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Month: February 2006

The River Home

12 February, 2006 by Alistair

Here is a good book. It is called The River Home by Jerry Dennis From the Publisher Join Jerry Dennis On A Journey Down THE RIVER HOME “When you’re rooting around in the water or the woods, miles from the nearest strip mall and office complex, nobody is likely to judge you by your clothing…

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Whet the appetite!

11 February, 2006 by Alistair

So a few weeks back, Mike, a guy who I have fished with a few times sent me some pictures of Grayling that he caught. Absolutely lovely looking fish and impressive sizes too. I am afraid i have still to catch a grayling, but to be honest I have never really put any great effort…

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A new season a new look !

10 February, 2006 by Alistair

Was not sure if this actually warrented a post but I have decided on a new theme for the blog. That is in fact theme and not topic, hell if you come here regular like you will know what I am on about.

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Did you know?

9 February, 2006 by Alistair

The famous physicist William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin was created Baron Kelvin in honour of his achievements, he was named after the river that flowed passed Glasgow University. The Kelvin temperature scale, was named after the little river that I catch trout out of, it was named after its creator Lord Kelvin. That is what…

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Harelaw-the second coming!

6 February, 20064 January, 2021 by Alistair

See that, that was a play on words that was!It could have been good. We had planned this for a while…..well I suppose if I was to say fortnight then it wouldn’t be the same so I will say “a while” instead. At least we had been talking about doing a bit of fishery action…

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This is terrible!!

3 February, 2006 by Alistair

Somehow this really upset me. I was looking at those pictures thinking how lovely it looked. Claire regulary travels up to Dundee and I was thinking about her dropping me off for a couple of hours..Well, just read the whole thread to see what happened :/

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Return to Harelaw!

1 February, 2006 by Alistair

You might remember the last time I went stockie bashing myself and Alex went to Harelaw trout fishery. You might remember that after a day of absolute madness I was then ill for a few days after it. Its all happening again people, this Saturday a boat is booked, the weather is to be fucking…

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