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Month: October 2006

BNP terror plot

12 October, 2006 by Alistair

I don’t often step into the world of politics as this is a fishing blog however here is a story that not many people in the UK know about involving chemical weapons in their back yard so to speak. I look on it as my duty as a blogger to spread the word. This week…

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Fly fishing mag on ebay

12 October, 2006 by Alistair

Looks like an interesting magazine on ebay lFly fishing and Fly Tying Mag USA Some of the better magazines are written in the states…..looks like there are two copies left….are you going to get it before me 🙂

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North Korea…good trout fishing opportunities?

11 October, 2006 by Alistair

So I was browsing around and found this article. This little section caught my eye… Creekmore recalled meeting Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea in 1994 and father of the current North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He reflected that he thought the elder Kim was “quite enlightening” and said that the dictator…

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5 Lessons Learned

10 October, 2006 by Alistair

1.Try a rod before buying it; those that know me are aware of the rod I bought on a whim. I even got a discount after mailing the owner of Fulling Mill. It is a Fulling Mill Ti4 Fly Rod 9ft 4 Piece #5 rod. Looks lovely, I fished with it once and did not…

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End of Season thoughts 2

7 October, 2006 by Alistair

I am trying to blank the whole end of seson situation, as such I have not updated in a while. On Monday I shall be giving Grayling a bash so will see yo then ….

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Brown trout fakes orgasms

4 October, 2006 by Alistair

I have no idea of the purpose (or for that matter just how they found this one out) Female brown trout (Salmo trutta) fake orgasms to encourage males to ejaculate prematurely. By doing so, they dupe their partner into thinking it has successfully mated, before the female fish moves on to find a better male…

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Womens Hour – Fly Fishing

4 October, 2006 by Alistair

An interview with Mandy Shelvey-Veness – a women fly tyer. Its on the radio, all very hight tech BBC radio 4 [tags]podcast,fishing,women,radio [/tags]

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