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Sunday at the Salmon Ladder…

31 October, 2010 by Alistair

The clocks went back on Saturday night meaning I was up even earlier on Sunday – I was instructed to leave the house with the boy so decided that a trip to the Salmon ladder in Milngavie was in order – let me stop you right there before you get all excited n’ stuff –…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31

31 October, 2010 by Alistair

Attending a Kelvin committee meeting .. I hope stuffing envelopes is not on the agenda! # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10

10 October, 2010 by Alistair

Found an awesome snail .. just chilling in the garden … so I brought it into the house! http://twitpic.com/2ubrya # Hey .. my niece found an even smaller one! http://twitpic.com/2ubxln # Looking forward to the new banks novel "surface detail" # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Sunday Struggle

3 October, 2010 by Alistair

It was like a scene from Jaws – the first one – do you remember the bit where Jaws comes close in to the shore and take the boy from the surface as if he was a popper – it was like that today at the canal. Before I tell you about what happened I…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03

3 October, 2010 by Alistair

A dream woke me up – I caught a huge salmon – it was half five – decided to try and get a real one! # You would have thought I would have fluked a fish by this point! # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26

26 September, 2010 by Alistair

Put up a bird feeder a couple of months ago – first bird arrived today – a blue tit ! Starting to think they avoided us 🙂 # Ten salmon that I know of off the kelvin today .. hearing about some chaped red hens! # Powered by Twitter Tools

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19

19 September, 2010 by Alistair

RT @flyfishmagazine: While everyone was busy at #IFTD we decided to "sneak" into the Orvis Corporate Office. http://tinyurl.com/22wjfdr # I am told the kelvin is a good heigt for salmon – in other words it is a muddy mess only fishable with metal monsters – I leave at 3pm! # Powered by Twitter Tools

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There has been fishing…

14 September, 201014 September, 2010 by Alistair

Aye – there has been fishing – a fair few trips if the truth be told – I am split between Pike and Troot at the moment – every time there is a bit of rain I think about Salmon on the Kelvin and then get annoyed about all the pishy nonsense that appears to come because…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-12

12 September, 2010 by Alistair

Right – decided on a pike trip – purely because I can get to the pike spot in less time than the trout spot – wife has set a time limit! ! # Caught heehaw fishing today – had one follow a few hundred yards from my front door! Going back to catch the beast…

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

5 September, 2010 by Alistair

NO fishing in the movie inception however still a mighty fine watch! # Watching some guys fishing the leven … worming!http://twitgoo.com/1o7ypj # Sitting on the Jon in work … I am joined by this cool moth! http://twitgoo.com/1oar9c # Damn you HTC peep! # In my work when I am on the Jon I can watch…

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