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Random inspirational photos – I’m ready for Assynt 2012!
Random inspirational photos – I’m ready for Assynt 2012!

Random inspirational photos – I’m ready for Assynt 2012!

         

BobFebruary 25, 2012February 27, 2012 Uncategorized 4 Comments
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Black Hambleton walk
Black Hambleton walk

Black Hambleton walk

Did another great walk yesterday, a route from this website http://www.walkingenglishman.com/ which I can thoroughly recommend if you’re looking for inspiration on where to walk. The weather was superb, I’d made our packed lunch the night before, and despite sleeping in we…

BobFebruary 21, 2012February 24, 2012 Random Stuff! No Comments
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1st fishing trip of 2012!
1st fishing trip of 2012!

1st fishing trip of 2012!

And I blanked 🙁 To be fair, all I managed was  2 hours up at Beaverdyke in increasingly piss-poor conditions so my chances were not brilliant. But as always, it proved to be an interesting and worthwhile excursion for several…

BobFebruary 17, 2012February 24, 2012 Yorkshire Stillwaters No Comments
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Nah, still not been fishing…
Nah, still not been fishing…

Nah, still not been fishing…

…but I have tied a couple of flies to try get me into the groove. After all it’s not long until the start of the new season! It took me a surprising amount of time to knock up these 2…

BobFebruary 13, 2012 Fly Tying No Comments
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Another walk!
Another walk!

Another walk!

    Yes, this is still a flyfishing blog but I’ve not done any fishing so until I do, all I can do us tell you about other shit I’ve been up to. A friend I’ve not seen for some…

BobJanuary 30, 2012March 23, 2013 Hillwalking No Comments
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Few shots from LBA
Few shots from LBA

Few shots from LBA

Day off work today, had mulled over idea of going fishing somewhere but the weather started to turn and I lost enthusiasm so decided to partake in one of my other hobbies. I’m not a “‘plane spotter”. I’m an aviation…

BobJanuary 27, 2012 Random Stuff! No Comments
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Malham Mission
Malham Mission

Malham Mission

  Not really fishing weather at the moment but I needed to get out and enjoy a bit of the great outdoors (and walk off last night’s curry) so I did a moderate walk in the Dales. Helps keep me…

BobJanuary 24, 2012 Random Stuff!, Yorkshire Stillwaters No Comments
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Belated Happy New Year & welcome to the new look yorkshireflyfishing.org.uk

    Myself and Stu have invested considerable time, effort and money over the festive season to move the site over to new hosting and into a format where all content is managed via WordPress. This means I no longer…

BobJanuary 15, 2012July 3, 2012 Uncategorized 1 Comment
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Dogshit and Grayling.
Dogshit and Grayling.

Dogshit and Grayling.

              Despite a roiling internal array, from the previous night’s curry and booze, I managed 2 hours on my club stretch of the Wharfe this Saturday. The river was lower than I anticipated and…

BobNovember 20, 2011January 27, 2018 Grayling Fishing, River Fly Fishing, Yorkshire Rivers 2 Comments
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Lindholme Lakes

Browsing the forums at http://www.flyforums.co.uk I notice that there is once again a trout fishing lake at Lindholme. More information available  at the official website for Lindholme http://www.lindholmelakes.co.uk/lakes/

BobNovember 14, 2011December 30, 2011 Yorkshire Stillwaters 5 Comments
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