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Category: Random Thoughts….

A funny thing happened on the way to the fish market.

1 March, 20222 March, 2022 by Alistair

It was Saturday night and I was sitting in the Flip Out cafe in Glasgow – I took the kids there to burn off some steam. I was feeling a bit edgy as several folk had been coughing harshly and there was a lack of mask wearing. You may think I am being hyper cautious…

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“Gorge”eous!

25 June, 201725 June, 2017 by Alistair

I stood next to Paul as he lay on the ground moaning in pain. I am not a big fan of sympathy unless it is really bad (giving and receiving) however sometimes when another man has hurt himself and it will pass in a short while there is nothing you can or should say, even…

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Does stuff like this happen to everybody?

13 January, 2015 by Alistair
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Different strokes

27 October, 201427 October, 2014 by Alistair

I have been laying off encouraging the oldest boy coming fishing with me. I have pals with kids in their twenties who do not fish and I always wonder why. Their dads (my pals) tell me they encouraged them when younger however they just drifted away from it. I wonder if they encouraged them too…

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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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Kelvin account opened – 5/2

3 April, 2013 by Alistair

Bugger it! All this talk of freezing cold temps and slow start to the season has really gotten on my goat. Consequently I decided that enough was enough and it was actually time to cast a fly and have  a look for myself.  After work I bolted to the river to find it looking barren and incredibly unfishy. However…

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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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Winter, I would like it if you would just..

27 March, 2013 by Alistair
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2012 Trout Season – you were like a batshit crazy girlfriend!

14 October, 201214 October, 2012 by Alistair

That is correct, you were like a crazy girlfriend. On one hand you promised so much (the sex was good) however on the other you turned up at crazy times at my house and made unreasonable demands. You were like two separate people, the problem was the crazy part far outweighed the good part. The good part of the relationship…

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So I visited the Glasgow Angling Centre on its Open Weekend.

29 September, 2012 by Alistair

And I enjoyed it. Never let it be said that I am a moany bastard who never looks on the bright side of anything, today I spent a good couple of hours in the Glasgow Angling Centre and thoroughly enjoyed my time. Gary Wingate (Game fishing manager or something like that)  had asked me if I was coming down…

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