June 23rd 2013 – Menteith

A decent looking day!  The gales and rain forecast did not materialise.  Instead, we got good overhead, and a bit of a swirly birly wind that came off all points of the compass, depending where you went.  Word was the cages and Malling shore were the places to go.  Derek Gilgour and I started with…

June 14th 2013 – Linlithgow Loch

This was a smallish outing with only 9 anglers attending.  Despite a rather worrying forecast of rain and strong winds, the conditions on arrival were reasonable, although there was a bright sun.  Most boats headed for the main basin and anchored up, although Trevor Gibson and his guest Gary Hezeltine decided to make the longer…

June 8th 2013 – Coldingham Loch

I always look forward to fishing at Coldingham Loch, dreaming of top of the water fishing and drifting along with pleasant company. However –When I left home on the evening of the 8th, the temperature was a very hot 32C, on crossing the Kincardine Bridge, it had dropped to 28, at Linlithgow it had dropped…

June 1st 2013 – Frandy

More half-decent weather – though the wind, when it got up, was decidedly cool.  It was also bright most of the time, and the combination of rising sun and cool wind quickly put the fish down.  That was a pity, as they were on the pop to hatching buzzers in the calm when we arrived.…