Plan plan plan a trip…
On Thursday morning some fishing buddies (Emanuele, Mike, Alex and Allan) and I will be leaving for a few days fishing up North. The plan was to fish The Don on Thursday or Friday and then hit other rivers on the way back down but seeing as there is a cold front sweeping in and…
An Orgy of Toads
So I hit on something that I have never actually witnessed before – wild toad sex. When I started fishing the river I noticed something swimming down the river towards me – it was a toad, happily swimming along. I added it to my memory as just one of those quirky things you see on…
Book Review – Philadelphia on the Fly – Tales of an Urban Angler by Ron. P. Swegman
How do you review a book that you like? I know what I don’t like in a fly fishing book these days- basic how to books, books that are stating the obvious, books on fishing that have very little actual fishing in them – do what so you look for in a book on fly…
Sizzle Sizzle – although no trout for the BBQ
Another hot hazy day down at the other river that I fish. I arrived at the water around 0930 and then almost had to come straight back home again. Once I set up my rod etc I found that my tippet material was once again giving me a bit of jip – it kept snapping…
Blog Awards: The Shortlists – Updated
Got my official email with a nice logo to show off the fact I have been shortlisted for the Metro Blog Awards You’ve been short listed in the Sport category, for the Best of Brit Blog Awards 2007 (BOBB’s) brought to you by Ask.com and Metro Newspaper. The BOBB’s were launched earlier in the year…
Ron. P. Swegman
Over on the right hand column there you can see books that I am currently reading. I will be posting a review very shortly of the current book but in the meantime head over to the authors lovely little corner of the net and check it out.
Blog Awards: The Shortlists
Good grief, it seems I have been short listed in the Sports category for the Metro blog awards. I have been eyeing up the contenders in the category and it seems I have some pretty stiff competition. Next steps: Now our panel of celebrity judges – including England cricketer Alastair Cook, TV presenter Jason Bradbury…
Olives on the Water
A howling gale with intermittent light rain finally told me the trout season was finally under way. Over the Easter weekend I was visiting family in sunny Birmingham, and boy was it sunny – almost shorts weather. However scanning the weather for today here in Glasgow it was too be cloudy, windy with rain –…