Harelaw, 29 April, 2023

This was our club’s first visit to Harelaw. The fishery is moderately large reservoir of around 120 acres on the South West side of Glasgow, just to the south of Neilston, near Paisley.  Ross and his team deserve real credit for establishing an extremely well run fishery that has a reputation for top of the…

Lake of Menteith, 19 April 2023

I could anticipate what was coming.  We were stuck in that cold easterly aiflow that we seem to be plagued with just about every year at this time – and it goes on for weeks and weeks.  Not a cloud in the sky, but needed 6 layers on, all day!  The wind strength picked up…

Coldingham Loch, 15 April, 2023

What a day of up and down temperatures (and fishing conditions)!  The car thermometer was showing 3 C on the way down.  I arrived to a flat calm and bright sun, and had to peel half my clothes off so I did not bake myself.  By the time we were into the day, we had…

Frandy Reservoir, 08 April 2023

Another cracking day for our outing to Frandy.  It was a bright start, but with an unusual gentle east-north-east wind, which persisted throughout the day.  Generally, the drifts tend to be along the south shore towards the dam.  Today would be dominated by drifts from east to west, along the south shore where most of…