A pal showed me a copy of this book the other day and it looks great. Good pictures and ideal for the fly angler who wants to brush up on their types of olives and Sedge. The picture is a link to Amazon of which I am an affiliate. [amazon_image id=”1906122202″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”large” ]Pocket…
Milngavie Fly Dressers Spring Program
The Milngavie Fly Dressers Spring Program is now available here. The 7th of February is looking pretty good as Craig MacAdam of the Riverfly Partnership will be giving a talk. This year a survey is being carried out on the Kelvin (Willie Yeomans has drafted me in as seemingly we can collect samples as we fish)…
2013 Resolutions Required ..I guess!
I suppose I need to write some kind of 2013 resolution post as all the cool kids are doing them these days. So what I should really do is look at last year and what I did poorly and then look at this year and see what I can do better. Quite frankly I was…
Save Millport’s Marine Biology Station
Anyway, Willie Yeomans was on the text tonight going on about Millport – he was going on about some “Save Millport” campaign. I did not have a bloody scooby what he was on about and I told him that I could probably find better circles to cycle in however he got all mouthy about it so…
At 12.27 I realised…
Oh God, I haven't caught a trout all year ! — The Urban Fly Fisher (@Urbanfisher) January 1, 2013
You are correct, I have not been fishing in ages. Have a dream instead…
It has been noted in the comments that there has been a lack of actual fishing over the last month or so. One would think that I have not been fishing with a rod and line at all and that thought would go in fact be correct. The miserable weather, trout on the dry being…
Have an Urban Highland Cow why don’t you!
It was behind a fence, so I was reasonably safe!
Haunted by foxes!
I encountered it in a Bed and Breakfast in Pitlochry – the look of pure absolute evil. Its eyes were attached to a head that had been wrenched off its shoulders and then had a hapless duck stuck between its jaws. I have never been freaked out by a stuffed animal so much in my…