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And Now For Some Great Scottish Muzic!

24 July, 200925 July, 2009 by Alistair

Ok – I am away on holidays for a bit – hopefully catching Bass, Mackeral and Sea Trout off the Cornish Coast or quite possibly catching Carp, Roach and Tench in a stocked pond. So, no posts for a bit however I thought I would push you to buy some Scottish bands which I think…

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Dean the Diving Decorator

20 July, 2009 by Alistair

Thanks to Stuart B in the forum for finding this little gem from the BBC I Player Wildlife documentary. Dean is a painter and decorator by trade, but he dreams of being a wildlife cameraman. He’s spent the past few years filming in a freezing flooded quarry in Leicester. Although he’s an amateur, Dean’s footage…

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Work has started on Stewart Memorial Fountain

20 May, 200920 May, 2009 by Alistair

Work is now progressing on the Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove park – rather than regurgitate what the Evening Times is saying I might as well point you towards the article. Evening Times Article People not from Gasgow might enjoy reading the comments to gain a great understanding of Glasgow humour! Posted by: openmind – …

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Urban Blogs – tons of em’

27 April, 200927 April, 2009 by Alistair

There was a time that I felt all alone fishing an urban river – dirty smelly places where no “real” angler would venture (at least that was the impression I was given). However these days urban fishing appears to be all the rage and everyone wants in on the act – Singlebarbed (no introduction needed)loves it,…

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Nastassja Kinski scene in Cat People

9 April, 200920 January, 2010 by Alistair

Talking of sexy women in waders.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkxpJbPOek

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A Note on Gravatars

1 February, 20092 February, 2009 by Alistair

The pictures next to comments are called gravatars, at the moment they are just the default pictures that the software throws up (the little aliens) however you can have your own picture if you like. Not only does it make your comment stand out more than the ones who don’t it is also a good way…

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UK Magazine Websites

18 January, 200920 January, 2009 by Alistair

I am always amazed at the UK game angling paper magazines around the fact they have not embraced the internet. There are only three main game angling magazines in the UK: Trout and Salmon Trout Fisherman Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Who has a Site?  “Trout & Salmon” pretty much concentrates on Salmon with a sprinkling…

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Deadly salmon infection detected

4 January, 2009 by Alistair

From BBC news An infectious disease which can devastate farmed Atlantic salmon stocks has been detected on Shetland, the Scottish government has confirmed. Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) was discovered at one salmon farm site, which has been empty of fish since 21 December, in the Burra area. The disease is also suspected at a further…

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PETA and the new anti fishing campaign – fishing blog reactions!

7 December, 20088 December, 2008 by Alistair

While reading some other fishing blogs I could not help notice people are discussing the new “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) anti fishing campaign. In case you did not know PETA campaign for any kind of injustice against animals, for example: eating them, using their skin for clothes (wool & leather etc), keeping them as…

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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Sploooosh!!

18 November, 2008 by Alistair

Extreme kayakers have been condemned for canoeing down a dam in west Wales. And we thought those peoples on Kayaks were crazy in the Kelvin.  Check it out

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