So I hit on something that I have never actually witnessed before - wild toad sex. When I started fishing the river I noticed something swimming down the river towards me - it was a toad, happily swimming along. I added it to my memory as just one of those quirky things you see on [...]
When we were out fishing the other day Steven stumbled upon a dead sheep. Well, when I say stumbled I mean he was fishing away happily and noticed a funny smell - a rotting sheep was amongst some reeds on the bank. We all had a good look at it through our trusty monocular (boy [...]
This story starts not when I bought my new Sage rod while on holiday in New York but some time before when Mike bought his XP off eBay. He reported a “ticking” noise from the top ferrule which was driving him around the bend. After some advice from other people he waxed all the ferrules [...]
6 days to go before the broonie (thats brown trout to my US cousins)Â season starts.
The weather forecast is for rain for the next few days making sure we will all be gazing miserably at swollen rivers…..
” Thou shalt not share sweet spots disclosed by friends
” Thou shalt defecate in that service station before going near water
” Thou shalt impart one nugget of wisdom to every brother of the angle that you meet.
” Thou shalt only kill when needed
” Thou shall not cover another mans spot nor try to crowd [...]
16 Days to go and the broonie season will be upon us.
I mind it was like this last year …..and then suddenly we get snow.
I hope its not the same this year !
[tags]snow,spring,glasgow [/tags]
You know, fishing for trout with a fly rod is like an addiction- a serious addiction. It was Robert Traver my most favourite author who said:
“The true trout fisherman is like a drug addict; he dwells in a tight little dream [...]
