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Glasgow Angling Centre Open Weekend

27 September, 201428 September, 2014 by Alistair

I had a couple of hours free between dropping the wife and kids off at a party and going to another kids party in the afternoon which I had to attend because it was a family one. My life has now become incredibly rock n’ roll. I now tell people in work on Mondays that…

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Five things I have learned since moving house!

11 August, 201411 August, 2014 by Alistair

So I moved out the city along the clyde estuary and you would think that this would increase my fishing however this has not strictly been the case. Here are some thoughts. 1. There are actually more people using poor methods to fish and causing chaos outside the city. I was going to tube a…

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Commonwealth Games Flotilla

27 July, 2014 by Alistair

About 250 boats, including small ships, yachts and clippers sail up the River Clyde as part of the city’s Commonwealth Games celebrations. I headed down to Bowling on Saturday to catch them before they went under the Erskine Bridge. I was most impressed with the sight – boats hooting, pipers on the decks and people lining the…

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Today I visited the GAC open day….

3 March, 2014 by Alistair

I missed it by a day!

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I am so excited as I have bought a float tube!

19 December, 2013 by Alistair

I have already decided that the 2014 season is going to be great! It is also going to be a bit different as well in that I have bought myself a Snowbee Float Tube Seriously it is pretty much all I think about on the travel in and home from work! The plan is to…

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Predicting the weather = Talking rubbish

3 November, 2013 by Alistair

I could not help but notice the temperature has really taken a dip over the last few weeks and as usual the media are stirring themselves up to a frenzy. Scotland braced for worst winter in decades I mean I am aware we had a couple of bad winters however last winter was actually ok…

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So I happened upon a man masturbating in the park the other evening..

15 August, 201315 August, 2013 by Alistair

Good evenings fishing interrupted by chap with his jeans and pants at his ankles in the bushes, he coughed and tried to pull them up. I looked him straight in the eye and said “Awright Mate” He carried on and I fished the pool in front of him. It was all a bit awkward! I…

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The Urban Fly Fisher – 10 years old today!

30 July, 2013 by Alistair

 

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Thunder n’ lightning, very very frightening!

26 July, 2013 by Alistair

So I managed a sneaky wee flexi day from work today purely because of a childcare issue so I was presented with the opportunity to check out the Kelvin as it has pretty much been unmolested from me for a week or so. For anyone that does not live in Glasgow here is the weather…

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Saying “Tight Lines”

9 May, 2013 by Alistair

Going by what people have been searching for on my fancy blog stats some people are trying to work out why anglers says “Tight Lines” to each other. Here from my archives is what I have got to say on the matter: I loathe the saying “tight lines”, I can remember when people started using…

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