April 12th 2009 – Glencorse Reservoir

JSB reports… This was our first visit to Glencorse in 2009 and we had a slightly lower than average turn-out of 14 anglers. The conditions were very respectable for the time of year, with the westerly wind varying from light to moderate. It did swirl a bit in various areas, as it is wont to…

April 4th 2009 – Lake of Menteith

A good looking day at the start – flat calm with buzzers hatching and fish rising. Bob Allan and I started out on dries (Adams hopper and black Klinkhammer), and we were rewarded with some cooperative fish in the first half hour or so. Unfortunately, as soon as a breeze got up, the fish went…

March 29th 2009 – Linlithgow Loch

When the secretary left North Berwick at 7.00 am, the temperature was minus two degrees – not an auspicious start. The fact that the sun appeared on the way to Linlithgow did something to raise spirits, but it was still a cold March morning as we tackled up. The word was that buzzers had been…

March 21st 2009 – Butterstone

What a great start to the season – 12 rods, 72 fish, no boat with fewer than 6 fish, and NO blanks. With the demise of Lindores we started to look for an alternative first outing in March. As we used to have an early season outing to Butterstone it was agreed that we would…