Rain, rain and more rain was on the menu but that wasn't going to stop me and Mark from making the most of his 3 day trip to Scotland. Everything was all arranged, tackle sorted, venues booked. We just needed a little bit of luck! Loch Leven, Portmore Loch and Lake of Mentieth were the venues and we couldn't wait to get started. Mark fished from first light till sunset everyday and was rewarded with some magnificent fish including a very large out of season Brown Trout which

Probably one of the most enjoyable and exciting weeks I have had for a while. Started off with Sven and Victor from Germany. They had never fished before and were interested in doing a bit of Pike fishing. The day was great with plenty of laughs and some good Pike to the net Including one just pushing the 10lb mark so Victor was very happy. Then David out with me on Loch Leven again wanted to catch a monster and lets just say from the photo below he did!!! And the Moray alway

As always when you know your visiting Loch Leven for the day the anticipation is massive and you don't sleep the night before. Me and a friend Dave were after Pike and had a few spots we wanted to try out. And lets just say we had a good day!! After a slow start we caught a Pike of about 10lb so we were both very happy. Then after a couple of throws with the Pike fly I hit into something a bit special a Brown Trout that was estimated at well over 6lb !!!! After a few snaps an

The Pike are now really chasing the flies and this one gave everything in the fight. Stripped me down to the backing on the first run and then jumped about 5 or 6 times what a fish. Safely returned to fight another day. August is the perfect month for chasing BIG PIKE and all my trips include everything you need for a perfect day. If you fancy it get in touch and keep up to date and follow me on Instagram, facebook or twitter. #flyfishing #visitscotland #wildfish #wildfishing

So the water has started to warm up and as the trout are down deep staying out of the sun it was time for the Pike on the fly !! Had a box full of various bait fish patterns and couldn't wait to try them out. I love pike fishing on the fly especially when you can see the pike chasing your fly right to the boat. This is my best so far in 2021 but hopefully a bigger one is in the weed somewhere!!! I will be running guided fly fishing trip all through 2021 so if you fancy catchi

Lovely fish of about 4lb returned to fight another day. Another fantastic trip to Loch Leven with a friend we knew it was going to be difficult as it was bright conditions without a cloud in the sky and a really cold north wind. However after about 15 minutes I had a fish on and it came off at the net !!!! Not a big fish but because Loch Leven fish are so hard to catch I wasn't happy. David said at least we know they are here ! We kept fishing buzzers on a very long leader (

Absolutely stunning day clear blue skies and just a slight ripple. Carron Valley has a huge population of wild brown trout and I couldn't wait to get out onto the water. I was thinking its gonna be difficult conditions with not a cloud in the sky but what a day it turned out to be. After a quick chat with Jimmy the owner who gave me the heads up on fly selection and locations around the loch I started fishing diawl bachs on a floating line. But realised quickly the fish were

Bright blue skies, but very cold north wind ! Challenging conditions but with a bit of luck and a lot of walking I managed to find a few beauties. All these fish were taken on a Hardy Sirrus Glass Rod ( 7 ft 3/4 weight ) and absolute beautiful rod as light as a feather. So believe me when these fish were hooked it bent double and was amazing fun. Hopefully as the weather improves we can start to get some of these fish on the dries. #flyfishing #visitscotland #tugisthedrug #tr