Blog — lake of menteith

A Memorable Week on Scotland’s Legendary Lake of Menteith There are few places in Scotland that capture the magic of fly fishing quite like the Lake of Menteith. Dramatic scenery, constant birdlife, and hard-fighting trout combine to create an experience I enjoy, every time I visit. I arrived at the lake for the week, without any prior practice, so day one was always going to be about reading the water and letting the trout dictate the tactics. Thankfully, with May conditions settling in and only light winds drifting across the loch, it immediately felt like classic buzzer fishing weather. The...

After a phenomenal week in May, with an average of 27 fish to the boat, surely it couldn't better that. could it ? A practice day on the Saturday with friend, Fraser Mcconnell, saw us parked in the middle of the basin, in  pretty much flat calm conditions for the first hour, and bright sunshine, with a temperature 24 degrees! A tip off from Lake regular John Buchannon, told us the fish were on buzzers - happy days, right up my street. I fished a team of buzzers at first, then switched later to buzzers and diawl bachs. All flies...