Sunday and I was practically pushed out the door to go fishing by the Mrs. To be honest it was either fishing or back to bed as I was frankly shattered for reasons too convoluted and irrelevant to the story to relate to you here. The sun was shining, it was a fine looking day and I opted for getting out.
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First outing of the “Grayling season” how could I resist? I was trudging through possibly the most monotonous job in telecoms late on Thursday when I heard the weather forecast for Friday. It hadn’t rained for a day or so and the river levels app was suggesting the Clyde was at a good height. A matter of minutes later a day off was booked and as soon as work was done I was getting my river gear together ready for the morning.
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Ordinarily, I would have just gone out and bought another identical line….but no! They have “updated the range”. Now there is no longer a simple choice of a Greys Platinum line in a 7# oh no, that would be too simple, now you have a Stealth, a Shoot and an Extreme.
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I got up this morning, ( Sunday) and was thinking it was likely a nicer day than yesterday for a late season ( Out of season I guess) outing on Lake of Menteith. The sun was shining and the colours of autumn were very prevalent but as I sit here to write this the sky has turned grey again and really yesterday wasn’t so bad though there was a bit of a troublesome, changeable wind at times.
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Being a Saturday I expected a few anglers to be out yesterday, especially with fishing evenings so limited now and the end of the Brown Trout season but a matter of days away. But having forgotten my keys ( again!) and having walked up to the loch I was surprised to find I was the only person there. Maybe it was due to the Rangers v Celtic game I learned later was on- that usually keeps the anglers away most places.
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