Author: unfamous

Moon fishing

I went for a wander up the hills to have a look and a wee cast over the second of the two lochs I have access to on a local estate. Never been up this far up the hill and when I got there imagine my surprise when I found it, I would guess, over half empty! It looked like the surface of the moon (if you ignored the water- which then I guess made it resemble a gravel pit).

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100

I was fishing dries- though threatened to put on a  weighted nymph in case fish lying deeper might be easier to catch. I tried loads of different dry patterns, the trusty Klinkhammer, shit flies, F Flies, CDC emergers, Deer Hair Comparadun, but even over rising fish got no interest.

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Fathers day

My son suggested last week that we might go up the hills for an explore down the burn we found, and have a spot of fishing on Sunday (Fathers Day). So with the prospect of a nice day out with my son and some potentially decent weather, we set out on the short drive to the head of the burn.

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