Cat or Kitten?

Used a white cat with some success. Got a good pull at nice loch Sand Water. But fish took fly. Decided to put chenille to the test and tied one up using seals fur. Fished chenille on top dropper and seals fur on point. Chenille took 3 Houlland fish and seals fur took one. Not conclusive evidence but it does tell a story.

Competitions

Managed a 5th and 6th position using Cortland 6 line and Cats. Make sure to go for over the stones or fish the holes for the daphnia feeders.

Blooming flowers.

Three hours at Houlland and fish started feeding in last hour after 5pm. Two over the pound on top dropper Claret Bumble and one from Nursery on T&S Bibio. Killed one from level with broch. Female with size14/16 olive shrimp in stomach. Start of blue star flowers, orchids and ham and egg flowers. Sea pinks by lighthouse.

Lesson's Learned?

First competition at Tingwall. Sporadic rises lured me off the fast sink lines to early. Caight two sprats in the last hour on slow sinking camo line. Josh got 5 chasing daphnia feeders in the South Loch. You would think I had learned something in all the years fishing Tingwall. I have, but it is unprintable here.

First fish of the season

Early success

Houlland in April.

April 3, in nursery area, caught 14 oz fish on Soldier Palmer Muddler on top dropper. Coloured male had eaten a pebble cased caddis.
April 10, in nusery area, cayght 2lb 4oz, on filoplume hare's ear cormorant with mirage butt on point. Half the gill cover on one side was missing. Temp. 10 degrees, but weather getting cooler next week.