I love summer, it’s my favourite day of the year
Had a killer couple of days and needed to get away from work-related bumph for a few hours tonight. Summer seems to have arrived (typically on the days I have back to back night work!)
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Tag: Brown Trout
“Combat Fishing”- a’la Hywel Morgan
We decided to have a day out- a long walk with the dog over the hills not too far from home. I had spotted what looked like a route I had not seen before, when out a few days earlier in the car and after a look at an OS map decided why don’t we try that. The weather forecast was rubbish (well not as bad as of late but still due to be wet) so not venturing too far from home meant we could bolt back if it was a bad decision.
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Staying dry on the Clyde
While my fishing, and specifically dry fly fishing has not been without success this year on stillwaters, my success on rivers has been- well woeful probably isn’t too extreme a description.
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May the 2nd? Felt more like February 2nd!
I went up to Pendriech for a wee hour and a half last night, seemed like a beautiful evening until you popped your head above the dam wall level where a force 5 Easterly was belting in carrying the North Sea chill with it! But there were a couple of anglers out on the East and North bank, so nothing ventured……
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An Old Firm hat-trick
Well, it’s not gone unnoticed by me that if you want to go fishing at a weekend AND have somewhere to yourself, you can’t do much better than the day of an Old Firm derby, if you live anywhere in the central belt of Scotland. ( I suppose it might be a wee bit different in the East round Edinburgh) but certainly where I am and I would guess more so Glasgow, days when there is a Rangers v Celtic derby on means quiet waters.
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