Sat around this afternoon, digesting my Sunday dinner, I considered my options for the rest of the day. I narrowed them down to either perusing gentleman’s websites or going fishing. Surprisingly, I opted for the latter despite the ‘dog day’…
Somewhere in Scotland….
Aaaargh, summer is slipping away. this isn’t fair…I can’t handle another winter 🙁 Luckily we’ve managed to squeeze in another weekend fishing expedition to one of our favourite lochs, the name of which I’m afraid I can’t reveal, but some…
Fcuk working….
It was a nice sunny day on Friday, but I didn’t have a nice sunny morning….sigh. However, I managed to wangle a half-day annual leave and (eventually) got my ass up to the reservoir(s). Bright sunshine, not a breath of…
Assynt Fishing Holiday 2010 – y’all keep your heads down, it’s gonna be a big one..
“Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. Since the dawn of time, roughly a hundred billion human beings have walked the planet Earth. Now that is an…
Yorkshire Game Fair
Decided to call into the Yorkshire Game Fair today at Harewood (I’m of working class origins so it’s pronounced AIR-WUD). Have to say I’m glad I went! Saw this chap http://www.birdsofpreydisplays.co.uk/index.html display his birds of prey which included an eagle and a couple…
Carsington and my encounter with a MASSIVE CHOPPER….
Last Friday RFF had a grand day out at Carsington reservoir in Derbyshire. I’ll keep the blog on this brief as I intend to do a full write up on Carsington (might even start it tonight seeing as I’ve run…
Roundhay Flyfishers remember Bob Shallcroft…
Last Thursday the club held an ‘in-house’ auction of a selection of fishing tackle which belonged to Bob Shallcroft, a long time member of Roundhay Flyfishers who sadly passed away earlier this year. Bob had accumulated an extensive collection of…
Beaverdyke evening session
Haven’t been up to Beaverdyke for a few weeks, the p*ss poor weather has been putting me off. Finally managed to get up for an afternoon/evening session in some pleasant conditions and it’s good to see things as they should…
Yorkshire Flyfishers hit West tanfield…again!
7th May saw RFF once again at West Tanfield. On this occasion, through a Herculean effort, I managed to get to Tanfield Lodge by about 9:15. This required getting out of bed at 6:45am, and making sandwiches the night before.…