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After witnessing a nasty accident on the rocks recently I make no apologies for writing about fishing footwear and clothing again.What some anglers fail to realise is that the wearing of bright clothing makes it much easier for the Search and Rescue helicopter crew to spot you should you be unfortunate enough to fall into…

On days when there has been little wind and some cloud cover the fish have been feeding avidly on the huge hatches of buzzers that have been in evidence. I have had a couple of guiding trips this week and thoroughly enjoyed both the company and the fishing. On Monday I took my client to…

Apart from being great to watch a float again, this really did get me thinking. Okay, here we were on a heavily stocked fishery where the fish are used to coming up in the water, but already (Mid-March) the fish were quite happy to feed well off bottom. Normally I think of mid-water fishing as…

So what does that tell you? Simply that they have moved inshore to the feed-rich sandbanks to feed up and build their strength up for their Summer-long sojourn in the sunshine. If there is a ‘duffers fortnight’ in sea fishing, this is it. Sometimes catches of a hundred fish a boat are not unusual on…

We chose a misty day in late summer, arriving at the boat moorings just as the early morning sun rose in the sky, causing the cloud to dissipate in wraith-like fingers around Ben Vorlich and its satellite hills, illuminating the little village of Lochearnhead on the far shore. A ray of sunlight glanced off the…

With the sun beating down I’m sure that many of you will be looking forward to your summer break over the next few weeks. How many of you have thought about taking a bit of fishing gear along and perhaps stealing a couple of hours here and there? Perhaps the thought of carting around loads…