Glencorse, 27 June 2026
Cancelled by the fishery, early Saturday morning, due to high winds forecast.
Coldingham Loch, 20 June 2026
I was partnered with Davie Syme, and after a leisurely start, via delicious sticky buns from David Hannaford’s daughter, and a warning from Gareth that the top end had a lot of weed that was due to be cut in early July, we started off. It was also great to see Ed Green in the…
Linlithgow Loch, 15 June 2026
In recent seasons we have not had a lot of luck with our outings to Linlithgow. Issues with the quality of the water due to severe algal blooms and on other occasions big winds that prompted the fishery to cancel. This particular outing was wisely re-arranged due to the strength of the wind prevailing at…
Frandy, 06 June 2026
An excellent day to be back in the Ochil Hills. Despite Frandy now being marketed by Gleneagles as a water sports destination, with recently installed outdoor sauna, it remains a favourite venue for our club. Normally by this time of the season the weather can be beginning to have an impact on some of the…
Watch Water Reservoir
The drive over the Lammermuirs en route to the Watch Water Reservoir is a delight on a sunny early summer morning. The bucolic charm of the villages. The open vistas over the hilltops. The prolific wildlife. So it was on this outing. I arrived at the car park to find everyone in good spirits in…
Harelaw, 23 May 2026
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…
Coldingham Loch, 16 May 2026
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…
Cobbinshaw Reservoir, 09 May 2026
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…
Glencorse, 25 April 2026
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…
Frandy Reservoir, 02 May 2026
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…