April 19th 2014 – Carron Valley Reservoir

Ochone  ochone – another cancellation.  This time the fishery had made an administrative error, I was very tempted to use unparliamentary language – but it would not have helped.  The fishery staff could not have been more apologetic and I know that the apology was genuine.  Even though we had made the bookings before any…

April 12th 2014 – Glencorse Reservoir

All of our twenty two members turned up for our outing to Glencorse, we expected the tide to be out, and it was,  but this coupled with a HOOLEY – a cold west blustery wind blowing at 25 MPH and the weather forecast advised it would get stronger about lunch time.  The bailiff advised that…

April 6th 2014 – Coldingham Loch

My first trout fishing trip in 6 months!  I had to remind myself what to do.  There were all the usual extra checks to make sure I hadn’t forgotten anything vital.  In the past I have turned up on the first outing with no wellies (it was pissing down and I had to spend the…