Well, the day finally came round and to start with at least it really could not have began in a nicer fashion. The sun was out, there was barely a breath of wind and things looked set for a great days fishing.
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My son and I had our long-awaited afternoon out on Lake of Menteith today but it was a bit of a grueller.
We arrived up there about 11:30 and by the time we sorted out access to the boat and getting loaded up it was about 12:30. The day was bright but not sunny and initially, almost flat calm. As we launched from the boat house there was an angler landing a fish just over the buoys in Gateside Bay. So it looked hopeful for the day.
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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It wasn’t the brightest warmest or most springlike day that greeted us on Saturday morning at Swanswater- but at least it wasn’t chucking it down with rain or blowing a gale as it so easily can do at this time in the (pre) season.
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I went up to Swanswater today- needed to get out the house and blow away a tough week. Quite fancied a run down the Tweed but without the “run” part! So in the end I thought I would visit my “local” really with just the intention of fishing the ponds for a bit fun.
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