Let’s talk about Orvis shall we. I bought my Orvis boots at the start of the season, a pair of Henrys Fork II Premium Wading Boot – I was pretty annoyed as the last boots I bought from another company fell apart pretty quick so decided it was time I bought a top of the…
Record Salmon caught on the Ness ?
The British record salmon of 64lbs was caught on the Tay by Miss Georgina Ballantine in 1922… …however the British angling world is buzzing with the news of a potential record catch on the Ness system. Reports suggest the cock salmon caught on the Dochfour beat of the River Ness measured 56 inches long and…
New Sites…new links…
When I first started this blog there was no other fly fishing site just like it – blogs that is – now every other week I am sifting through many sites that people have sent me to look at. They far surpass me in the old design stakes and the content aint half bad iether…
Pike on the bank..
We searched for Pike – jeepers we walked around a whole loch looking for them. The loch we found could not have been more Pikey – it was weedy, shallow in places and actually had trees growing in the middle of the loch. It looked like perfect Pike habitat. We attached it with plugs thinking…
A mixed bag…
Mixed results as the season draws to a close. I have had several sessions on my other favourite river, two at the local canal for Pike and one down the Kelvin. I met Mike down at my other river for a few hours, the river was slightly high and the colour of tea but did…
Review:In the Company of Rivers: An Angler’s Stories & Recollections
I love getting sent books by authors; it gives me a warm fuzzy glow inside that someone actually might value what I say about their writings. Writers sending bloggers books to review is quite a new thing and I have got to admit it is a perk I quite like. However I have been dreading…
Fly fishing and poems..
What is it about fly fishing that makes people want to write poetry? Go check out friend Mikes site!
Coming to an end..
So the end of the season is almost upon us, I fished the middle Clyde on Saturday for a few hours – there was plenty of flies on the water but the trout appeared to have other things on their minds. I caught one trout on the nymph, a lovely trout that was very dark…
William Joseph in the dock
Ozarks Angler writes about a review he wrote for a William Joseph bag he bought a couple of years ago. Very Interesting article – makes you wonder just how much testing the William Joseph company actually did?
Givin’ it a lick, ye see…
Someone asked me to elaborate on the conversation I had with the farmer regarding the cows drooling on my car. I am not a big fan of cows; I don’t trust anything which looks as if it could trample you to death. Sure, I am told they are docile but I don’t want to be…