Looking good when we arrived at the car park . Fairly warm, cloud cover and a slight breeze off the south. Looking perfect for dries and the guy at the fishery mentioned that a couple of days ago the yellow owl had been performing well. So, two rods made up, one with the normal midge-tip…
Decent conditions for the day, if still unseasonably cold – I was still wearing the 6 layers I was wearing on the first outing of the season! A light breeze and a ceiling encouraged me to start on dries. John Gibson and I simply started out from the harbour and let the light westerly take…
Ahead of this outing, we learned that Carron is changing its strategy and is going over to a private syndicate. It is also ceasing stocking – and no stock has gone in this year. So, the last bookings made under the old arrangements were being honoured, including our outing. Other changes since our last visit…
The weather has been 4 seasons in one day, for the past week or so… and we had a bit more of it on this outing. Sunshine and showers, with the breeze gradually picking up as the day progressed, getting to some gusty squalls in the afternoon. At least it was a lot warmer…
This one was harder than Steven Hawking’s homework. We had a light breeze, but it was biting-cold. Reports of rising fish from the day previous were unrealised. The sand martins were working the water all day, but it must have been right small stuff, as we were only seeing a decent buzzer once in a…