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Friday Trout Trip – River of Shite!

12 June, 2011 by Alistair

So finally managed to get some fishing squeezed in amongst the madness of 2nd time fatherhood. With hindsight maybe I should have chosen a different river, I decided on the Shit Pipe River pretty much because it was far enough away to feel I was on a trip yet close enough to bolt home if…

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Shit Pipe River..

12 May, 2009 by Alistair

Sunday – it had been raining for three days so pretty much knew the Kelvin would be out of action. I considered a few other possibilities and decided the “river of pipes” was a possibility, I called it that as it has an extraordinary number of pipes over it – most if em’ shite pipes…

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End of 2022 season

29 November, 2022 by Alistair

Bloody hell that was a quick season.  One minute it was May and I was hanging around enjoying every other midweek day off and suddenly I am looking at new waistcoats for Christmas as my trusty old Hardy waistcoat has somehow shrunk over the last few years.  I had also started to use my chest…

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Nae Comparaduns Left

4 June, 20224 June, 2022 by Alistair

It was a Wednesday I can tell you that much – because that is my fortnightly non working day. What that means is that while the kids are at school and my wife is at work I can actually go fishing for the day.  What this also means is that I kinda need to go…

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What fly rod for the Kelvin?

5 June, 202120 June, 2021 by Alistair

One of the questions that folk ask an awful lot is what weight of fly rod you need to use for the Kelvin. Have I got to explain it? Ok – essentially the weight of a rod is irrelevant – it is the AFTM rating that you have got to look out for. Secretly fly…

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Why are all my rivers weirdly white just now?

12 June, 2013 by Alistair

I had an evening on the Kelvin the other night with the mighty Jim Burns, we both blanked or if we did catch a trout it was nothing to write home about. We fished until dusk and then had a spot of action lasting 20 mins, even though trout were rising we managed to not…

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

16 July, 201216 July, 2012 by Alistair

Three sessions my friends and each one could not have been any more different. You may have noticed it has been some days since I last posted and those living on this fine wee island will know that due to a lack of hurricanes the Gulf Stream has not been shifted South to give us…

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Fish 4 Flies

16 April, 201916 April, 2019 by Alistair

So I am always partial to getting some free stuff in the post however generally the requests I get to review stuff or promote I knock back as they want to retain control of what you write about and usually the stuff is shite anyway. I have had a few folk asking me to write…

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2013 Resolutions Required ..I guess!

7 January, 20137 January, 2013 by Alistair

I suppose I need to write some kind of 2013 resolution post as all the cool kids are doing them these days. So what I should really do is look at last year and what I did poorly and then look at this year and see what I can do better. Quite frankly I was…

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2012 Trout Season – you were like a batshit crazy girlfriend!

14 October, 201214 October, 2012 by Alistair

That is correct, you were like a crazy girlfriend. On one hand you promised so much (the sex was good) however on the other you turned up at crazy times at my house and made unreasonable demands. You were like two separate people, the problem was the crazy part far outweighed the good part. The good part of the relationship…

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