Beach Casting

On Saturday's Brora walk we came across this small group with their beach casters deployed, enjoying their fishing and a sunny, convivial chat.

I think this is only the second time I have seen this type of fishing off Sutherland beaches, and the other time the lone fisherman was an Englishman travelling around northern Scotland.

This is in stark contrast to Felixstowe, where beach casting is a popular sport, one which I enjoyed - I was serious enough to buy all the necessary tackle - but not in the sort of conditions that....

....some people were prepared to endure.

The great thing about beach casting is that it can be a very sociable sort of fishing, unlike some types which are of necessity rather lone occupations. I've sampled several types of fishing and, of all of them, this is probably the most gentle.