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Celestron Skymaster 15×70 Binocular Review

9 November, 20119 November, 2011 by Alistair

If you go camping in the wilds for your fishing or if at the end of the day gaze up at the stars in wonder and want to feel a bit closer to them I have just the review for you – a pair of Celestron Skymaster 15 x 70 binoculars which are designed especially…

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Polaroid Review – a lie, a half true and a true story (and stop telling me how sexy I look)

5 September, 2011 by Alistair

In my professional opinion as an opinionated person on the internet, I feel able to give you some advice on what bits of fancy plastic you should put over your eyes. Seeing as how I can not just say “Buy these and stop telling me how sexy I look!” I need to place some words,…

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Urban Fly Fisher Kicks Ass!

21 February, 201121 February, 2011 by Alistair

Hello new and old readers – the spring appears to be springing (although we could have -15 temps back any moment). Just thought I would make a boring old post about housekeeping – don’t panic, do not run away you might actually hear something interesting and possibly slightly controversial – I know there are some…

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Does Hardy’s brand suck?

2 February, 20108 January, 2021 by Alistair

You know – a thought struck me the other day – I know absolutely nobody that owns a Hardy fishing rod.* I am not talking about hand me down rods or older rods bought on eBay – I am talking about brand new rods (and reels for the matter) that people are in the market…

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JVice Review – Hot Rotary Action!

15 June, 20093 January, 2021 by Alistair

It was a couple of seasons ago that on a long trip with some pals I watched Mike (Tamanawis) scramble around looking for a piece of wood for his vice – he needed to tie some flies for the session. There has got to be a better way of doing that I thought – especially…

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Sexy Polaroids

13 June, 200913 June, 2009 by Alistair

So I needed a new pair of Polaroid’s – in fact I needed two pairs – a pair with light lenses for low light conditions and a pair with dark lenses for…..you guessed it, bright light conditions. Usually I would just head off to my local boots and try and find a pair that will…

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Lessons learned with cold hands…

22 April, 2009 by Alistair

When I arrived at the “other” river the conditions seemed just right – as I was getting my permit I ran into Neil “Trout Machine” Sinclair of Double Decker fame (double deer hair wings  allow the fly to be used in the heavy water where  big fish like to sit) -“if he is here” I reasoned…

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BROMANoDELL’s Esox Lucius 9ft #9/10 Fly Rod (3-piece) Review

25 November, 200826 November, 2008 by Alistair

OK, its winter and you know what that means for Pike fly fishing – yup, casting enormous flies towards particularly belligerent pike which are sulking near the bottom of their frigid home – you will be using intermediate or sinking lines and will need a 10 weight to manage the harsh conditions that winter throws…

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Loop Pike Booster Review

20 October, 2008 by Alistair

Ok, so it had to happen – I became all tackle tarty and just had to get my hands on a dedicated Pike fly rod – well I got two in fact however this review is dedicated to the fairly new on the market Loop Pike Booster. Loop says: If big toothy critters is the…

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Charles Rangeley-Wilson: Bonefish – A Fishing Odyssey – Review

12 October, 200812 October, 2008 by Alistair

As I was watching the new offering from Charles Rangeley-Wilson I was trying to work out how the guy consistently gets it right when so many other fishing programs get it wrong. I mean you have only to look at the recent fishing programmes on terrestrial television to see how it’s not done, there is…

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  1. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    You will not get better for your money , looking back I received it in 2009 and it still works…

  2. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    I have used it for around 10 years ! Love it !

  3. espo74 on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    A year or so later, do you still love the jvice? I am considering purchasing one...

  4. Alex Laurie on So it looks like I am a friend to the sheep.6 April, 2024

    You did well to get out fishing at all in this weather and to get a trout in those conditions.…

  5. Richard huntley on Winter memories – summer bites?10 December, 2023

    I had plenty of evenings fishing the water of leith plus the river Avon , Edinburgh area . Caught a…

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