July 6th 2014 – Linlithgow

Following on from the clubs last, rather poor, outing to Menteith on 22nd June, we thought that two poor outings in a row would not be on the cards – but unfortunately, Linlithgow was not much better.  It must be the weather. With a water temperature of 18°C and the air, being only 14 when…

June 22nd 2014 – Lake of Menteith

Following a week of scorching weather, we might have guessed that the fish would have lost their appetites somewhat.  However, generally being optimists, when we arrived at the Lake conditions seemed to be promising – good cloud cover, a nice wee ripple and a pleasant 16 degree temperature.  7 hours later as the boats returned,…

June 13th 2014 – Linlithgow

Another evening outing for our thirteen anglers and after our last soggy outing to Coldingham we had a nice warm evening with a soft west wind – but the news in the lodge was that very few fish were landed in the morning.  Trevor Gibson and John Levy had been fishing in the morning, John…

June 7th 2014 – Coldingham

As I left home and started towards Coldingham the sun was shining from a bright blue sky and it was very warm – As I crossed the bridge at Kincardine I thought wouldn’t it be nice if we got a bit of cloud cover – I should have remembered that the French say be careful…

May 31st 2014 – Frandy

Our first visit to Frandy this year saw the sun shining from a bright blue sky and with not a ripple on the water – but fish were rising. Trevor Gibson and I were fishing together, so we had a blether in the car park and decided to drift along the south bank. Trevor started…

May 25th 2014 – Carron

When I arrived at Carron, a cold NNE wind was moving wee waves along the water and I saw no fish rising.   I thought that a DI 2 or DI 3 might be the line to start with.  However, I ended up in conversation with a bankie who had been fishing from six in the…

May 19th 2014 – Glencorse

I would have thought that with it being a Monday and a bank holiday, the roads would have been quite quiet, but no, the bypass was worse than any Friday at six. However, the weather was just fine. When we got to the venue, it was sunny with a gentle southeast wind giving a nice…

May 11th 2014 – Linlithgow

It was a cold evening at Linlithgow and one of those swirly winds that swung the anchored boats accompanied the cold. The water temperature was 14oC but the air was 9oC at best – Not good conditions for getting fish to rise. Robert Wallace and I were fishing together – Robert with an intermediate line…

May 3rd 2014 – Coldingham

A better than average day, conditions-wise, given our abysmal track-record for trips to Coldingham.  It was 100% ceiling, and the breeze (southy-easty-ish) was never stronger than moderate.  Just one problem – the temperature.  It was Baltic!  However, there were signs of fish rising and Stewart Barnes and I set out with dries on. Stewart was…

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…