Had a good 2hrs on holl at lomond hills fisheries apart from the kid asking if it was time to go all the time Be the last time I take her on the boat was close to pushing her over board she would have been ok as she had my life vest on would have told her to paddle back to the dock caught 2 good rainbows around 2.5 to 3lb good fighting fish both came to a sunburst stalking bug but think the pink bumble played a good part of attracting them up to take the fly heres a picture of todays fly set up

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A Day With The Wife Or A Day Out Fishing Umm Please Dont Make Me Choose She`ll Not Like It

I was out on Holl on Friday and had some spectacular fishing. Trying out my new rod for the first time and it cast like a dream, picture me thinking 'this must be how luke felt' when he turned on his light sabre for the first time'

I had 6 on a snow leopard within the first couple of hours each at around the 3lb mark 4 kept.

I then asked the fishery manager if it would be ok to go up to Harperleas and give that a try as I'd never been up there before. It was fine to do so and after making my way gingerly up to the resevoir I was gobsmacked by the beauty of the place, which I had all to myself. The local farmer was passing and he stopped for a natter whilst I was looking over his shoulder almost salivating at the number of surface boils and splashes. I made my way along the dam wall casting a single kate mclaren which Mr Barker on here had tied and it was knock after knock but not being used to these wildies I was struggling to lift into the takes fast enough. Finally I got the pace and managed to land a couple of 1/2 lb wild brown trout (hastily released with great care), and I can really see what the guys who go on about being overjoyed to catch one of these things mean. It was a spectacular experience. I'd had 6 rainbows that morning but these little brown trout stole my soul they were amazing even at that weight on a #7 rod I knew I had caught something with the scrap they put up - amazing.

Truly a 'fishing heaven' day and I would highly recommend a trip to Lomon Hills fishery if you have never been before.

What does a 'Snow Leopard' look like mate....

Hi Jimmy,

It is basically a cats whisker with an orange hackle and painted on eyes. I'll post a picture later on when I'm at home (as for once a google image search has failed me!). I get them from Gows in Dundee and they are billed as comp specials. A fantastic fly which I have had a lot of winter and early season fish on.

I fished around the 'Car Park Bay' using a floater casting with the near bank to my back letting it get down a bit and then jerky retrieve. I also had one off the surface on a black shuttlecock cdc but the temp dropped and there werent so many fish showing on the surface.

Ta for the info p0....