Long story short I caught feck all and had my picture taken holding a spinning rod – is this what I have been reduced to? I jest – I jest – it was a nice being on the river when ordinarily I would be waiting some 150 days (give or take) before I get another…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10
Found an awesome snail .. just chilling in the garden … so I brought it into the house! http://twitpic.com/2ubrya # Hey .. my niece found an even smaller one! http://twitpic.com/2ubxln # Looking forward to the new banks novel "surface detail" # Powered by Twitter Tools
Tenuous fishing photos 34,35,36,37,38, 39 & 40/52
How crap am I at keeping to my own schedule of a photo a week? Answers on a postcard… The irony is that people who follow me on Twitter do actually get a photo per week (usually) – so what I should do is just try and combine the two and post the photos from…
Caught my first Kelvin Sea Beast last night..
It was bound to happen – was it confidence? perseverance? sheer dogged determination? Nope – the fact that I had left my camera in the house meant I was bound to catch a fish! I was still able to take a few snaps using my phone camera so dont expect to get off lightly. The fact…
Sunday Struggle
It was like a scene from Jaws – the first one – do you remember the bit where Jaws comes close in to the shore and take the boy from the surface as if he was a popper – it was like that today at the canal. Before I tell you about what happened I…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03
A dream woke me up – I caught a huge salmon – it was half five – decided to try and get a real one! # You would have thought I would have fluked a fish by this point! # Powered by Twitter Tools
Sunday walk
Long time no speak – first frost this morning down my way – car was frozen and the central heating kicked in – the temp will drop to minus fifteen in no time … out for a walk with the family just now .. here are some pictures.. fishing tomorrow morning for salmon – the…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26
Put up a bird feeder a couple of months ago – first bird arrived today – a blue tit ! Starting to think they avoided us 🙂 # Ten salmon that I know of off the kelvin today .. hearing about some chaped red hens! # Powered by Twitter Tools
The things you find on Amazon…
Oh man – with Christmas coming up I am sure all the relatives are wondering what to buy the folk that fish – they could do a lot worse/better than this sweet belt buckle -: That looks like one pissed off fish that’s all I can say – a reviewer on Amazon stated the only drawback was…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19
RT @flyfishmagazine: While everyone was busy at #IFTD we decided to "sneak" into the Orvis Corporate Office. http://tinyurl.com/22wjfdr # I am told the kelvin is a good heigt for salmon – in other words it is a muddy mess only fishable with metal monsters – I leave at 3pm! # Powered by Twitter Tools