The rain stayed away for us today and a strong breeze from the South West kept up for most of the session. Fish were plentiful as we found out later when we found the fish which seemed to be shoaling close in to the banks at various locations on the water. All our anglers were rewarded with their bag limits with double figures returned and quite a few lost along the way Top flies were ally mccoist,dancers,cats and fabs fished on a variety of lines A super day for our ...
(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 ...
Recent Comments