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Entries from July 2006

Bare, bones and New Zealand Style

July 30th, 2006 · 8 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

No, it is not some kind of Kiwi sex position it is in fact a way of fishing, or at least using a dropper, let me explain…
Last week I headed down to the Kelvin with Alex, he is fishing quite a lot with the New Zealand method and doing rather well I must say. For [...]

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Tummel drowning….

July 28th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Links

I have copied and pasted this from a forum I visit…
Call for inquiry into river drowning
By Eric Nicolson
THE DEATH of a father-of-three in a Highland Perthshire river last week could have been avoided and should be investigated at a fatal accident inquiry, a councillor has claimed.
Gordon Robertson (41), from Midlothian, was fishing in the Tummel, [...]

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Fish Wild Magazine

July 26th, 2006 · No Comments · Links

Online magazines are all the rage at the moment- a particularly good one (dare I say the best?) is Fish Wild, you will not see any boobies or blobs in this baby- it is traditional tactics all the way!
Check it out

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Flying Ants!

July 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life!

Not done any fishing as it has been too damn hot and my driving lessons seem to be getting in the way of things. However, other anglers have been on the water and are seeing roughly the same amount of fish as I am- namely doodly squat. Alex sent me this rather nice picture of [...]

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Photo shows cow resolving dispute

July 23rd, 2006 · No Comments · Links

I found this pretty interesting
A photo on a Cornish archive containing thousands of images of the county has brought to light a bizarre story.

So why did the cow want to get on his back ? Freaky Farmer !

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A good way to recover after being ill? Part 2

July 21st, 2006 · 4 Comments · Other River Fishing!!

So where was I?
Right, so on the Sunday we decided to make a proper day of it. My wife was working, Emmanuelle’s girlfriend was in Italy with their baby and Alex’s was away for the weekend to Edinburgh. So we did what any right minded male gents without a care in the world (other [...]

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Results of competition….

July 20th, 2006 · No Comments · Life!, Links, Observations

Will be in a few days (possibly a week), thanks to all those that entered it has been fun !

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