The Weather!

The last 3 club outings I was scheduled to attend have all been cancelled due to the weather.  That’s a first!  Today’s outing to The Watch Reservoir makes 6 outings this season that have been lost, 5 of them to the weather (the first at Linlithgow was down to the water quality).  I thought I…

Lake of Menteith, 28 August, 2024

Dougie Skedd reports… At last! We finally got out fishing as a club.  What with the summer break and two weather-related cancellations, it’s been a while.  Word was that fish were being caught at Malling and Gateside.  That meant two places to avoid, at least early on.  I can’t stand crowded water these days. The…

Lake of Menteith, 6 July 2024

The weather was pleasantly unseasonal for our first outing in July.  The weather on departure from Gifford was more spring-like at 10.5°C, which slowly approached around 12°C by the time we arrived at the Lake.  It was a quieter than usual outing for the club, due to various holidays and fishing trips to Orkney so…

Coldingham Loch, 22 June 2024

Our attempts to negotiate with the weather gods for a decent day of conditions at Coldingham continue to fall on deaf ears.  This one was bright and breezy from the west, not helped by the water being gin-clear and there being very little evidence of fly life. The fish seemed arsy and only put in…