Darrel Young reports… My boat partner, Peter and I decided to we would start at the Tank. Peter had set up two rods and started on dries, since I had decided I was going to give it a bash on dries as well. Peter got off to a good start on the second drift and…
It’s getting warmer. Now the middle of May. It was 5.5 C at the start at Cobbinsahw last week. Up to 6.5 C yesterday. There was a NW breeze at the start, but it fell away to give a bright, calmish morning. It clouded over in the afternoon, which would have improved our dry fly…
The last time we were at Cobbinshaw, 11 April, it was 2.5 C and dreich and breezy. All layers on. This time it was 5.5 C, and dreich and breezy. Every stitch on again. I counted 10 layers! At least it was 3 C less cold, but the wind was 180 degrees from last time…
It was another good club outing, with 7 boats booked for the day. Glencorse, like many Scottish fisheries has had an up and down start to the season. The unpredictability of the weather has been a major factor across all venues. However, the condition of the water was excellent with great visibility and, although there…
This was our second outing of the season to Frandy, an increasingly popular venue for The Club. On our first trip we met the back end of Storm David and ended up fishing for a couple of hours in a fairly spectacular blizzard. A couple of weeks at this time of year in Scotland can…
The weather for our second Lake outing was nowhere near as bad as forecast. There was a bit of rain in the afternoon, but we got off lightly, and benefitted from 100% ceiling all day. The wind was south-easterly and altough never strong, it was annoyingly swirly when trying to keep tight to the head…
Having seen the forecast for snow and gales, we were all hoping we would get a call from Mel to tell us the outing had been cancelled. No such luck! The drive out was in pouring rain that was threatening to turn to snow, as the temperature got down to 2.5 C. Everyone assembled in…
Driving up, we were met with some frost and icy puddles on the approach road. It was cold, but still relatively calm, pending the arrival of Storm Dave, later in the afternoon. I was the lone ranger for the day, as Stewart Barnes couldn’t make it. I set off, and turned left down towards the…
After the excitement of the opening outing to the Lake of Menteith last weekend it was disappointment all round as our second outing to Glencorse had to be cancelled due to high winds (20mph+ winds and 40mph gusts). Kenny Knox, the new fishery owner, was equally disappointed, as it was his first full day of…