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A Joke!

15 October, 2005 by Alistair

There was a priest that loved to stream fish. One year there was a problem every time he had a chance to go fishing the weather was bad or it was on Sunday, when he had to work. All year he was anable to go. Finally it was the last week before the streams closed….

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Bamboo rod put away !!

13 October, 2005 by Alistair

Alas, it is time to put my bamboo rod away for another season, But fear not I shall still be tying flies and going the occasional pike session.

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News Story- Murder inquiry on the banks of the Kelvin

9 October, 2005 by Alistair

News Story A sad story indeed!

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Wedding Invitations!!

5 October, 2005 by Alistair

So my wedding invitations are away winging there way to people near and far. Of course the whole wedding was handily organised for the end of November! About the only other thing I got a say in was the choice of buffet food for the evening guests: mini pizzas!! I am getting hungry already! My…

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You CAN have too much of a good thing!!

28 September, 2005 by Alistair

Rain… Rain…. and even more pissing rain… Just goes to show that you can in fact get too much of a good thing. The river is like hot chocolate (although cold) and looks to stay like that untill the brown trout season ends. If we have two days respite one of the tributories may be…

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I am now ill

22 September, 2005 by Alistair

Or rather I have been for the last few days. It started with a sore throat and has gradually progressed to full on feeling lousy. No fishing being done, but plenty of watching Star Wars!

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The newsletter and a cut short session due to working!!

17 September, 2005 by Alistair

Members will be receiving the usual newsletter from the Association over the next few days. At the last committee meeting we spent a while stuffing them into envelopes and putting little address stickers on them. Its funny but as I was sticking on the stickers I recognised a fair few names, and oddly there were…

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Raining!!! Caught at the last min…

31 August, 2005 by Alistair

It’s now pissing down with rain out there. It has been warm and overcast all day, I suppose threatening it really but I thought like yesterday it would not come to anything. I was supposed to be fishing the River Gryffe and was going to get the train but my better half decided to give…

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Camping in the Lake District

30 August, 2005 by Alistair

So I went camping with my sister, brother in law and my better half to the Lake District. For some bizzare reason I did not throw a rod into the back of the car thinking that I would not be able to get any fishing done, how annoyed then was I when we camped here…

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Bad Fishing Joke!

10 August, 2005 by Alistair

The Fishing Groom A man and his newlywed check into a mountain resort by a lake. The desk clerk notices the “Just Married” sign still on the car. As soon as the man gets the luggage out of the car, he hops in a boat to go fishing. He is out all day, comes back…

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