Dougie Skedd reports… Oh dear! Blast! Oh bollocks! Bu**er! … and other oaths and imprecations were heard loudly from our boat at Harelaw reservoir on Saturday. Keith Logan and I were having a bit if a shocker. The trout were giving us the run around. We had both started with dries. Everyone I’ve spoken…
We arrived to find more of the sea haar we have been suffering in the past few weeks, what with easterly becoming the prevailing wind direction these days. It was patchy, and the sun was poking through to begin with. Before the outing, Mel produced a bottle of malt and a stack of glasses and…
It was a solid mid-week turnout for the Club, with 8 boats out for the day. We were also joined by a guest angler, David Hannaford, who fished with our new club secretary, Mel Mitchell. Congratulations to David on your first outing with the Club and great fishing to end with 7 fish. We hope…
Frandy, they reckon, sits about 1000 ft up into the Ochil Hills, but there had been a pleasant improvement in the weather and temperatures in the lead-up to our outing. The wind can be a bit inconsistent and complicated, given the surrounding hills, and the drifts can vary according to where you set up the…