Coarse fish on the Fly

I have had a devasting weekend with big fish lost. I have been telling all and sundry that will listen. Be prepared for a mammoth groaning session wher I tell you blow by blow how I lost the biggest trout on the dry fly……with the bent kamasan B100 to prove it !

Meanwhile- here is [...]

Trout Grass

When I got back from my honeymoon sitting on my doormat was a rather nice surprise, a DVD entitled Trout Grass. Written and narrated by David James Duncan. Featuring Glen Brackett, Hoagy Carmichael and Thomas McGuane. Shot on location in Southern China and Montana, Trout Grass documents the transformation of bamboo into a split-cane fly [...]

My next purchase? Tea Stick Reel??

I think I just found my next purchase. I have enjoyed using my little bamboo rod a lot this season and I see the same company is now producing reels. I have got to say they look mighty sweet…

It is funny how fishing with bamboo rods is not as popular here in the [...]

Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online

Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online

I do believe Tea Stick Rods were there as well!

Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye

Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye

I am pretty sure most people have seen this link by now, a reason why people shoudl ensure they wear some kind of eye protection.

The fly looks like a Pheasant Tail Nymph, which reminds me that I should rie up some for next season!

The Salmon Farm Protest Group

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE – 23rd SEPTEMBR 2005

Bogus report from Scottish Environment Protection Agency

More than 300,000 diseased salmon from Marine Harvest Limited fish farms in the Western Isles have been buried in the machair (gobally important shell-sand dunes and fields) at Kyles-paible near Bayhead on the Island of North [...]

eBay.co.uk: !!!!!!!!!STONEFLY FISH BAG, RIVER FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (item 7179744682 end time 09-Sep-05 19:13:56 BST)

eBay.co.uk: !!!!!!!!!STONEFLY FISH BAG, RIVER FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (item 7179744682 end time 09-Sep-05 19:13:56 BST)

I suppose it could be used for storing your potatos as well

Carbon Shortage…a follow up!!

A while ago I posted about david norwich who had to increase th ecost of his rods due to a shortage of carbon fibre.

Well as an update he now has a further messege on his website

I REGRET THAT BECAUSE OF LIMITED PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF THE CUSTOM CARBON FIBRE PRE-PREG USED FOR [...]

The Baton!

So General Ape passed me the baton which is “…a less-irritating-than-usual web log quiz meme all about music, but, somewhere along the way, it morphed into being all about books”

Books Owned I have a lot of books; a lot of them are kept now in storage up in my new attic. They are [...]

AHA!! Fucking Boots…..I have you now!!!!!

I have located the reason and the actual hole in my waders. I studied the area very very closely and it turns out its my fucking boots. I noticed that the inner sole has slipped making some studs visable…when i ran my finger over them they were pretty raised and had been digging into my [...]

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