(In which the names are pseudonyms but all else is factual) "It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down I had the radio on, I was drivin' Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' Little Runaway, I was flyin' " (Tom Petty) The keener readers amongst you may have wondered why so long since the last FC blog entry? The reason was 'The Return of the Beast from the East', - our last trip was cancelled. ...
On the water at 10.00, water clarity 4 feet ,temperature 4C slight wind from the west ,overcast . Took a drift from the reed bed at the west end to the island fishing Damsels ,then over to the Hawthorn tree and anchored for three quarters of an hour no interest ,no tugs ,no follows ,We started to experiment go through the repertoire as you do ....Zilch ....this is a loch full of fish ! we retreat to the bothy for a heat and a blether .The other boat out did not touch fish either but the guys that ...
On the water at 10.00 Temp 5C water clarity 4 feet ,wind from the west overcast . Took the boat down to the point of the island anchored and fished the area for 1 hour and a half ...not an offer or pull ,no encouragement at all . The guy in the boat had got one lost one with a couple of offers . Anchored at the west end out from the reeds and got one on a Damsel . lost one 10 mins later then went in to warm up in the bothy . Nobody had been doing very much fish wise . Back out and over to the west ...
A strong cold Easterly kept up for most of the session today and the fish were few and far between in the morning,it was pretty despairing until later on and some of our anglers decided to give it up and left early. Reports of good catches in at Lochend and the Road Shore kept us in that area for a few hours but eventually our 6 boats ventured to different areas around the Lake. Gordon had moved away but did return mid afternoon and managed 3 stockies on a cut-throat cat on a midge ...
First outing of the new season and all hoping for a great start as the reports from the previous week on the Loch were encouraging. It was a decent morning with some sunshine and not too windy in the car park but that soon changed once on the water. A strong Westerly kept up for most of the day which made it hard for anchors to hold and awkward on the drift. Jock fishing on his own, headed straight for Hatchers bay and stuck it out for half the session managing one trout on a black ...
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