Coldingham Loch, 30 April 2016

A really interesting day this one, in many ways.  Given the weather we’ve been getting, we’d have taken it, even though it was single figure temperatures and bright sun for much of the day.  The saving grace was that the wind was light and for the first half of the day it was from the…

Carron Valley Reservoir, 17 April 2016

Not the warmest of starts to the day: 2.5°C.  Back to the long-Johns and winter woollies.  The wind was WSW and due to get up later in the day, but was OK in the morning.  The cold rather spoiled things, as there was decent cloud cover and decent numbers of buzzers hatching, but just not…

Glencorse Reservoir, 10 April 2016

The weather forecast for Sunday was promising: between six and nine degrees, cloud cover and a nice wind for drifting.  Would we get another day like Coldingham, with so many rising fish that you did not know which one to cast towards? (No we did not!)  I was living in hope of another dry fly…

Coldingham Loch, 03 April 2016

A very interesting day.  The rain encountered while driving down went off, just as we arrived.  It stayed off the whole day, giving a heavy overcast light for much of proceedings, together with a light, cold sea breeze.  A brief spell of sun, mid-afternoon, brought a welcome burst of warmth.  I was fishing with Derek…