Yet another unremittingly dreich day, set in a season of unremittingly dreich days. So, not many photos – this season has seen me switch, after 7 years of shooting in aperture priority, to using shutter priority – just so I can be sure of getting enough light through the lens before everything goes blurry! The…
Another attempt (after quite a few years’ hiatus) to get a good, productive end of season outing at Loch Leven. Prospects were quite good. It had been fishing well, and the day started with a light southerly breeze and good overhead. Word was that when the fish were up, intermediates were all that were required.…
A calm start to the day. Fingers crossed for some dry fly sport. Eric Singer and I headed out on the leccy, taking it slow, looking for risers. We passed a couple or 3 at the 2 buoys, and took note. As we moved towards Arnmach, we spotted 3 or 4, well spread, but worth…
This was our first outing to Lintrathen since 1993! It’s a wee bit of a haul to get to, but not much further than Butterstone – at least as the crow flies. The staff were friendly and very helpful and attentive, and the boats and outboards were in good order. The weather was a potential…
On the road to Frandy, the weather was not promising, but when we arrived, it was worse. A strong NNW wind was blowing down the loch, and the water was just in the process of building into white horses, the sky promised rain and it was cold – very cold for the end of August.…
What a smashing day we had – On the way down to Coldingham the weather was promising, but on arrival at the loch we had almost flat calm water with patchy cloud cover – and lots of fish rising in the open water – Magic! A flurry of floating lines and dry flies were affixed…
Arrived to find white horses coming down the water, but by the time we went out it was perfect conditions! Ended up being a bit 4 seasons in one day. Weather cells came over, pushing stiff breezes ahead of them. Then they dumped a dose of heavy rain on our heads as they passed over,…
What a nice day for an extra outing to Carron. This outing was to make up for the two-cancelled outings – Lake and Caron at the end of May – these were cancelled due to storm force winds. The drive along the B818 was interesting, as we had to drive through the signs advising that…
Why o why do I look at the weather forecast? I did look, and was assured that Friday the 29th and Saturday the 30th was going to be dry, warm and have white cloud cover. Friday was a bit bright, but I thought that they must get it correct for Saturday. So Saturday arrived –…
Trout fishing must have some peculiar fascination, some pleasure that is not transient, something that brings us back even after another, and another, disappointment. Butterstone on the 23rd was for me, another disappointment. Again, I had studied the weather forecast and took from it that the Loch would be blessed with cloud cover – and…