Into the Freezer
Sunday was a River Annan winter open day for the Grayling. Usually, the meet-up point is at the...
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Tag: Euro Nymphing
Better Out than In
Enough procrastination, it’s damp, grey and miserable outside and even the permit gods aren’t wanting to play, but the Unfamous Fly heads down the river.
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No Planning
I was lying in bed, it was about 9am and I was contemplating what to do. Fishing was in the plan for the day but exactly what that would entail I really was not sure. The river (Carron) was mostly discounted as it was so low last time and I don’t think there has been any rain of significance since I was out there. I could maybe go to a local fishery but wasn’t sure where….then I picked up my phone and noticed I had a missed call and there was a message in my inbox… “did I fancy some fishing today” it said, a message from Radek.
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It’s Been a While
It is fair to say my 2022 season hasn’t gotten off to the most “flying start”. A perfect storm of mostly work, and to some extent weather has kept me away from the water pretty much since the season opened. As the long Easter weekend approached I hoped for a wee bit of rain so I might be able to venture down the River Carron (which seems to have been fishing reasonably well for early season) and there were some brief interludes of rain in the last week, but when I made it out on Friday afternoon it looked quite low and my hopes definitely took a knock.
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Opening the Account but Making it Hard
Once again, another year goes by, and we come around again to my “birthday” weekend. As always I try to get some time to myself at this time of year and hit the bank somewhere.
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