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Glenn Yoshimoto’s Zen Fly Fishing

6 June, 2005 by Alistair

Glenn Yoshimoto’s Zen Fly Fishing Lovely site about fly fishing for Perch. Its all about the Zen apparently!

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Sorting out tackle!

28 May, 2005 by Alistair

So the last time I went to a little stream I used my little 3 wt that I had not used before. One of the first things that I noticed was that the sections kept coming apart. It is a little custom made rod so all I had to do was put a little wax…

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Tying Emergers: A Complete Guide

15 May, 2005 by Alistair

Another book, this time about tying emergers. Emerger patterens are pretty good as searching flies and i use klinkhammers pretty much all the time now!

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Fly Fishing Tactics on Small Streams

12 May, 2005 by Alistair

I got this book for my birthday………….another little book about fishing smallish streams! Synopsis Small stream flyfishing is a rewarding but demanding sport that requires skill, an understanding of successful tactics, and knowledge of the quarry. This revised edition combines descriptions of tactics with diagrams. Topics covered include understanding the stream, tackle, and wet and…

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New Fly Line Time!!

6 May, 2005 by Alistair

To be honest I am disapointed with my Snowbee XS floating line. It lasted all of half a season before the tip section started to sink like a stone…..it is very very annoying. And it is not just a small amount I am talking about here, it is like around a yard and a half…

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Tying Small Flies

2 May, 2005 by Alistair

Another book for your collections ….. Synopsis Features: Midge larvae and pupae, tiny parachutes, floating nymphs, micro scuds, tiny ants; Choosing the right hook, thread, wire, and amount of weight for small flies plus 75 patterns, including Brassie, RS-2, Renegade, Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear, Griffith’s Gnat; Foreword by John Gierach. Taking trout on lightweight rods with…

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Some website in Poland

28 April, 2005 by Alistair

When I logged onto my stats thingus today I noticed I was getting an extraordinary amount of visitots from some forum based in Poland. Anyway they are talking about vision waders ……..although I have no idea what………I have pretty much decided it is because they want to lnow about them and put Vision waders into…

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Glasgow Angling Centre (again)

28 April, 2005 by Alistair

So I had to go into the Glasgow Angling Centre to buy some new felt soles. Now most of my readers are aware of how much I moan about the place having no soul……..and also how I felt that the service was poor. All I can say is that in the last wee while and…

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River Test on Ebay

24 April, 2005 by Alistair

Cant decide whether this is a hoax or not! World Reknowned River Test, Fishing Rights for Lease The River Test, an internationally famous fishing river, and the longest of Hampshire’s rivers, enters the borough at Longparish and runs some 20 miles southward, through Stockbridge and Romsey, until it leaves the borough at Redbridge on the…

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Fishing Small Streams with a Fly Rod

22 April, 2005 by Alistair

Another good looking book!!

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