Big Atlantic Salmon Runs Foster Hope for Fish Last year a silver tide of salmon flooded many rivers in Europe and North America. Scotland, Iceland, Canada, and other countries reported big gains in the number of Atlantic salmon returning to their native rivers. The strength of these runs offers hope that conservation efforts are at…
Got masel some foam!! (although no foam at the casting “pool”)
So I bought some black foam the other day. The idea is that I tie up some black beetles for the times that there is not actually a hatch going down. I will tie some up during the week and post the pictures. I know that I always say that I will post the pictures…
Forest Walking Machine!!
WOW!! Look at this machine The machine actually adapts to the forest floor. It moves around on 6 legs which can move it forward, backward, sideways and diagonally. It actually steps over obstacles. Now thats what I call a real off roader. If you go to this page you can see these babies in action….
Carbon shortage
I hear that the price of carbon is set to rise, due to a worldwide shortage. A lot of this is blamed on the massive amounts used by the space industry as well as a defense project. This means that all the carbon suppliers are going to be woud up with fulfilling the orders. Seemingly…
Last 20 search terms!!
Not done a what people search for to get here things for a while….. Last 20 Search Terms: record shark (Google) fishing camera (Google) oliver edwards (Google) Glasgow angling centre (Google) BBC accident Nov 2004 (Google) william joseph rain jacket (Google) pictures%20of%20trout (AOL) how to strip woodchip (Google) burbot caught in england (Yahoo) iron bru…
Tying Desk!!!
I was chatting to someone about where to tie up flies. I need somewhere with good light so I really should tie in the Kitchen. I usually end up doing it in the living room- taking up nearly half the room. I stay in a small flat and cannot wait until I have a house…
All Year I Say!!
I have not caught a trout all year. I think maybe tommorow or at some point this week I will take a wee walk down to the Kelvin and do a litte reconnaissance . Last year when I went down some pools had changed shape and some flows had been diverted because of the heavy…
New Year
There is something kinda symbolic about New Year for anglers. I mean Christmas is all about eating and presents n all that whereas new year is more of a starting point, a turning point. You have got through the worst of the waiting game for the next season and it is now a downhill coast….
Sri Lanka Devastation
I seen one of the hotels i stayed in on the telly the other day. It was getting washed away. Shocking the amount of people that have been killed. There is no real structure in Sri Lanka, I mean a lot of houses over there are like shacks and still live without electricity and running…