Back yesterday from our summer holiday visiting my mum up in South Ronaldsay Orkney, in the way of a change this year we spent three days at Tomich first near beautiful glen Affric before traveling further north. Most of our days were spent walking which was no hardship as the weather was great and the scenery magnificent.
the river Affric on the dog falls walk
bee beetle
time for a rest
clyde had a great time
on our last evening in Tomich I ventured up the hill at the back of our accommodation to take a look at a couple of hill lochs which i saw on a map, asking around it seemed that no fishing was done on these lochs any more, shame I thought but made my way up the hill for a look anyway and after about an hour I found a wee loch to the right of the path and a slightly bigger one down on the left. Somehow I had also managed to pack a rod and reel so it would be a shame not to have a wee cast in them eh!
I opted for the bigger loch first and was encouraged to see a riser when setting up, so on went a cdc and elk and a corrie polly, after a few casts i was pleased to bring the first trout to hand, not big as you would expect from a peaty lochan but a great fighter for its size.
a few more feisty trout followed mostly taking the dries static
bog cotton
only had time for a few casts on the smaller loch which didn't produce anything but looked really good, maybe another time. I went back down the hill contented having managed to squeeze a couple of hours fishing in before leaving for Orkney in the morning.
