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Month: March 2006

Getting bitten!

31 March, 2006 by Alistair

Thankfully this does not happen wher I fish

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Fishing for everyone – too commercial?

30 March, 2006 by Alistair

So I wondered who might broach this rather touchy subject and it finally happened in a forum I visit. Lucy Bowden operates a website dedicated to getting women into the sport called Fishing for Everyone She says on her site Here at fishingforeveryone, we are dedicated to encouraging more people into the sport of angling…

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Yellow May’s & Half Hogs

28 March, 2006 by Alistair

So I set myself a wee challenge the other day. I was getting a bit bored with tying the same old flies- which I have got to admit does make sense as I only fish a few flies (which hardly anyone asks me about anyway) when I came across a fly called a half hog….

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Gizoogle – Yo’ Bitches on the Kelvin

27 March, 2006 by Alistair

Gizoogle – Transizlatin’ Page – http://theriverkelvin.co.uk/blog/index.php

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Rain

26 March, 2006 by Alistair

Plan=fishing Result=rain Off next two days, I am planning to do a whack of fly tying. I have found a couple of nice patterns on the net for olives so will be tying em up. I will post photos. Probably!

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Purists- thats what we are!

25 March, 2006 by Alistair

So BBC weather said it was going to be sleeting today, ha that is a laugh: considering as how my first trip of the season was cancelled because of this. At around 1430 today it was actually quite warm with a little sun on the water. I could certainly imagine large dark olives hatching in…

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Bob Wyatt- Trout Hunting

21 March, 2006 by Alistair

I am going to be good to Bob Wyatt and plug his book. I am sure I did so in the past but as these plugs go around in full circle as new readers get picked up I felt it was worth it again. For my American readers this is one of those books you…

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S1gn my guestb00k !

21 March, 2006 by Alistair

So I finally had to close my guestbook and start again. The type of guestbook I used was getting hit with a couple of hundred spam entries a week, this was making me annoyed. Unfortunately I have now lost all the entries that were real. In fact at the last count I had well over…

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Stonehenge

20 March, 2006 by Alistair

Aye, so no fishing this weekend. It is like a fine wine I am saving in anticipation of something good. Which is probably why I do not want to go out too soon and blank utterly and freeze my rocks off? Anyway, went for a wee trip down to Birmingham and then to Bath for…

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In Birmingham!

17 March, 2006 by Alistair

Spending a few days down here in Birmingham…..and what do you know- Spring has given this kneck of the woods a bypass as well. Good show- cheers me up no end! Ta Ta

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