Good Result in Perthshire!

On Sunday the last day of April The Clarkston Tangler and the Hillend Dabbler travelled north in search of good sport on a Perthshire loch as I wanted to avoid and blank out the high profile sport being played in the southside of Glasgow.
As it turned out we made a wise choice, however at least we got the  result we were after with 9 fish for the boat. 3 for the Tangler and 6 for me.
It was a slow start though as on our arrival at the Loch it was a bit misty and flat calm.
I fished with various spider patterns and caught one small brown trout and had a few rises and takes to them too. The Tangler had a couple of offers too but didnt fish much as he didnt fancy the conditions at all.
As the day progressed there was not so much as a ripple, the only disturbance on the water was the  rain hitting the surface. The rain was off and on for most of the morning.
We tried various areas of the Loch on the wet and difficult glass like surface all morning without any further trout.
After lunch we tried another couple of spots although the weather brightened up a bit he lack of wind was a problem as we couldn't get a drift!
The loch has a good head of brown trout which are very obliging in the correct conditions,  however the  local angling club who have the 3 boats on this Loch also stock it once a year with rainbow trout.
So in the afternoon we switched tactics. Yes we turned to the dark side which is alien to  me, however the lures changed  our fortunes . The Tangler managed a small brown trout and thereafter a further two rainbows. And we both got broke and dropped a few.  I managed to hook and net 5 more  rainbows.
We kept 4 trout and released the others as these alien trout were getting used as a bargaining tool for a haunch of venison from one of the Tanglers friends. Now that's a good result! However the après fish n chips in Creiff was rank rotten!