I heard earlier this evening that Bruce Sandison has passed away.
I very much doubt if there are many anglers in Scotland who are not aware of the impact Bruce's writing has had on fishing in Scotland, if there are any then they deserve to be educated. We probably all have read something of Bruces but for many, myself included, it was his original Trout Lochs of Scotland that started off an anglers adventure. I well remember - in a small way - contributing to that book although I cannot take credit for 'standard loch patterns will suffice'.
I have often bought his books, on more than just fishing, for my Father as the two of them used to chat on the phone reasonably often. Mostly about fishing and salmon farming but also about the potential for patenting a cure for the curse of the Highland Midge. Needless to say, neither of them ever managed to patent anything that worked, one of them knew a lot about fishing and the other one is my Dad (sorry Dad
).
He will be missed by us all and on the big loch he's fishing now.... well, Bruce if I can offer some advice
Standard loch patterns chum
Hamish