Arthur Ransome in his great wee book “Rod and Line” published in 1929 describes north country fishing on small streams in detail “Fishing in Lilliput”. Yesterday I had a few hours fishing on a tiny trout stream in Scotland with my son. I enjoyed every bit of my afternoon apart from the midge attack! The water was good after […]
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I was at the BFFI 2011 in Stafford this weekend on the GAIA stand what a great weekend and informative. It started on the Friday when I attended a workshop run by Paul Little what a great day that was. Tying in the company of Stack Scoville and Marvin Nolte from the USA, both are
It would appear that we caught more salmon in 2010 but the fish were generally smaller. Grilse in particular seem to be much smaller the reason for this is not known but surely it must be lack of feeding available. Read more about it in the Scotsman
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I was pleased to get an invite to be listed by the fly fishing tackle retailers Fishtec on their Fly Fishing Instructor directory, this is me . They are based in the Brecon, South Wales. I am not sure if that’s in the Brecon Beacons but I got lost there once as a boy. I was in
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I was caught in a boat at the Lake of Menteith the other evening whilst chasing rainbows. It is early June in Scotland and the last thing that we expect at this time of the year is a severe thunderstorm but we got one. I do not like electricity at the best of times so
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