Alcatraz has been sitting on her trailer since early November and we both badly needed a day out, so the little weather window on Monday was seized with both hands and the boat gear dusted down. Crew on this trip was just my spaniel, who’s not much of a sea dog but really enjoys any… Continue reading Afloat on Etive – January 2014
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A few hours beside Loch Leven
A toss up between a few hours on Etive or a few hours on Leven, but the coin said Leven and off we headed. The original idea had been to take the inflatable but I left late and reckoned that there would be too little daylight left to make it worthwhile, so shore rods were… Continue reading A few hours beside Loch Leven
Some Excitement at Leven
April has pretty much passed me by fishing-wise, with generally crap weather adding to the usual spring doldrums of a sea anglers year. However, Saturday was looking OK with a light northerly forecast alongside dry weather – the only fly in the ointment being that I needed to finish early afternoon to meet family commitments,… Continue reading Some Excitement at Leven
Lifting the Gloom on Etive
Went up to Taynuilt yesterday to get the boat wet for the first time since early December, and fish Etive properly for the first time in many months. It was a nice calm morning, but full of the dank, misty gloom that the Scottish Highlands do so well, with no glimpse of the mountain tops… Continue reading Lifting the Gloom on Etive
Opening shot for 2013 – Leven, Sunday 6 January
I’m unashamedly a fair weather fisherman and will do my best to avoid the windier and wetter days, but I was starting to climb the walls after too much Christmas cheer and needed to get out for a few hours. Fortunately Sunday morning looked to have a decent weather window, so I chucked a couple of… Continue reading Opening shot for 2013 – Leven, Sunday 6 January
Leven Thornbacks
November 11, Ballachulish I’d gone across to Leven with a view to launching at the bridge only to find the slipway is now effectively blocked off by the RIB used by the sea school at Ballachulish, so I ended up slipping Alcatraz at the slate slip alongside the Isles of Glencoe Hotel. Easy enough to… Continue reading Leven Thornbacks
4 March 2012 – Loch Leven
I’d had a good session from the boat on Leven about three weeks ago, but hadn’t been out since. The forecast was OK, but with the probability of snow and also moderate winds in the afternoon, so I decided to leave the boat at home and take the shore rods to try a couple of… Continue reading 4 March 2012 – Loch Leven
12 Feb 2012 – Rays galore at Loch Leven
Weather:Calm, or light WNW wind. Dry and cloudy. Cold Sea:Calm Time:0845-1715 – 8.5 hours Tides:HW0920/LW1530 Given two less than fantastic trips to Loch Etive this year I thought I’d revisit a loch that I’ve not fished for several years – Loch Leven. I snuck the boat in at the old ferry slip under the bridge… Continue reading 12 Feb 2012 – Rays galore at Loch Leven
5 February 2012 – Etive (yet) again!
Weather: Cold – but calm. A few showers and a little sun, but mainly overcast Sea: The usual Etive millpond. Surface water temperature up over 2 degrees in past 3 weeks – 6.5, up from 4.3 degrees last trip. Time: 0830 – 1930 – 11 hours Tides: HW 0605 (1.5m) LW 1325 (0.4m) HW 1840… Continue reading 5 February 2012 – Etive (yet) again!
15 October 2011 – Loch Etive
Weather: Mild night with no wind and some light showers Sea: Calm Time: 2000-2330 – 3.5 hours Tides: It’s been ages since I’ve tried Etive from the shore, and years since I’ve tried the south bank, but I’d identified a decent and fairly accessible spot when dinghy fishing a couple of years ago. Having a… Continue reading 15 October 2011 – Loch Etive