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Month: August 2007

Bamboozled

29 August, 200729 August, 2007 by Alistair

I wish I was cool like Tom over at Trout Underground who seems to have just about everything made out of bamboo these days. He recently wrote about a bamboo helmet which is the perfect headgear for fly fishing’s legion of “Chuck & Duck Purists.” I wish I had something else made out of bamboo…

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Milngavie Fly Dressers – Thursdays – Be there or do something else !

28 August, 2007 by Alistair

You know the finale of the season is approaching when you look out the window and notice it is getting dark at half past eight at night. The other sign is that you start getting emails regarding fly tying evenings which will be starting up for the winter. Again I will be popping along to…

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Tackle found in Partick

27 August, 2007 by Alistair

Hello chaps, Recieved a contact from a Kelvinator who states he has found some tackle in the Partick area next to the river – if anyone knows who it belongs to then please get in touch – I am assuming of course anyone who has lost the item will know what it is and will…

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Mayfly Hatch Video

26 August, 2007 by Alistair

Now, this has got to be one of the best educational videos I have seen yet – two guys pulled along on their boogey boards by a speed boat – as they stop – “Check it out —–MAYFLY” The Angling Exploration Group could learn a thing or two from these guys. Check it out

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In The Beginning…

22 August, 200722 August, 2007 by Alistair

I first saw the Kelvin through a gap in some trees. I was 16 at the time and it was a Saturday night. I know it was Saturday as on a Friday I went to the Boys Brigade (Now you understand how I know the words when I sing hymns to induce takes) so Saturday…

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A Right Bugger

20 August, 2007 by Alistair

It rained all day on Saturday – call this August – feels more like March as the temperature is low as well. Feels like the start of the season when you go fishing just because you can, a bit of respite after a long cold winter – you know there will be no action or…

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Wacky Weather

12 August, 2007 by Alistair

Work, study and fly fishing collide – the result, an increase in migraines and twitchy weather watching. The weather has turned into almost spring like conditions, there is hardly any hope of an evening session, and temperatures are too low. Around a month ago, it feels like ages now, deciding on a small stream seemed…

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Photo Gallery & Stuff

3 August, 2007 by Alistair

Hiya, I have actually been doing some fishing but unfortunetly there has been a major clash of the titans between work and my intense fly fishing addiction. In the meantime, why dont you check out my photo gallery…  PHOTO GALLERY  Next week i am meeting up with Gareth from Fishing in Wales and Mike from Tamanawis –…

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