I was there last wednesday for the 1st time this year. The Loch was in really good condition with crystal clear, whiskey coloured water as usual and not much weed (yet!). The Loch had been stocked the day before according to the catch return book and, for the 1st time (according to the Estate Manager), included some 1 and a quarter pound Brownies in addition to the usual Rainbows.
Weather was baking hot and clear blue skies and flat calm when I arrived. I had a brownie on a static dry Big Daddy and a Rainbow to a Static dry olive emerger. The fly life was prolific and there was a huge hatch of midges and olives for a lot of the day. They went off the dries pretty early when the breeze picked up a little and I eventually found the Rainbows hiding in the deep corner of the loch next to the gate at the end of the road/track. I had 12 Rainbows (up to 3-4lbs) all on an goldhead, olive, blue flash damsel.
The boats are the same as last year (crap). There is a Listed Building notice on the Boat House door giving notice of improvements to the Roof!
Have a couple of photos of One of the newly stocked Brownies and a rainbow but tinypic doesn;t seem to be working...
Ewan