Fancy a fish coffin anyone ? Tom Chandler over at Trout Underground dug this one up, pretty interesting ! The Underground Fly Fish Blog » Friday News Follies at the Underground…
Hot Hot Hot !
Hot, very hot….not the fishing but the temperature. Some trout rising, didn’t have a clue what to. At this little spot there was around 4 trout going at it like crazy. What the hell, they refused everything I tried. Additionally there was the insult of sipping flies around my artificial. Eventually I took a couple…
Fancy a romantic evening by the river darling?
So I managed to wangle a lift to my other river under the guise of a romantic evening by the river. There is Claire over there to the right of that cow Claire read a magazine whilst I fished. I had to coal carry her across a couple of burns (which she found fun although…
A bit of a walk up Beinn Dubh
A bit of a walk is an understatement actually. As yesterday was for lots of food and drink as it was barbeque weather (no fishing as it was to hot) and today it was time to work a bit of that excess off with a bit of hill walking. We decided to tackle Beinn Dubh…
A site watch out for !
You know, this just happens to be the longest running personal blog dedicated to fly fishing on the net. I remember when I started this I had a good hunt around and could not find any others. I mean, others spoke about fishing but also had a fair chunk of other stuff as well. Since…
Standing in a River Waving a Stick
Another fantastic book from the bamboo maestro himself: Synopsis A popular sportswriter returns to his first love, fly fishing, in this wryly crafted reflection on friendship, getting skunked, and other musings sketched against the backdrop of the Colorado foothills and British Columbia. Reprint. The Synopsis is pretty poor, good fishing book with great stories, some…
Action Stations: Dry Fly Attacks
So there was a definite three pronged approach to the Kelvin today. Alex was fishing his favourite stretch, Mike was fishing up at his end of the Kelvin and I decided to have a bash at one of the tributaries. It has been a windy, showery day and it has been raining on and off…
Not so much an attack more a leisurely stroll
So last weekend Alex, Mike and I headed up North for a little camping adventure. Alex and I travelled by train through to Edinburgh where we met Mike and then shot up to the River Tummel for the first leg of the adventure. When we arrived at the Tummel an angler came up to us…