It is certainly starting to turn more autumnal the last couple of days with the cooler temperatures and less daylight hours beginning to turn the surrounding foliage. Frequent showers are helping keep the river fresh and at good levels for most types of fishing at present, not much algae about on the river bed this […]
It is always a great pleasure to spend a weekend at the Galloway Country Fair every year and meet and work with some very nice people. As luck would have it, the rain stayed away during the daylight hours giving good weather and did the monsoon thing during the Saturday night. On the fishing area […]
Thankfully the good weather eventually arrived after a very wet Friday and held fair for the weekend at Lowther. Although there is always something to improve at these events, the feedback was positive, most thought that this year was the best show that they can remember. The fishing village row was well organised with clubs, […]
Low water with a slight peat colour persisted the first week of August. There are still salmon and grilse entering the Eden which is very encouraging, it has been a good season so far. With the water temperature only in the mid-50’s F the salmon are running straight through the lower beats. Normally at this […]
Apart from Friday, the weather looks set fine for the weekend, this should make the show at Lowther a very enjoyable event. I and others always look forward to our “local” event and showcase for what we have in Cumbria and south-west Scotland where we can meet up with friends, have a chat and more […]
