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Distant Meetings, Secret Streams

21 January, 200921 January, 2009 by Alistair

I have spent a lot of time looking at maps for new rivers to fish or even new spots on old rivers. I am ware that this season I will have a lot of added responsibilities which will drastically reduce my time on the water so waters reasonably close at hand have had to be…

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Random Summer Memories..

5 November, 2008 by Alistair

We drove down a track we had never been before on the hunt for something completely different.. We found more than we thought!

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Topsy Turvy: River Kelvin Seasonal Photos

28 August, 2008 by Alistair

The first hint of Autumn is on the way, here are some photos I took when the first hint of spring was in the air….

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Sleep Deprivation for Salmon and Sea Trout

26 August, 2008 by Alistair

My pal has been asking me when I am going to write up the trip report for our mammoth Salmon and Sea Trout session. Mid July we went to a river up North – a nice private beat which usually fishes very well. It was craziness – we stayed awake for a ridiculous amount of…

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Testing a new layout…

14 August, 2008 by Alistair

I know this is a little boring, especially if you guys are reading this via email however I am testing out my new theme – I would like some comments. I have also been thinking about adding a very simple forum. I was actually loathe to do this as I dont think it will get…

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Saturday Fun – on a tributary of a tributaries tributary

2 August, 20083 August, 2008 by Alistair

For those of you that do not know the rivers that I fish let me explain something to you – The Kelvin has three tributaries that make it the river it is – the Luggie, the Glazart and the Allander. The Kelvin itself is merely a tributary of the mighty River Clyde although where it…

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Tummel – Bank Holiday Monday

29 July, 200829 July, 2008 by Alistair

A couple of weeks ago I hit the River Tummel. It was a hot bright day which was good for the in laws as they dropped me off at the river however not so good for my arms which got burnt. An interesting day as I caught a few trout and a couple of grayling…

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Viewing in IE?

27 July, 2008 by Alistair

For some reason the blog is messed up in internet explorer – I have deleted the posts for just now and will try and work out what the problem is later.The problem is not present with people who use firefox. In the meantime you could download firefox which is a far superior browser.

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Small Stream Jim

23 July, 200827 July, 2008 by Alistair

Had an enjoyable few hours with Jim from palewatery on Sunday. I only managed to hit the small stream for a few hours and it just so happened that Jim and his pal decided to smack the same one – here is a short video of the man in action. As you can see the, the…

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Well hello there my pretty…

2 July, 2008 by Alistair

Another meeting at the place with a wee river running past it – I was a little early and stopped the car to look at the pool where I caught the trout last time. I watched several trout rising – I had no time so went to the meeting – it ended up taking longer…

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