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Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online

30 September, 2005 by Alistair

Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online I do believe Tea Stick Rods were there as well!

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Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye

29 September, 2005 by Alistair

Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye I am pretty sure most people have seen this link by now, a reason why people shoudl ensure they wear some kind of eye protection. The fly looks like a Pheasant Tail Nymph, which reminds me that I should rie up some for next season!

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The Salmon Farm Protest Group

24 September, 2005 by Alistair

Press Release PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE USE – 23rd SEPTEMBR 2005 Bogus report from Scottish Environment Protection Agency More than 300,000 diseased salmon from Marine Harvest Limited fish farms in the Western Isles have been buried in the machair (gobally important shell-sand dunes and fields) at Kyles-paible near Bayhead on the Island of North Uist….

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eBay.co.uk: !!!!!!!!!STONEFLY FISH BAG, RIVER FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (item 7179744682 end time 09-Sep-05 19:13:56 BST)

9 September, 2005 by Alistair

eBay.co.uk: !!!!!!!!!STONEFLY FISH BAG, RIVER FISHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (item 7179744682 end time 09-Sep-05 19:13:56 BST) I suppose it could be used for storing your potatos as well 😉

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Carbon Shortage…a follow up!!

5 September, 2005 by Alistair

A while ago I posted about david norwich who had to increase th ecost of his rods due to a shortage of carbon fibre. Well as an update he now has a further messege on his website I REGRET THAT BECAUSE OF LIMITED PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF THE CUSTOM CARBON FIBRE PRE-PREG USED FOR MY…

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The Baton!

20 August, 2005 by Alistair

So General Ape passed me the baton which is “…a less-irritating-than-usual web log quiz meme all about music, but, somewhere along the way, it morphed into being all about books” Books Owned I have a lot of books; a lot of them are kept now in storage up in my new attic. They are a…

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AHA!! Fucking Boots…..I have you now!!!!!

12 August, 2005 by Alistair

I have located the reason and the actual hole in my waders. I studied the area very very closely and it turns out its my fucking boots. I noticed that the inner sole has slipped making some studs visable…when i ran my finger over them they were pretty raised and had been digging into my…

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A rather interesting thread!

22 July, 2005 by Alistair

Here is a rather interesting thread about Mikes Tackle Shop in Edinburgh. A customer took a fly line back to the shop where they insisted they had to send it back to the manufacturer instead of just replacing it. The customer comes on to the Fly Forum for a bit of advice and then a…

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Tying Flies with CDC

22 July, 2005 by Alistair

Here is a nice looking book that I spotted the other day. Have added it to my wishlist in preperation for Christmas. Thought it was appropriate as I have been tying up some flies with CDC lately!

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Bought some “stuff”

17 July, 2005 by Alistair

So I was down in the Glasgow Angling Centre the other day. Honestly, I know I used to slag the place off and it still has no soul but I am slowly warming to the place. A few weeks ago I bought myself a net and a new reel for my Tea Stick Bamboo rod…

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