I found out about a place not too far from home where there were reputedly Brown trout, my own investigation led me to believe there were indeed and after a few phone calls and emails I managed to get permission to fish the loch occasionally. It’s not a privilege I would abuse and its strictly Catch and release on my part as I only want to use the place as somewhere I can go for a short time, practice a bit casting and who knows, to catch and return the odd fish.
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So I decided to pop over to Swanswater for the last two fishing hours of the day to wind up a working week. It was a gorgeous evening not a breath of wind and actually warm. I was just up for having a cast over the small ponds and they were pleasingly quiet.
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The boat would be fine though fishing along the East bank so decided to get kitted up and give it a go.
As I was kitting up I spotted a Lizard scampering across the gravel of the car parking area. A Lizard?! Surely not.
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Went up to Pendreich this morning taking advantage of the clock change in a sense as I thought it unlikely there would be much activity up there today- everyone wants a lie in. So to quote Matt Hayes, while most people are sleeping or having their three Weetabix, I was out fishing.
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Had a few hours to spare Saturday afternoon while providing “Dad’s Taxi” service to our son who was going out with his mates for a few hours in the afternoon. As I was also on call (for work) going anywhere to fish where its going to cost me is strictly out of the question- my pager would go as soon as I wet a line. So I popped up to Cocksburn Reservoir (Pendriech) at the back of Bridge of Allan to fish the club water for a few hours.
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