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Month: October 2014

Different strokes

27 October, 201427 October, 2014 by Alistair

I have been laying off encouraging the oldest boy coming fishing with me. I have pals with kids in their twenties who do not fish and I always wonder why. Their dads (my pals) tell me they encouraged them when younger however they just drifted away from it. I wonder if they encouraged them too…

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Caution!

25 October, 2014 by Alistair

 

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“Greys warranty sucks”

24 October, 201424 October, 2014 by Alistair

Sitting on the train my phone rings, unknown number. I pick up. “Is that Alistair?” said a very polite voice. “Yes” “I got your number from a pal, I wanted to tell you something” “Yes?” “Greys warranty still sucks” he said and then hung up! True story.

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Season Blunders

22 October, 2014 by Alistair

Middle of the summer I went up to Ullapool for a few nights camping. The car was stuffed full of camping stuff and their was barely any room for my youngest. I had a split decision to make about what fishing gear to take and decided on my beachcaster. Of course now I realise if…

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Bloody typical..

4 October, 20145 October, 2014 by Alistair

While Gary Wingate was putting together my light rock fishing outfit I asked him for a few tips. He was happy to give me advice and even some spots to try. I had already done some looking about on various forums so kinda had a good idea. I knew that the best of all fishing…

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