Menteith 30 August 2015

The sun was shining when we arrived at Menteith and the water had a nice ripple, a light wind blowing from west-northwest and cloud cover was coming in. Water temperature was 16°C, one degree above the air temperature, not so good but the air quickly went to 17°C – things looked as though we would…

Frandy 23 August 2015

What has happened this year?  The weather has not been the best for the fishing. At Frandy, which is normally a grand place for top of the water fishing, we were presented everything that you could think of for a difficult day.  We arrived to be greeted by a bright blue sky, high water spilling…

Coldingham 16 August 2015

I think we put this down as a near miss, conditions-wise. It was a very bright start, but also very pleasant, with light and variable wind, and shirt-sleeve warmth. After a while, cloud developed and it was looking good. However, shortly afterwards a cold sea breeze came in off the North Sea, the temperature plummeted,…