August 22nd 2010 – Coldingham Loch

The forecast made out it was going to be a good day, weather-wise: light showers, and a light breeze. The reality was somewhat different: bright brassy sunshine for the most part, and a stoory, swirly wind that couldn’t seem to make up its mind what direction it wanted to come from. Eric Singer and I…

August 15th 2010 – Lake of Menteith

Sun, sun, sun.  A contender for hottest, calmest day of the year to date.  I am wary of reporting that the fishing was very hard going, as we heard reports of good catches from the boats that packed in to Gateside bay.  If that is the case, fair play to them.  However, we did a…

August 8th 2010 – Glencorse Reservoir

Weather-wise, the day was a cracker. Sunny intervals, yes, but plenty cloud cover as well. The breeze was light from the west the whole day, dropping to near flat at times. Most folk concentrated on fishing dries, and there was an early flurry of action in the crook of the elbow, with John Levy, Dougie…