So just back from a weekends camping with a pal of mine. We stayed on a campsite near Ft Augustus. To say it wasn't really fishing weather was an underestimate. It was boiling hot with bright sunshine and a north to north easterly breeze - all weekend !
No matter, we cracked on .
Spent Friday afternoon on one loch. Normally i do really well with lures on this loch as it has lots of minnows. My mate was on small wets and emergers. Suffice to say that by lunch he was 4-0 up and things were not looking good - for me anyway !
We sat down for lunch and he said " i'll just pop my flies out...."
Of course within 2 mins his line zipped away to make it 5-0. Urgh.
Luckily after lunch a change to a longer leader and a change of flies then a quickly got 4 on the bank and missed a few. So all was well again in the world. Plus as you will see on the photo a heard of wild goats came down
Next day we were on Ruthven. The weather was even hotter, however there was a good ripple. Did we catch anything ? Not a sausage. I got the only pull of the day.
On the way back we stopped at a touristy bit and took a few photos - plus saw what was either a golden or a sea eagle !
After the disappointment of blanking on the Saturday i suggested a reliable loch on Sunday (the weather was hot and sunny again with a northerly).
Sure enough we each has 20-30 fish each by lunch and the sport was fast and furious on a mixture of dries and emergers.
Good times. No trophies but sometimes its about the enjoyment, the company and the scenery
