Someone left a comment on this post that was pretty interesting. I am reposting it here as I have configured the blog to only show the last 5 posts or something. Some people were complaining that as I post pictures it was taking a while for the full month to load……you live n learn I…
Why Fishing Is Better Than Sex
And theres more! When you go fishing and you catch something, that’s good. If you’re making love and you catch something, that’s bad. Fish don’t compare you to other fishermen neither and don’t want to know how many other fish you caught. In fishing you lie about the one that got away. In loving you…
Twenty Differences between Fishing and Sex
Taken from a forum I Frequent!!# 20 – No matter how much whisky you’ve had, you can still Fish. 19 – A limp rod is still useful while Fishing. 18 – You don’t have to hide your Fishing magazines. 17 – It is perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Fish with you once in…
Big Atlantic Salmon Runs Foster Hope for Fish
Big Atlantic Salmon Runs Foster Hope for Fish Last year a silver tide of salmon flooded many rivers in Europe and North America. Scotland, Iceland, Canada, and other countries reported big gains in the number of Atlantic salmon returning to their native rivers. The strength of these runs offers hope that conservation efforts are at…
Got masel some foam!! (although no foam at the casting “pool”)
So I bought some black foam the other day. The idea is that I tie up some black beetles for the times that there is not actually a hatch going down. I will tie some up during the week and post the pictures. I know that I always say that I will post the pictures…
Forest Walking Machine!!
WOW!! Look at this machine The machine actually adapts to the forest floor. It moves around on 6 legs which can move it forward, backward, sideways and diagonally. It actually steps over obstacles. Now thats what I call a real off roader. If you go to this page you can see these babies in action….
Carbon shortage
I hear that the price of carbon is set to rise, due to a worldwide shortage. A lot of this is blamed on the massive amounts used by the space industry as well as a defense project. This means that all the carbon suppliers are going to be woud up with fulfilling the orders. Seemingly…
Last 20 search terms!!
Not done a what people search for to get here things for a while….. Last 20 Search Terms: record shark (Google) fishing camera (Google) oliver edwards (Google) Glasgow angling centre (Google) BBC accident Nov 2004 (Google) william joseph rain jacket (Google) pictures%20of%20trout (AOL) how to strip woodchip (Google) burbot caught in england (Yahoo) iron bru…
Tying Desk!!!
I was chatting to someone about where to tie up flies. I need somewhere with good light so I really should tie in the Kitchen. I usually end up doing it in the living room- taking up nearly half the room. I stay in a small flat and cannot wait until I have a house…
All Year I Say!!
I have not caught a trout all year. I think maybe tommorow or at some point this week I will take a wee walk down to the Kelvin and do a litte reconnaissance . Last year when I went down some pools had changed shape and some flows had been diverted because of the heavy…