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Showing posts with label fly fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fly fishing. Show all posts
Friday, 31 March 2017

Book Review: A Fly Rod Of Your Own

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John Gierach still has it. The original trout bum is back for his 21st book, and for me his laconic storytelling style never gets old. Wh...
Sunday, 21 April 2013

Fishing The River Usk Redux

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I once read an interview with Mel Brookes, where the journalist followed him around London for the day, Mel told the same un-funny joke to...
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Sunday, 24 March 2013

Salmon On The Tay, With Andy Richardson

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My old pal and mentor Andy has been up to his old tricks again, showing the TV folk how its done. This time he's guiding us for Salm...
Friday, 2 November 2012

Orvis Customer Service Reviewed

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True Story: I was visiting my 'rents and saw a familiar sight on the kitchen table SBW: You've got the new Orvis catalogue? MOB...
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Fishing The River Usk Pt7

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The last tangle of the trip Some observations on the noble pastime that is Fly Fishing: Fly Fishing is - Fighting your way though the...
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Sunday, 16 September 2012

Fishing the Usk Pt6

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So you've been reading about our adventures fishing the Usk, and you're thinking of coming to the UK to fish, or you're new to f...
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Friday, 14 September 2012

Unusual Fly Reels: Franco Vivarelli

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 Saw this the other day and though of the Usk, a reel that uses the drag to coil a spring which in turn takes up line. Very neat and tidy ...
Thursday, 13 September 2012

Fishing The River Usk Pt4

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Look everyone SBW's rod is overshadowed by Lord Hereford's Knob Every hobby starts with a hat, when stalking deer hats keep ...
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Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Fishing The River Usk Pt3

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Catch a snag or catch a fish? Well there's a surprise its another snag! As we were leaving our first nights camp at  Pen Pont we ...
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Monday, 10 September 2012

Fishing The River Usk Pt2

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After packing and re packing my kit we finally left London for the first part of the trip, we were to stop off in Cardiff (the capital of...
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Monday, 3 September 2012

Gear Freak, Kit Tart, Blogger

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" I know nothing else that so restores the buoyant optimism of youth as overhauling ones kit " Horace Kephart 1906 "U...
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Friday, 4 May 2012

Unboxing: Orvis Battenkill Fly Reel Review

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Not too expensive and hard to beat for value for money. It's easy when looking at the stunning range of reels available to get ca...
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Monday, 5 September 2011

Field Sports In Scotland Pt.8

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Bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one s...
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Unboxing: Greys Missionary Fly Rod Review

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"The rod is a bamboo weighing seven ounces, which has to be spliced with a winding of silk thread every time it is used. This is a te...
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Friday, 29 July 2011

Field Sports In Scotland Pt 4

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It's all change here, I've swapped .... This  Yo-Zuri, Shimano Bio Master, and Rapala fishing Pliers (2nd pair I've los...
Tuesday, 22 February 2011

What Is It About Fly Fishing?

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Really what is it? The sight of buds on the trees, the slight shift in air temperature, the sudden realisation that although it's still...
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Monday, 1 March 2010

Spinning: A Yarn With An Urban Fly Guy

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Some lesser known species of ‘trout bum’ found in the mud A long-time ago another blogger had given me my first lesson on the fly, we’d stal...
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Save water! - Save For A Fly Rod?

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Charles Rangeley-Wilson has made some amazing shows for TV where he's used fishing as the 'hook' for a travel show. "More ...
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Friday, 13 February 2009

I Want One - A Not So Occasional Series Pt6

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The season approaches and a Suburban Bushwackers thoughts turn to; Trout, buying stuff he don't need, and milled aluminum for milled alu...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008

Jammyness? Do You Measure Up?

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Here's one for the Catch-and-Release crowd, I saw it on wired.com and I thought we'd make it the subject of a little competition. M...
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