So I and my lovely assistant/fiancé decided to get away for a night at the weekend. As it was lovely on Saturday we got in the car and belted up to a little Glen we know just before Glen coe. We pitched our tent, opened up the red wine, I had a cigar and then…
Month: June 2005
A nice fish but a frustrating evening!
So I had a nice evening session down at a different river the other night and very fine it was too. It was also damned frustrating as I just couldn’t seem to keep a fish on……I was standing below around 3 fish who were all taking tiny flies…..if you look at this photo here…they were…
Those slow stretches!
A couple of weeks ago I took a walk along the Kelvin to scout out some of the slow deep stretches. The water was pretty murky and there was the inevitable cars and trolleys.. After my success of catch trout on dry flies on these stretches like those I think I will be having another…
Glenn Yoshimoto’s Zen Fly Fishing
Glenn Yoshimoto’s Zen Fly Fishing Lovely site about fly fishing for Perch. Its all about the Zen apparently!
Wonky Fish Photees!!
You may have noticed recently that I have not been posting pictures of fish very much. That is because trying to take a good photee of a trout whilst holding a rod in one hand, being thigh deep in water is damn hard. Add the fact that the fish rarely smiles and sits still for…
Quote…..which pretty well sums it up!!
A. K. Best: “The Fishing was good, it was the catching that was bad.”