Quick session on a tiny river. I had a few like this.. I was wearing rubber chesties with rubber boots so took a bad stumble almost breaking my rod – I decided that I would come back another day when I had more suitable footwear. My wading boots were out of action as my felt…
Fly Blunder
Day off – weather was for clouds, light winds and warm with scattered showers – perfect in other words. What we got was bright hot conditions which are totally pants for trout – I did meet one chap who informed me he had a red letter day on another part of the river. Mid afternoon…
Greys Rod Section Replacement
Got to say that in the past I have maybe been a bit unkind to Greys and their customer service. At least now they do not advertise as having a lifetime unconditional warranty. Also after my investigitive expose of how Hardy use subliminal advertising to sell fishing gear I guessed I was on a list…
Bamboozling
When we moved into my house I kept a cupboard specifically for my fishing gear – it was great for a couple of years as I had access to all my stuff. However, my wife then stuffed a bunch of toys into it and I could not access half my gear. Anyway, away at the…
Disconnected from water and fly tying
Every Winter I say I am going to tie some flies and never do. I think it is because I am so far from catching a trout that there is some kind of emotional disconnect from the water or something. What this means of course is that I now find myself with a lack of…
Urban at it!
Considering I had tied up all those comparaduns it would have been plain rude not to actually use them. I got in the roasting hot car mid afternoon and headed up the motorway towards my shit pipe river. I knew that the part I wanted to fish was in a deep shaded valley so was…
Nae Comparaduns Left
It was a Wednesday I can tell you that much – because that is my fortnightly non working day. What that means is that while the kids are at school and my wife is at work I can actually go fishing for the day. What this also means is that I kinda need to go…
Infamy, infamy, they have all got in infamy!
I attended an online AGM for a local fishing club – there was less than a dozen folk on the call and it was mostly made up of actual commitee members. I was one of two ordinary members that rocked up. When we got to the near the end of the session they asked if…
What did you learn today?
A few weeks ago now I took advantage of a mid week non working day and headed for my first bit of river fishing of the year. I have already been out several times after Sea Trout and up to my local pond where I had been catching vast numbers of stocked trout so wanted…
A funny thing happened on the way to the fish market.
It was Saturday night and I was sitting in the Flip Out cafe in Glasgow – I took the kids there to burn off some steam. I was feeling a bit edgy as several folk had been coughing harshly and there was a lack of mask wearing. You may think I am being hyper cautious…