Someone keeps visiting the blog and has the river kelvin fishing category bookmarked. If you look down the left hand side you will see a list of categories, if you click on each one it will only display the posts in that category. If that was a mistake then this blog may seem even more…
Month: December 2004
Oliver Twist !!
So I got my letter back from the ASA today…just the same as the other 28 that complained about the Jamie Oliver advert. Basically it is saying that at no point is Jamie Oliver makes no claims about Farmed Salmon as food!! There is an interesting article you should read being hosted by wildfisher
Scotland on Sunday – Sport – Other Sport – Rise in American crayfish is bad signal for Scottish rivers
Scotland on Sunday – Sport – Other Sport – Rise in American crayfish is bad signal for Scottish rivers THE American signal crayfish has been grabbing headlines again after being found in the River Ettrick, a main tributary of the Tweed. Unfortunately, the threat of this invasive species is nothing new. It was introduced into…
New Record Shark 1035lb
A new record shark caught in Nova Scotia. It seems the fish was hooked in the mouth, and towed the boat around for a while , jumping out the water at times. Eventually it drowned. Seems a bit of a sorry picture, I thought sharks were endangered these days.
Already !!
So I went for a walk down to Kelvingrove Park today. I am working in the hospital at the moment as a guy that I support is in their just now. On my break I took a walk down to the river as it is right next to it! It was looking bare, very very…
Hugh Falkus…Salmon fishing
Here is a piece of fishing history if I ever saw one (not least being the most expensive book on fishing to be sold on ebay). It is Hugh Falkus “Salmon Fishing” bound in leather and seemingly “The only copy in the world which is fully leather bound with personal drawings and inscription by the…
Oliver Under Fire
It seems Jamie Oliver is coming under even more pressure. A number of people have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority who were concerned about the validity of the claims that Scottish farmed salmon is “healthyâ€. Have a gander at this Times Online Article Here is a litte extract Oliver has also been accused of…
Black beetle
For anyone that is interested I have had to do a full reformat of my computer. I managed to get a virus last week….in fact I didnt actually get a virus it was my other half that opened a dodgy attachment that caused a virus to get in. It was zapped anyways but I like…
Jamie Oliver…..farmed salmon debate continues
Well, if it wasnt bad enought that Jamie Oliver is promoting farmed salmon his restaurants are trying to buy illegaly rod caught salmon. Taken from The Mirror, terrible paper but good for my needs JAMIE’S HOOKED Feb 2 2004 Our Palace footman Ryan Parry sells ‘dodgy’ salmon to TV chef Oliver’s restaurant.. no questions asked…