A cracker of a day to finish our club outings for the season. A cold start (7°C), but it warmed up to the mid-teens. Not a breath of wind the entire day. Some nice light made for a busier than average day with the camera – and the autumnal colours and early sunset helped set…
Cracking conditions for a bit of autumnal top of the water fishing… mild, overcast, light wind. Ed Green and I set out, both tackled up with dries. We started up the top end, and worked our way down the water. Action was very slow, however, with just the occasional offer, and the rainbows among them…
Strange day. Superb conditions for fishing dries, but a lot of the water seemed quiet, with not much insect life and very few fish showing. Dougie Goddard and I started down at Lochend, as Dougie had a great day there a couple of weeks previous. And it looked like a good shout, as Dougie had…
It was Friday the 29th when James, my son, popped in to say that he was having a BBQ on Sunday the 31st and as I was going fishing, would I bring him two fish – a brown trout would be fine. Oh-oh: this is the kiss of death thought I, but I said that…
Our outing to Frandy was not one of our best – the weather looked OK even though it was a bit bright, the wind was not very strong but was blowing from a few directions at the same time, and the air was colder than the water. However, hope springs eternal, so on went the…
The weather is starting to cool down after the warm spell. In fact, it was distinctly cool, full stop, yesterday. I was a layer short of comfy! The bright spells were quite welcome to put a bit of warmth back into proceedings. The main feature of the day, however, was the wind. It was blowing…
Glencorse refilling after work on dam. About 10 feet to go at the start of the day… less by the end of the day, thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Bertha! Bertha didn’t bring any wind – it was light – even flat at times – the whole day. But she brought plenty rain. It…
My nemesis Linlithgow again, I have convinced myself that I cannot catch fish at this venue; perhaps it is because very few fish feed on the top. However, I thought that this time I would get fish on the top. I was paired with Trevor Gibson, who is a master at Linlithgow, and thought that…
Another interesting day – not unlike the one at Frandy last week. The forecast was for heavy rain, possibly even thunderstorms, but the unusually warm easterly breeze kept the worst of it at arms length. What we had was everything from a mere smir to moderate rain. I was fishing with Robert Wallace and we…
Interesting day. Warm, but dreich. Light winds, but swirling and coming from every direction… Good conditions for surface activity, but little fly life and fewer risers. A challenge for those wanting to stay on top for the day. Dougie Skedd and I set out with dries at the start to see if they would do. …