As Jamie Tocher and I drove towards Carron, the chat was all about the weather looking very promising. We even imagined ourselves drifting out of Carron bay on a soft SW wind, flicking dry flies at moving fish. However, when we got out of the car at the car park, we were confronted with a…
As the eleven members, who hoped to fish on this outing, huddled under car tailgates or umbrellas, which were being blown inside out – the only topic of conversation was the weather, or should I say, the bad weather. We had all been looking at various weather forecasts and the bottom line was it was…
Our third outing this year and it was without a doubt the best one yet – No thick snow, no iced over water and when we arrived, a few fish were rising. I was talking to a chap who was of the opinion that weather forecasters were all procrastinators born from unmarried mothers – and…
Ed’s call to the heavens after Glencorse fell on deaf ears, sorry to say. We all knew it was going to be cold, and it was. Everybody prepared by dressing with 10 extra layers. I charged up the battery packs for my electric wellies and looked out the charcoal handwarmer. It was 0.5C on the…
On Friday the 15th, I had a grand time, tying flies, cleaning and stretching lines, charging batteries and just looking forward to Saturday the 16th – our first outing of the year. I did look at the weather forecast but thought – no it just cannot be as bad as they are predicting. However, this…