The Urban Fly Fisher

There are those I imahine that would lump us anglers in with people like this….
BRITAIN’S most notorious collector of rare birds’ eggs died when he fell from a tree while examining a nest, an inquest has heard.
Colin Watson, 62, climbed three-quarters of the way up a 40ft larch tree before falling to his death.
A coroner’s [...]

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I see Trout Nut has had a makeover (not that Jason needed to do one). I remember when it arrived on the internet and the forums were a buzz about this new site with detailed pictures of insects. To be fair I am still amazed by the detail of the insects….
http://www.troutnut.com/

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So I was planning to go for a full days fishing on Saturday, considering I am now a driver I knew I could wangle the car from Claire if needed it so I could go a little further afield than the Kelvin. One of my pals asked me if I thought people would be wondering [...]

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It is a funny old season right enough, last season I caught no grayling at all and this year every time I go to my other river I am picking them up. I must say though that I am not fishing for them intentionally (they are out of season) - they are coming freely to [...]

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So myself and a few friends have been hitting the Kelvin and our other favourite river quite a bit the last week. They have all been short notice trips which is a change from our usual begging lifts or getting the bus places. I went further upstream on the Kelvin a couple of weeks ago [...]

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It was bound to happen eventually, I really have no sympathy for these people.
Anglers attacked by animal extremists

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I see the September issue of fish wild is now online.

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