It’s July and we were sitting in boats on Linlithgow Loch, cold, damp and looking forward to four o`clock. We had a west wind that was cold and blustery; we had bright sun and some cloud cover. The air temperature was only 12 Celsius and with a water temperature of 16 Celsius, we were in…
This was the usual Sunday timing of 12 noon to 7:00 p.m. On arrival, conditions were well nigh perfect, with a temperature of 14 degrees, good cloud cover and only a slight breeze. Unfortunately heavy rain and a strengthening wind were forecast mid afternoon. The wind didn’t arrive, but the heavy rain certainly did. Despite…
How to start this report, do I tell you about the very heavy rain that was pelting down as I left home, or do I tell you about the sea fog that was drifting down the loch when I arrived, or about the cold NE wind that made me wish I had a spare fleece…
Our annual evening outing to Coldingham, and not the worst we’ve had, weather-wise – though given our track record, it had a variety of stiff competition to beat. The one fly in the ointment was the temperature – it was barely 10-11°C by mid-evening. That was due to a northerly breeze, though it dropped away…
Cracking conditions for it – though the light easterly breeze was naturally a touch on the cool side. However, good cloud cover until the last hour and a lengthways direction of breeze allowed for some good drifts. We hoped that the conditions would give us some good surface activity, but there was an almost total…
Good weather at last! It was a cracking day to be out. Perhaps not what fishers of traditional wets would have been looking for, but ideal for nymphing or dry fly tactics. The wind was the only fly in the ointment. It was typical ‘light and variable’, which means that what little air there is…
The kind weatherman promised a nice warm day, with cloud cover and no rain. We did not get any rain… suppose he is happy with one out of three. What we got was a cold, swirling wind. However, it did feel warm when the sun came out, but it got very cold again when a…
This was our first evening session this year, and perhaps it was a mistake to have an evening session so early in the year. When I arrived, very early, the air was 19.5 Celsius if you were in a sheltered spot. However, when you moved away from the shelter and into the strong east wind,…
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…
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…