Loch Bad na Muirichinn: 24 September 2009

Walking up the valley from the Inverkirkaig - Lochinver road, this was an easy jaunt into the hills, but still felt very remote. We only saw one other person all day, a hill walker circumnavigating the loch.

At this time of year, the continuous equinoctial gales made casting difficult except from the south-western bank near the boat moorings. Bush-whacking through the woods along the shoreline to find more sheltered areas didn't necessarily help either - the wind just ricocheted round the islands and ended up gusting in from the north. Still, I ended the day having caught and released more than 10 brown trout to 10" on a black-hackled red tag, reddish Wyatt-pattern deer hair sedge, or peach muddler.

Theo