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6 fish in 26 hours fishing…

16 September, 2012 by Alistair

The Time – Friday and Saturday The Venues – A river on the Friday chosen as someone else writes about it on their blog and I mailed them first for a name and then for where to park the bloody car, they must have thought I was a right chancer. On the Saturday we were going to fish…

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Pike Tips – Mastering Pike on the Fly

5 April, 20105 April, 2010 by Alistair

Here is a great book about Pike fly fishing tips – I keep it in my loo for essential reading:

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Picky Pike!

18 July, 2009 by Alistair

Two sessions of Pike fishing since we last spoke – both strange for different reasons – both occasions I have been using my Loop Pike Booster with a floating 9WF line, 3 foot 30lb leader and a bizarre EP fibre monstrosity. The First Session (overcast, warm – lasted 3 hours) I spooked Pike – lots of…

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Urban Fly Fishing – thats what I am talking about!

3 April, 2009 by Alistair
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Wild Weather..

26 October, 2008 by Alistair

Fishing was damn near impossible today – from the road the wind did not seem too bad however the closer I got to the spot it picked up in intensity. The whole area was flooded as well making wading tricky. It would have been no problem without the wind however casting those big horrors was…

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Some you lose…

14 September, 20084 January, 2021 by Alistair

Dropped my wife off at the hospital and then drove straight for the spot. A much better day all round – sun on the water and baitfish moving in the margins. Before you pass by that picture above can I just point out how difficult it is to hold your rod in one hand while…

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The pike quest……continues!

9 September, 2008 by Alistair

Where is this obsession going to end – it started out with a hankering for some Summer Pike around a month ago (that was when I last went after trout if you remember). Then after catching a couple of nice Pike I wanted to get a double figure fish…now I feel my old cheapo rod…

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Great Expectations with Pike on the Fly

24 August, 200825 August, 2008 by Alistair

Isn’t it great when a fishing session you have planned turns out as expected – I mean, there has been times in the past when on the run up to a fishing trip (even a short one – the excitement usually starts on a Tuesday) my pals regale each other with tales of how many…

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Scratching a Pike itch!

16 August, 200816 August, 2008 by Alistair

Just to prove that the last pike I caught on Loch Lomond was not a fluke I just went and caught another one – well in fact two however the first one did not really count. The evening was warm and rather pleasant – or at least it seemed that way after a tramp over…

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Pike Flies..

8 November, 2007 by Alistair

I was starting to think my recent unsuccessful attempts at Pike were to do with pure technique and possibly choice of flies. I was glad then to hear other people have been struggling down on the Forth n Clyde as well – a recent commenter (Scott) has been struggling as well. Still the tide (as…

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