I knew I was in trouble as I pulled up in the car park with no one on the small ponds and not a single fish showing. I decided on a 2 hour permit on the main loch and tackled up. Speaking to a few anglers it was clear that it was not going to be easy. One chap had been there “all day” and had two fish to show for it plus a few small browns in the evening. It seemed everyone else was blanking (not that it was busy).
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When I got out my scratcher late on Friday morning, after a night shift, I had a text from the competition secretary at Stirling Castle Angling Club asking if I would be interested in being part of a team to fish the Scottish National Clubs Championships heat at Lake of Menteith.
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It’s been a tough season so far. The weather has been a long way from ideal, seemingly swinging wildly from extremes of cold, to heat and back again, though generally I would say its been colder, windier and wetter than “normal” whatever normal is these days?
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That may be a description of me, if my current physical condition is being referred to, however, it was also the state of some of my flies after a 4 hour session at Harviestoun Fishery near Alva. I have not been out much recently for one reason or another and I fancied a wee change, so decided to head up the A91 for a new location to fish.
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