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Month: August 2011

Urban Fly Fisher – Banned from the River Clyde Forum!

31 August, 2011 by Alistair

As many of you know I visit a few forums on the net and occasionally make comment on interesting stuff that takes my fancy. One of the newest forums that I did not include in my list of UK based roundup was the River Clyde Forum as back then it did not exist. I was…

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Fantastic Cloud Display Sunday Evening!

28 August, 2011 by Alistair

We had a wonderful display of Mammatus Cloud on Sunday evening – I was actually sitting on the computer and commented to my wife what a lovely light was coming in through the window – she then proceeded to tell me the clouds were starting to freak her out – I managed to eventually find my camera and take…

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You would be forgiven…

27 August, 2011 by Alistair

…for thinking that all I appear to do these days is get myself banned from internet forums for making statements about how lovely trout are. However I have actually managed to wet a line – in fact last week twice. Both times were nothing much to write home about and on one occasion I forgot…

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Ahem – Pike Time!

27 August, 2011 by Alistair

The summer is almost over – everything seems a little old now, the grass is not so green and I disrupted a mushroom picker in the bushes the other day – he was talking to himself which was all a bit awkward – “Are you lost?” I asked him (he was an incredibly fat man who…

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Weekly Water Photo 34 of 52

27 August, 2011 by Alistair

I actually visited a fishery this week with some guys from work (all of whom have brain injuries) – I was not fishing just helping out. We ended up visiting Carbeth Trout Fishery  where we hoped some of the guys would actually catch something. Out of 9 guys only one caught something – most were using…

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Weekly water photo 33 of 52

20 August, 2011 by Alistair

So I was down the park with the boy and spotted a couple of fly anglers having a bash for the salmon – couple of nice lads! I spoke to them for a bit until the boy got bored and then headed up the road – had to stop on a bench next to the…

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Bin throwing yobs block Milngavie salmon run – Local Headlines – Milngavie Herald

15 August, 2011 by Alistair

http://www.milngavieherald.co.uk/news/local-headlines/bin_throwing_yobs_block_milngavie_salmon_run_1_1789437

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Weekly Water Photo – 32 (There is a pool I know)

11 August, 2011 by Alistair

There is a pool I know on the Kelvin – a few fishers know it (I know the infamous Jim Burns knows it) where the trout are plump, the water is deep and the casting is bloody difficult due to a steep bank behind you. The wading is also treacherous for someone as non nimble footed…

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Canal graffiti!

9 August, 2011 by Alistair

Really?

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Weekly Water Photo 31

2 August, 20112 August, 2011 by Alistair

I was down at Loch Lomond the other day( as you do) having a picnic with the full compliment of wives and children (as you do) when this lovely little Olive decided to hatch and sit on my hand – I got the boy over to seer the beast into his memory so that when…

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