Hard work on Carron

Another day afloat on carron valley today with river-green director Ian Walls. Conditions less than ideal, with a cold wind making casting difficult and the drifts very fast. Finding fish rising off the dam wall at the very top of the fishery, we managed to tempt a few small browns, with Ian landing a nice rainbow too. Yours truly even managing 2 fish on one cast, making landing them a tricky business! As usual Ian continued to pick away consistently most of the day, ending with 4 rainbows and 4 browns, with myself trailing behind with only 3 browns but quite a few pulled and missed, never mind. Hard work in the conditions but as usual good fun. Apologies to Ian for causing him to lose his final fish of the day when my dropper became entangled with his line as he played it, totally unintentional of course!

Nice conditions. Nae fish

Another day on Cambusmore on Teith for our motley crew. Lovely water following rain over the last few days led to a river in nice order at around 15". Jack Beattie had some action in the morning with a fish lost and a kelt from chirrup on beat 1, and thinks he saw a fresh fish before leaving at lunchtime. Over to yours truly for the afternoon shift when I was joined by Steve "bhurka" Welsh, another of the syndicate rods for the rest of the day. Despite plenty of effort no touches for either of us, and only the sighting of the odd kelt to keep us going. So in the race for the Teith quaich, John Anderson leads the way with his (still unverified) early springer and a desperate claim for an additional few points for a couple of baggots he caught. Never mind, plenty of fish to be caught yet (I hope).