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Month: July 2008

Tummel – Bank Holiday Monday

29 July, 200829 July, 2008 by Alistair

A couple of weeks ago I hit the River Tummel. It was a hot bright day which was good for the in laws as they dropped me off at the river however not so good for my arms which got burnt. An interesting day as I caught a few trout and a couple of grayling…

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A repost…

28 July, 200828 July, 2008 by Alistair

For some reason the last few posts have become mixed up – I will summarize the last one here and rewrite the giant hogweed post – all the comments have been lost unfortunately 🙁 Kelvin Wednesday  Warm and muggy – I managed a few hours on the river. Driving there was hell, I seemed to…

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Viewing in IE?

27 July, 2008 by Alistair

For some reason the blog is messed up in internet explorer – I have deleted the posts for just now and will try and work out what the problem is later.The problem is not present with people who use firefox. In the meantime you could download firefox which is a far superior browser.

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Fish Bum Mongolia DVD winner

25 July, 200828 July, 2008 by Alistair

Ok OK – I promise this was not a fix – the winner of the Fish Bum Mongolia DVD was in fact my long time fishing buddy (now moved away and riverless) Emanuele. Ironically he did not even send in the photo, his pal from the states took the time to send me these pics of…

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Small Stream Jim

23 July, 200827 July, 2008 by Alistair

Had an enjoyable few hours with Jim from palewatery on Sunday. I only managed to hit the small stream for a few hours and it just so happened that Jim and his pal decided to smack the same one – here is a short video of the man in action. As you can see the, the…

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Kelvin Calling

16 July, 2008 by Alistair

After work I needed to fish – Initially decided the Clyde however at the point in the road where I had to make the final decision I made a sharp left turn and headed to the Kelvin. Mostly because it would mean I would get more time to fish but also because I have been…

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Loop Evotec CLWC

14 July, 200823 July, 2008 by Alistair

My fishing buddy bought one of these reels a few weeks ago – needless to say he wishes he had not bothered. I love the tag on the Loop Page “Be tough on your Evotec CLWC. It will love it” Purchased one of these recently. I’ve had six sea trout with it, but no thanks…

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Tackle Tart – Macro Mode

10 July, 20088 July, 2008 by Alistair

  Some people say I am a tackle tart as I like sexy reels – macro mode shows them off best – what do you think?

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Hey You Guys…

8 July, 20088 July, 2008 by Alistair

Greetings readers, I have decided you all know me too well. Someone actually recognised me in Ikea last night. I have decided that it would be nice if I knew what you all look like. Consequently, I want you all to look out a photo of yourselves (preferably with a fish or fishing) and send…

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Various flies n’ insects

7 July, 20088 July, 2008 by Alistair

  One of the things I love best about fishing is looking at flies – they look so interesting – here is a small gallery, and a snail thrown in for good measure. Click on the pic for a larger view..

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