I’m lagging way behind with Corkwing so I thought I’d better bring 2023 to a finale whilst I can still remember anything! So a couple of quick west coast reports to finish the year… Lacklustre Leven Although there are a wide range of species available in the loch, I generally target thornbacks here. Unfortunately I’ve… Continue reading 2023 Finale
Tag: Leven
Luckless on Loch Leven
I’ve always had very mixed success on Loch Leven, and never figured out quite why. Anything from over 70 thornbacks to double figures in a day, down to struggling to catch just 1. Still, it’s a easy venue to fish and worth a punt every now and again – so Ian and I decided to… Continue reading Luckless on Loch Leven
A Mariner on Leven
I’ve just bought a new toy, a little 3.5hp Mariner outboard. It’s a longshaft, intended to be an auxiliary for the Orkney, but is equally happy to sit on the back of my old Avon SIB. It needed running in and I haven’t really used the Avon for almost two years, so I decided take… Continue reading A Mariner on Leven
Spring 2019
I’ve been in virtual hibernation since those early January trips, so there’s not much to report for Spring 2019! I guess it’s partly time off coinciding with cold, windy conditions, but I’ve struggled a bit with motivation too. Back in March, I’d an overnight session on a pretty wet Loch Etive, which was supposed to… Continue reading Spring 2019
A Few Hours on Leven
I’ve not been fishing Leven too much recently, as it’s definitely got poorer in the last year or two. However, I needed to test out some new kit and wanted somewhere that offered an easy way to get afloat for a few hours. Hence Loch Leven tends to pop up… The new kit in question… Continue reading A Few Hours on Leven
(In)action at Loch Leven with Summer Thornbacks
The east coast looked a bit breezy so Ian and I decided to try a sheltered west coast sea loch, namely Leven, for some summer thornbacks. In the event we met up at Lochearnhead at a fairly civilised 7.30 in the morning and trundled across with the early morning traffic. After a short skirmish with an… Continue reading (In)action at Loch Leven with Summer Thornbacks
A Few Hours Chasing Thornbacks from my SIB
Just catching up a bit with some rather late reports… A couple of weeks ago I nipped across to Loch Leven to spend the morning chasing thornbacks. I actually drove across the night before to test out some adjustments to my sleeping arrangements in the Yeti, proving you can sleep me, an inflatable and an outboard and… Continue reading A Few Hours Chasing Thornbacks from my SIB
Westward Ho! – Revisiting Lochs Leven and Sunart
I hadn’t really planned on a trip to the sea lochs, but the forecast was mixed to poor and Trevor was still recovering from the damage inflicted the last time he came fishing with me, so we took the Mr. Sensible route and headed westward – besides which, I haven’t fished Sunart for a couple… Continue reading Westward Ho! – Revisiting Lochs Leven and Sunart
A bit of Surf and Turf in Lochaber
Yesterday saw me launching the SIB at Ballachulish before six in the morning, after a few hours kip in the car the night before. I made haste, to try and avoid the midges which are well and truly out of hibernation now! I don’t normally bother with Leven at this time of year as the fishing… Continue reading A bit of Surf and Turf in Lochaber
Spring Strikes on Loch Leven
I’ve been across to Loch Leven three times since New Year and it’s been relentlessly cold so it was a full set of thermals for yesterday’s trip – only to spend most of the day in windless, warm weather with a good deal of spring sunshine to boot. This is Scotland though, so it did… Continue reading Spring Strikes on Loch Leven