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“Gorge”eous!

25 June, 201725 June, 2017 by Alistair

I stood next to Paul as he lay on the ground moaning in pain. I am not a big fan of sympathy unless it is really bad (giving and receiving) however sometimes when another man has hurt himself and it will pass in a short while there is nothing you can or should say, even…

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I am so excited as I have bought a float tube!

19 December, 2013 by Alistair

I have already decided that the 2014 season is going to be great! It is also going to be a bit different as well in that I have bought myself a Snowbee Float Tube Seriously it is pretty much all I think about on the travel in and home from work! The plan is to…

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2013 Resolutions Required ..I guess!

7 January, 20137 January, 2013 by Alistair

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…

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Milngavie fly dressers started..

11 October, 2012 by Alistair

..well, it was actually last week actually however I am just getting round to posting this just now due to shock at the trout season ending and a nasty bug AND a bloody sore back due to lack of movement. A triple whammy! Alberto says: The Milngavie fly dressing club goes from strength to strength…

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First Tenkara Action..

5 September, 20124 January, 2021 by Alistair

So today I got a chance to try out Tenkara. If you have not at least heard of Tenkara then you must have been living in a bubble as it is the new fly fishing craze that is sweeping the states and has gradually moved over here. Tenkara as described by my fishing buddy Atkins…

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Rained Off.

4 September, 2012 by Alistair

I got to the river at around 6pm, it was up around a foot an running a dark color. There was some visibility in it as pointed out by John in the comments so I was kinda hopeful as I started. I wanted to try out the Tenkara rod that I had swapped for an ad in the…

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    You will not get better for your money , looking back I received it in 2009 and it still works…

  2. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    I have used it for around 10 years ! Love it !

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    A year or so later, do you still love the jvice? I am considering purchasing one...

  4. Alex Laurie on So it looks like I am a friend to the sheep.6 April, 2024

    You did well to get out fishing at all in this weather and to get a trout in those conditions.…

  5. Richard huntley on Winter memories – summer bites?10 December, 2023

    I had plenty of evenings fishing the water of leith plus the river Avon , Edinburgh area . Caught a…

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