2:30 and kicking our heels back at the lodge. We needed some rain to get the fish running and we now have a severe weather warning in Perthshire with localised flooding. Guess where we are? Spot on! As a result we managed 3 hours this morning at the top beat where I had a bonny trout and the faint suspicion of a salmon pulling the fly …… before we were washed off.
The river must have risen 2-3 feet, it looks to be stabilising although it’s still raining hard so we hope that it stops and starts to fall. If so we will have a bash this evening – but I’m not holding my breath as the forecast was for it to stop at about 8 this evening.
So we have had a great lunch again courtesy of Paul and this evening we are planning on yesterdays salmon slowly baked with lemon, white wine and garlic. Just because we are in the middle of nowhere doesn’t mean that we have to slum it. The lodge is very nice and now that we have finally mastered the log burner it’s more than comfortable. We have plenty of food and drink so we may well have another evening of light banter and a wee dram!
For the techies amongst us there is no internet nor mobile phone signal here at the lodge, which is nice in one way but not in another. This afternoon I will venture out in the car to try to pick up a phone signal and call home like ET. Whether anybody will be in or not is a moot point but I will try after 4 when school has finished.
I will also endeavour to try to take some photos over the next few days. It’s delightful scenery but I’m not here to wander lonely as a cloud but fish instead. Therefore the camera may stay in the bag, but we shall have to see.
Will we get out again tonight? Judging from the torrent I would say not. However as this is Part 1 I will have to hold onto Part 2 for now. It may be a short posting though!
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