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Life and Signs

16 May, 2013 by Alistair

Sometimes you see signs and portents in your fishing in which it imitates your life. I managed an hour after work down at the Kelvin and it was a much needed session to get away from the stress of real life shit. I had been knocked back from a job and was feeling a bit…

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An uneventful birthday…

16 April, 2013 by Alistair

Well, I do not know if it will be or wont be as it is actually next week and I am saying it is uneventful as it is my last year of being in my 30s so in the grand scheme of things it is not like a “big” birthday yet is kinda symbolic…….and breathe!…

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We are going hunting boys!

29 March, 2013 by Alistair

Once the afternoon looked as if it was heating up some I got the boys into their warm coats and headed along to the Kelvin. I had heard stories of trout in some rivers still responding to olives even though it was snowing and wanted to see if I was being premature in dismissing the…

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When I think..

28 March, 2013 by Alistair

When I think about what once was I think about what we have now And I think about what we might have in the future

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Opening Celebration! (I think)

24 March, 2013 by Alistair

As you can see from the last post conditions on the Saturday were not exactly ideal for trout fishing. It was freezing however I managed to combat that by wearing two pairs of thermal long-johns, a thermal vest and some layers. This only meant my hands were exposed to the elements and within minutes they were…

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New season, new forum, new other stuff.

14 March, 201325 September, 2015 by Alistair

Welcome friends to another season on The Urban Fly Fisher! This is now my tenth year writing this pish diary of musings and I must say I am not in any great hurry to end it. As long as i continue to make new friends and folk keep mailing me I will keep on writing. Something…

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A weekend of fishing and children related activities!

2 March, 20133 March, 2013 by Alistair

Sadly due to the fact my four year old knew there was a soft play around the corner I did not get much of a chance to really enjoy the experience of the Glasgow Angling Centre Open Weekend. My idea of fun and his are two totally different things. Paul Young got him a shot…

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River Thoughts…

2 March, 2013 by Alistair

I had a damned busy time at work on Friday, dashing from one meeting to another with barely enough time to even have a think about a fish. However, half way through the day it happened, I found myself with a sudden spare 5 mins as I was driving past my wee gem of a…

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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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At 12.27 I realised…

1 January, 20131 January, 2013 by Alistair

Oh God, I haven't caught a trout all year ! — The Urban Fly Fisher (@Urbanfisher) January 1, 2013

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