Ah, lunch-break is it? Nice one, forget reading the Metro. Get out your sarnies and put your feet up ‘cos it’s time for another Assynt blog! This year’s Assynt Blog has not come easy. In a sense, that is…
Assynt err Gairloch 2013 Blog
Naked and soiled, I stumble from the blood stained bed, pour myself a Martell and make my way to the window. Leeds. Shhhiit I’m still only in Leeds. Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in Gairloch…. …
More prep for Gairloch
..and this is surely the most limited pre-fishing holiday shop I’ve ever done. New leader, some Mini Muddlers (the only flies I don’t have the patience or skills to tie correctly) and some minicons which I find to be…
Cheer up folks, winter can’t last for ever. Here’s another inspirational picture!
One of Scotland’s most picturesque lochs (and that’s saying something!). Can you name it?
Assynt 2013…sort of
Corporal Johan Tittenstein Graf von Klink is a no-show for the 2013 fishing holiday due to expending all his annual leave on a 3 week ‘strength through joy’ honeymoon, or something like that. This left the rest of us all…
Glencoe
Howdy folks! No fishing since Esthwaite because the weather has been mostly gash but hopefully things will start to pick up soon. I had a recent trip to Glencoe however which looked beautiful with a shake of snow over the…
Return to Assynt…and more!
I’m going fishing tomorrow. It’s perhaps long overdue, having just spent about 10 days in Scotland without once unsheathing my rod. But to be fair this particular holiday, avec oiseaux, was never about the fishing, it was more about hillwalking…
Assynt Blog 2012
Introduction So, it’s that time of year again. Holiday over, all that remains is to once again share my experiences with fellow pilgrims that are repeatedly drawn back to Assynt for that all too brief escape from the dismal reality…
A loch somewhere..
A couple of weeks ago myself and several members of the Yorkshire Fly Fishing Tech 9 Crew Rasclarts went off on another Scotland mission. We revisited a scenic loch we’ve been to before which has the added benefits of…