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Month: September 2004

Bob Wyatts Book!

30 September, 2004 by Alistair

So Bob Wyatts book is finally out. he writes a good yarn in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying magazine and has some cracking insights into fishing the fly. I enjoy reading his artcles in FFFT magazine and it was one of his paterns for the Grey Duster that I use most! Click on the picture…

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Camera busted!!

29 September, 2004 by Alistair

Damn and blast. Like I said the other day about my dinky camera…it got dipped in the water whilst I was wading deep….but I thought I would let it dry out and maybe , just maybe it would be ok. Well, today I found it on top of the fridge with the lense cracked and…

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A nice orchid

27 September, 2004 by Alistair

Here is a nice Sri Lankan orchid!!

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Scary wading!

26 September, 2004 by Alistair

So today I had one of those crazy “I think I am going to drown moments”. I had waded out to the middle of the river that I was fishing. Rather foolhardy really. It was difficult fishing in the wind and you had to get yourself into particular positions to be able to present a…

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Season’s end!!

25 September, 2004 by Alistair

Well, it’s only another couple of weeks (if that) till the end of the trout season. It’s a shame as the last couple of weeks have been pretty bad weather wise so I have not gotten any fishing done. In the morning I am going with a friend to attack another river, not the Kelvin…

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Yaergh….now its the boots!!

24 September, 2004 by Alistair

Right……so I have a few weeks left to the end of the season and one of the felt soles is coming off my boot. Usually I would complain bitterly but I was actually warned about this happening if I did not hose down the boots instead of letting dirt bulid up in the felt. Anyway,…

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Small Stream in spate

21 September, 2004 by Alistair

Added some small stream spate pictures to my new gallery. Here is one: Click the picture to go to the main small stream spate gallery. Not sure how long it will be up for!

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Added small stream photos

21 September, 2004 by Alistair

I think I fixed all the links……have added small stream photos to gallery, better layout.

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phew…new gallery

21 September, 2004 by Alistair

Right, I have spent the last couple of hours setting up my new photo gallery. It can be found HERE There is not much exitement going on though so dont get disapointed…..over the next couple of days i will add in more photos. I decided I didnt like coppermine (for all you geeks out there)…

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Grizzly Neck!!

20 September, 2004 by Alistair

So I went to check out the new “Glasgow Angling Centre” down in port dundas today. Now, everyone knows I moan about the original GAC being too big and being like a fishing stuff tesco but the new shop…. makes the old shop look like a cosy corner shop by comparison. It is like going…

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