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Month: September 2012

Kelvin Work Party – now with added free booze and girls*

6 September, 20126 September, 2012 by Alistair

Every time there is a River Kelvin Angling Association work party there is always some excuse why I cannot attend – just like this Sundays. The wife is away to Spain on a hen gig and I am left with the kids. Anyway, I always ask for folk to take photos and send me them,…

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First Tenkara Action..

5 September, 20124 January, 2021 by Alistair

So today I got a chance to try out Tenkara. If you have not at least heard of Tenkara then you must have been living in a bubble as it is the new fly fishing craze that is sweeping the states and has gradually moved over here. Tenkara as described by my fishing buddy Atkins…

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Araneus diadematus

4 September, 2012 by Alistair

So my wife told me there was a monster spider in the back garden and wanted to know if it would bite the children. She thought it may have come across in a banana boat or something. I walked over took one look at the beast and went in to get my flamethrower.    …

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Rained Off.

4 September, 2012 by Alistair

I got to the river at around 6pm, it was up around a foot an running a dark color. There was some visibility in it as pointed out by John in the comments so I was kinda hopeful as I started. I wanted to try out the Tenkara rod that I had swapped for an ad in the…

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Winter Mode?

1 September, 2012 by Alistair
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