Another hot hazy day down at the other river that I fish. I arrived at the water around 0930 and then almost had to come straight back home again. Once I set up my rod etc I found that my tippet material was once again giving me a bit of jip – it kept snapping…
Month: April 2007
Blog Awards: The Shortlists – Updated
Got my official email with a nice logo to show off the fact I have been shortlisted for the Metro Blog Awards You’ve been short listed in the Sport category, for the Best of Brit Blog Awards 2007 (BOBB’s) brought to you by Ask.com and Metro Newspaper. The BOBB’s were launched earlier in the year…
Ron. P. Swegman
Over on the right hand column there you can see books that I am currently reading. I will be posting a review very shortly of the current book but in the meantime head over to the authors lovely little corner of the net and check it out.
Blog Awards: The Shortlists
Good grief, it seems I have been short listed in the Sports category for the Metro blog awards. I have been eyeing up the contenders in the category and it seems I have some pretty stiff competition. Next steps: Now our panel of celebrity judges – including England cricketer Alastair Cook, TV presenter Jason Bradbury…
Olives on the Water
A howling gale with intermittent light rain finally told me the trout season was finally under way. Over the Easter weekend I was visiting family in sunny Birmingham, and boy was it sunny – almost shorts weather. However scanning the weather for today here in Glasgow it was too be cloudy, windy with rain –…
1st Visit to the Kelvin of 2007
So toninght I am driving down to Birmingham to see some family. I managed to wangle my way out of work early so instead of tidying up my house I decided to do what any normal fly fisher would do with mounting laundry responsibilities – I went fishing. I would like to say I caught…
Review:Safe Passage Complete Chest Pack
Like clothes and French fries fishing trips often come in three sizes- small medium and large. I always think the amount of stuff you carry often directly relates to the amount of time you spend on the water. For small trips where not much tackle is needed , for example, a tiny burn being minimalist…
The Dead Sheep
When we were out fishing the other day Steven stumbled upon a dead sheep. Well, when I say stumbled I mean he was fishing away happily and noticed a funny smell – a rotting sheep was amongst some reeds on the bank. We all had a good look at it through our trusty monocular (boy…
April 1st gag on FlyFish Magazine ?
Hang on a moment – I was re-reading my favourite blogs and came across this post on the most excellent FlyFish Magazine  Classic ! I notice that no other bloggers in my little genre decided to try and pull the wool over anyones eyes, I did not even blog but waited until the next day to…