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Month: January 2007

Vosseler on EBay

31 January, 200731 January, 2007 by Alistair

So there is a bit of a scandal going down with Vosseler reels in the United Kingdom. It seems that Vosseler have decided to pull a fast one on the UK supplier – In the mans own words I was given absolutely no notice that we were being dropped as agents. Vosseler demoted us to…

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Lanyards

30 January, 2007 by Alistair

So I really enjoyed Mikes post about his new “lanyard of power”. I met Mike down at the Glasgow Angling Centre when he was trying to get the materials together to actually start his lanyard project and he was looking forward to it then. Now that he has completed it (or at least went into…

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Greetings

28 January, 200728 January, 2007 by Alistair

Greetings from Urban Fly Fisher previously known as Urban Fly Fishing on the Kelvin 🙂 Pull up a chair, take your shoes off. Have a drink – I shall not be posting for a few days so why dont you have a flick through the archives. I am just waiting for everyone to catch up!…

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Kelvin AGM – tonight !!

23 January, 2007 by Alistair

Yes, ladies and gentleman – it is the event you have all been waiting for – it is the annual funtastic, arguemastic AGM of the River Kelvin Angling Association. It shall be featuring the usual mix of loveable miscreants from Glasgow’s underworld of fishing – full of opinions and ideas for the coming year or…

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Henry’s Fork II Premium Wading Shoe- First Impressions

21 January, 20078 February, 2008 by Alistair

So I have a new pair of wading boots. I received them a few weeks ago (a late Christmas pressie) and I have been trying them on every now and then just to make sure that the fit is ok for the coming season. Ever since I bought breathable waders I have been on the…

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Feb-March 2007 Fish Wild

19 January, 2007 by Alistair

A new edition of Fish Wild is now out…..I will be enjoying this at work 🙂

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Mike – 5 years fae now

18 January, 2007 by Alistair

Mike is a little obsessed with casting…..is this what he shall become ? You will notice the many tight loops but nae fish !! To be fair i am probably a little jealous 🙂 [tags]fly casting,casting,fly fishing [/tags]

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A trout of any size…

16 January, 200729 January, 2007 by Alistair

So more Salmon than ever are running the Kelvin – this means more fisherman will be going after them. With this news I am rubbing my hands in glee as Salmon are a fish I have no interest in catching. Well, when I say that, what I mean is I have no interest other than…

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I fish because…

14 January, 2007 by Alistair

A pal lent me a book a while ago and a paragraph came back into my mind as I have been analysing exactly why I enjoy fly fishing for trout so much. Robert Traver was a man I would have liked to fish with I think I fish because I love to; because I love…

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A reply to a comment…

10 January, 2007 by Alistair

So I received this interesting comment today in an old post….My numbering is in bold so that I can add comments appropriately Comment by icatchkelvinsalmon 10/1/2007 @ 4:55 pm “18031 Comment by kevin 26/4/2006 @ 10:44 am you said the river at the Vet School was busy?…was it busy with salmon anglers? are the salmon…

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