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Month: April 2005

Trout from Small Streams

4 April, 2005 by Alistair

Just what I need……..another fantastic looking book I want to buy but cannot afford! Synopsis Dave Hughes covers all aspects of fly-fishing for trout in small streams. He describes how fishing is different on mountain, freestone, and meadow streams and how to develop skills for each. He covers the gear, including what to put in…

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Quote!

4 April, 2005 by Alistair

“My Biggest worry is that when I’m dead and gone, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.” – Koos Brandt

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Full of hope!!!

3 April, 2005 by Alistair

So woke up today full of hope. The sky was blue (it was forecast for rain) and there was no rain (it was forecast for rain). Got picked up by my fishing partner and we headed down to another river for a spot of early season dry fly action. We got there and usually it…

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Countryside staff warned as big cat is sighted in Glasgow

2 April, 2005 by Alistair

Around 11 years ago I worked in a nursing home at the “top” of Clydebank…..Duntocher, just next to Faifley (sp). I used to get a bus from my flat to Duntocher and then a minibus would come down from the Nursing home and pick me up to take me and the rest of the staff…

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First outing….first fish!!

1 April, 2005 by Alistair

So there I was out for a jog…I have a little route that takes me up along the canal and then cuts back along the Kelvin walkway………….dodged a new burnt out car on the pathway…..was agahst at another new burnt out car actaully in one of the pools in dawsholm park and then headed back…

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