I stood outside today and noticed how cold it was – a cold lazy wind that goes right through you rather than around you. Brrrr It reminds me (or rather not actually) of the other kind of cold you can get – during summer when at one point you have been roasting hot and then…
Month: October 2007
First proper attempt at Pike on the fly..
My wife was on nightshift – the plan was as soon as she got home I was going to have a morning Piking down at the Forth n Clyde canal. Unfortunately I had not factored in the neighbours BBQ, copious amounts of alcohol and a young chap from Bosnia who encouraged me to sample his…
Winter – it is on its way…
So the season is ended and now thoughts have turned to other matters – fly tying, grayling and Pike, although not necessarily in that order. Usually by the end of the season most people are quite glad for the rest but somehow this year I remain restless. The plans made last year only seem half…
Orvis Customer Service
Let’s talk about Orvis shall we. I bought my Orvis boots at the start of the season, a pair of Henrys Fork II Premium Wading Boot – I was pretty annoyed as the last boots I bought from another company fell apart pretty quick so decided it was time I bought a top of the…
Record Salmon caught on the Ness ?
The British record salmon of 64lbs was caught on the Tay by Miss Georgina Ballantine in 1922… …however the British angling world is buzzing with the news of a potential record catch on the Ness system. Reports suggest the cock salmon caught on the Dochfour beat of the River Ness measured 56 inches long and…
New Sites…new links…
When I first started this blog there was no other fly fishing site just like it – blogs that is – now every other week I am sifting through many sites that people have sent me to look at. They far surpass me in the old design stakes and the content aint half bad iether…
Pike on the bank..
We searched for Pike – jeepers we walked around a whole loch looking for them. The loch we found could not have been more Pikey – it was weedy, shallow in places and actually had trees growing in the middle of the loch. It looked like perfect Pike habitat. We attached it with plugs thinking…