Coldingham Loch, 21 June 2025

After the last outing being terrible fishing conditions and the fishing being excellent, this time we had decent conditions and the fishing was poor.  We learned that the fish have been gorging on Caenis in the evenings, and sleeping it off during the day.  it’s a not uncommon problem at this time of the year. …

Glencorse Reservoir, 14 June 2025

Everyone has been saying we need a lot of rain, and soon.  So, can’t be any complaints when it arrived for our outing to Glencorse on Saturday.  It rained for most of the day.  Sometimes heavy, sometimes light, sometimes chucking it down and sometimes drizzle.  It even stopped for just long enough to get the…

Frandy Reservoir, 07 June 2025

Odd how things go. A couple of years ago, while fishing at Rutland, I caught a fish that already had a fly in its mouth.  I took it out and kept it.  Well, it looked interesting.  I pretty much forgot about it until Saturday at Frandy.  It was sitting in the fly box shouting at…