I just don’t get it – while everyone is out buying new rods and reels I just buy some essentials. A new 4 weight fly line, a new fly box and some polaroids – the polaroids have got some magnification built in to help the eyesight – to be fair I am turning 50 this…
Category: brownlining
Winter memories – summer bites?
Who remembers the summer?
Wee urban burns and future plans.
It seems that every year the season gets shorter and shorter and the list of stuff that I want to do gets longer. This year has been particularly hard as I just discovered my thyroid has gone kaput and has been that way for quite some time – I now have a reason as to…
Lining up the excuses…
We got to the river between 6pm and 7pm. We lined up all the reasons as to why it was going to be a good evening session. Turned out that apart from a few inconsistent risers at 10-1030pm the place was totally dead. We decided on the classic the conditions were “too perfect” as an…
JVice – one of my favourite things!
I have got to admit that I am terrible at tying flies – I mean, I used to be half decent however over the last few years the quality and amount plummeted. I guess it was the birth of my first child that caused it and don’t get me started on when the other two…
Catching fish is not actually the reason…
Ok, yea, It might be the purpose of going fishing however when you catch feck all you have got to justify it somehow. Looking outside the window today you would be forgiven for thinking that spring had sprung and it was a good day to fish. I however did not fish today, i went on…
This feels like…
The first day of the trout season !
Breathables!
I can’t remember when I realised that breathable waders are not like rods and reels and that they are more like fly lines – the damn things wear out over time. Before I got breathables I wore a pair of cheap as chips thigh waders that were made out of PVC or something, they cost…
Visited the House of Hardy Museum !
Just back from a visit to Northumberland – a place that I have never visited before. Whilst there I popped in to the Hardy Museum. It was quite interesting – even the kids enjoyed it. Sadly whilst I was in Northumberland I did not hear any woodpeckers despite keeping my ears peeled. See you at…