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Respecting Trout

9 February, 20079 February, 2007 by Alistair

Steve posts a nice article on respecting trout. My friends and I are very lucky in that we have a mass of cheap affordable wild trout fishing on our doorstep. Saying that, we are not averse to occasionally visiting a stocked fishery for a spot of rainbow trout fishing. We are guilty of taking great…

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Fishing rods made out of carrots

9 February, 2007 by Alistair

I might have known – as soon as I purchase a new carbon rod (more on that in a few weeks) they bring out a new material for rods – Carrots Two Fife scientists have developed a new material made from carrots to replace glass fibre found in everything from fishing rods to car parts….

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But what to call you ?

7 February, 20078 February, 2008 by Alistair

So I have been getting a little envious of all the patter going down on some of the blogs and websites that I read. Tom Chandler over at Trout Underground has good patter and affectionately calls his readers “Undergrounders”. I like that; its a good ways of making people feel welcome and part of a…

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Fly Fishing Forums – a round up

2 February, 200715 January, 2008 by Alistair

Other than the blogs that I visit regularly there are a few forums that I visit to glean new information and to generally have my questions answered. It is quite interesting really as they all have entirely different takes on fly fishing with their own particular attitudes and user base. I thought it might be…

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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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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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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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Speeding in Denmark

6 January, 2007 by Alistair

Now that I can drive to my fishing I think about travelling abroad to places i would not have thought of before. I suppose I will have to learn a lot of new signs and things……oh well, here is one I should get straight away !

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