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Month: June 2006

Sizzling…….nah Brrrrrrrr.

27 June, 2006 by Alistair

So it had been a roasting hot day. My wife and I had a hectic day rushing about; it got to around 8pm so I decided to go fishing. Alas as soon as I went out the door I could tell there was something a little different in the air, it was a lot colder….

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Sedgetastico

25 June, 2006 by Alistair

So Emmanuelle and I met Mike and Steve on our other river for a spot of evening action from around 6pm onwards. We got off to a slow start with only a couple of smaller trout caught, however Steve powered ahead picking up trout consistently on a deer hair Sedge. Emmanuelle caught this corker of…

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Tattered Fly

25 June, 2006 by Alistair

Tattered Fly has went through a relaunch with a diffierent layout. Lovely site and quotes me for his inspiration. usually I just inspire people to the booze bottle so that is a plus 🙂

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Greetings new readers!

22 June, 200630 March, 2021 by Alistair

Greetings, people who have just read The Herald. I have not actually read the article regarding the Kelvin yet but just in case I came across like a trumpet I thought I would post this first. Anyway,from some background, I have been fly fishing on the Kelvin for a number of years now and call…

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Flaming June ? Aye right enough !

21 June, 2006 by Alistair

Ah yes, Scottish weather, one minute it is roasting hot and the next it feels like it could snow. You know what they say, if you don’t like the weather stick around 5 mins it will be sure to change…

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A nice bit….

20 June, 2006 by Alistair

A nice piece of music to tie flies by….

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Attack of the Fibre Optic Cables !!

18 June, 2006 by Alistair

So I fished for a few hours yesterday and caught nothing. I am beginning to think that the easy to get to sections of the river are gubbed, then again it might have been the conditions. I caught lots of those Sea Trout that were stocked, tiny little two inch long silvers but that was…

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A nice evening session.

16 June, 2006 by Alistair

So it was a nice evening down at the other river I fish on Thursday evening. It was warm with plenty of flies on the water but the fish were taking there time responding, it was not until 10-11 that trout started to properly rise. It is funny that as this season on th erivers…

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OutdoorsBest Forums

15 June, 2006 by Alistair

A hook through your foot! Hook through foot Not for me thanks !!

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Competition time !

12 June, 2006 by Alistair

So today is the start of the Urban Fly fishing on the Kelvin caption competition! The competition is open to anyone, in any country whether I know them or not. It is a simple little caption contest, nothing too difficult I am sure. It is however a caption contest with a twist. YOU choose the…

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