Category: Trips

Time to take the gloves off…… on second thoughts….

It was VERY cold, the air temp was around 1 degree above freezing but the easterly wind was bitter, and it felt a lot colder, it said on the Met Office APP  “Feels like -6 and it did. The flip side was the wind was keeping the ice from forming on much of the main loch. Only the shallow area behind the island remained frozen. Frozen rod rings though were to prove a difficulty.

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Making it hard

I have struggled to get out much recently as my thumbs are adding to the joint pain issues at present and I wasn’t able to grip much in my right hand let alone cast a fly rod.

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Harry

I ventured out to Orchill yesterday for my first 4 hour session in almost 2 months as it’s the first time I felt up to it. Had it been a nicer week before hand I very possibly may have headed off in pursuit of the Grayling...

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