So, here I am. Sat in the bar of the Izaak Walton Hotel in Dovedale on something of a fly fishing pilgrimage. It’s one of those places I have read of in magazines but never thought I would find myself here in pursuit of my favourite fish, the Grayling.
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The bottom was VERY uneven and I was finding it a bit of a challenge with the sore feet, to be honest. It was then I was so glad I had my wading stick and life -preserver on as my next step nearly had me come a cropper. IÂ edged forward feeling the depth for the bottom when the wading staff went right down! Unfortunately, I was kind of using it to keep my balance too and suddenly I was falling forward into what felt bottomless.
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This post is a bit of an end of year review and an opportunity before I start, to wish all my Blog followers, all the best for Christmas
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The Nith has been something of an unreachable quest for me. I think I have been lined up to head there on a couple of occasions in the past but haven’t made it due to weather blowing it out with high rainfall rendering it unfishable.
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You know when Winter is beginning when the Annan Grayling weekends kick off.
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