A good place for an outing at this exact time, as many waters are suffering from the heatwave and fish have sought refuge in cooler deep water. Those that have hit 21 C have tended to be affected, but Frandy was still at 19 C, so fingers-crossed. Reports were that the fish were being caught…
A frustrating day, because it looked at the start it was going to be a good one, despite the awful conditions… but it delivered very little after the first period. I don’t think anyone on the loch caught a fish after the first couple of hours. At least out club caught a few early on. …
This was another outing to highlight that the Berwickshire coastline has its own special micro-climate. The country has been basking in some glorious summer weather of late, although not great for us fishermen. The drive down the coast was terrific as usual and we were welcomed by overcast conditions and a pretty cool easterly wind. …
A cloudless sky was the forecast for the day, and so it proved to be. It was already bright and brassy driving over the Lammermuirs between Gifford and Longformacus. I stopped above the Whiteadder Reservoir to take some shots of the wildlife, including curlews, lapwings and meadow pipits. I could hear the red grouse, but…
Dougie Skedd reports… Our second trip to Harelaw. The first had shown some very good fishing, marred only by the bone-crushing cold weather on the day. Well, for humans anyway. You need to remember that trout prefer colder temperatures than humans do. This time around we had better temperatures, although in the strong-willed it still…
Great conditions for this outing. Perhaps a tad cool for mid-May, but with light winds it didn’t feel it, and we had 100% ceiling the whole day, without it raining – until a wee bit drizzle in the last 10 minutes. The winds were also variable – in both strength and direction. Mel Mitchell and…
I was out a couple of times on private trips in the previous couple of weeks and had good sport on dries, thanks to superb buzzer hatches. Plenty risers to cast to. But one thing to be wary of – groups of fish that were very hard to interest. Often behaving a bit different. …
Dougie Skedd reports… Hmmm, another cool day of easterly airflow. Getting a bit sick of it by now. Still, moving on… Glencorse. A personal favourite of mine. I like its “natural” look and feel. It’s stocked with particularly good fish and they will usually respond to something during the day. Dougie Goddard and I set…
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…
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…