If you live in Glasgow you no doubt heard the bagpipes throughout the summer – this was organised by Piping Live and culminated (possibly the wrong word choice) in their Piping festival which by all accounts was most excellent. The Scottish Trad Music Awards announced the list of final nominations yesterday and Piping Live! 2008 has…
Random Summer Memories..
We drove down a track we had never been before on the hunt for something completely different.. We found more than we thought!
Noone told me Charles Rangeley-Wilson had a site?
Looks like the bloody thing has been around for yonks as well. Go check it out
Grayling Fishing Course – December 12th and 13th 2008
Alberto Laidlaw (casting maestro extraordinaire) is holding a two day grayling course on the River Teviot. He says: This year we have booked the Monteviot Beat on the River Teviot just outside Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders; this beat covers 2.5 miles of double bank fishing. This particular water is renowned for its large…
Complete Rods
So someone sent me this link through the contact form. To be honest it looked pretty poor – a bright cheesy page for a CD some guys have made about fishing. I was about to click away ( people send me a lot of links that they want me to promote) however I was sitting…
Gear I want..
Being an avid gear addict – I admit it ok – I always have an eye open for my next purchase. When I say gear addict I mean I want to have all the gear necessary for the type of fishing that I do. I have pretty much reached that point. I have my Orvis…
Backhand compliments..
I am laid up with a rather nasty throat bug. I was looking through some of the blogs I visit when I came across this post over at Taunted by Waters. Essentially someone had linked to him and pointed out that he did not do much fishing however his writing was good for a read…
Wild Weather..
Fishing was damn near impossible today – from the road the wind did not seem too bad however the closer I got to the spot it picked up in intensity. The whole area was flooded as well making wading tricky. It would have been no problem without the wind however casting those big horrors was…
Loop Pike Booster Review
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…
Cheer Up Monday – Strictly 18+
The Pike are not eating, it is wet and windy – the trout are like a distant memory….I suppose we have some things to look forward to….