huge bowl of very thick pea soup. Despite being told that a huge number of fish had been stocked that week we were not too…
This Edinburgh Monday holiday outing started well with excellent conditions for top of the water tactics. However, no sooner had we started when the wind began to blow from the West and it was a case of finding some place to shelter, even if it wasn’t where the fish were. Ones and twos were the…
Week of 31st August saw the Lake gearing up for the National Final on 5th September, with all involved getting their practice in ahead of the event on Saturday 5th. Week of 7th September, and the Lake was playing host to the autumn international, culminating in the match on Friday 11th (well done, our lads!)…
Although things were a bit slow to start, conditions seemed pretty good for top of the water fishing, and indeed this turned out to be an excellent day for the club with Glencorse rainbows co-operating well and with even some brownies joining in the action. Some early fish fell to lures, but as the afternoon…
Wet and windy. A day to test the water-proofing of your water-proofs, this one. Not ideal conditions for dry fly, but history suggested it was a good bet, Douglas suggested it was a good bet and, with weed but a few inches below the surface over much of the water, it was a good bet.…
This was another new venture for the club as it was our first attempt at the unusual Sunday session on The Lake, which is from 12 noon until 7.00 p.m. On our regular Saturday session we sometimes have to leave the water just as the rise is starting, and it was hoped that we might…
This was a good fishing day with temperature in the low 20’s and a warm south-westerly breeze. Cloud cover was pretty good over the day, although one heavy downpour was most unwelcome. The stand out boat was that of Tommy Steven and Bob Allan, who between them accounted for 21 fish. They found co-operative residential…
A very hot sunny day did not make things easy for this outing, with temperatures reaching the mid twenties and the surface being flat calm for much of the day. However, where there is a will there is a way, and Tommy Steven found that a yellow booby on a DI-5 with a varied retrieve…
This outing was looked forward to following a successful visit in June, however our anglers found it very hard going on what proved to be a difficult day. Only Trevor Gibson and his guest Dave Bertram cracked it. They stuck close to the Dam Wall and ended up with 18 fish between them. Trevor had…