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Lockwood Beck

Last week was surely one of the most beautiful autumnal weeks this country has ever seen as spanking hot temperatures and blazing sunshine rubbed shoulders with glorious fall colours. It was clear to myself and Stu that we had to…

BobOctober 3, 2011January 27, 2018 Yorkshire Stillwaters No Comments
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Last crack at the browns!

I managed to get up on Beaverdyke tonight for a couple of hours. It feels like I’ve done sod all fishing since Scotland so I really had to get up there, especially as the weather was so nice. Beaverdyke looked…

BobSeptember 26, 2011January 27, 2018 Yorkshire Stillwaters 2 Comments
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Gangbang sex, fake passports and wild brown trout

So, it seems that if you Google the keywords ‘Flyfishing’ + ‘Blog’ we’re now #1. Great news because it must mean that plenty of people are hitting the site! It’s always great to receive comments as well but because the…

BobAugust 30, 2011January 27, 2018 Scotland, Wild Brown Trout, Wild Fishing in Scotland No Comments
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North Leeds nostalgia

As I’ve said before, this blog isn’t just about flyfishing and as time goes by I seem to post ever more random stuff on here. This is one such example. I Had a stroll around Adel Woods in North Leeds…

BobAugust 15, 2011January 27, 2018 Random Stuff! 26 Comments
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Beaverdyke Tuesday 2nd August

Chipped up to Beaverdyke last Tuesday evening. It had been a very humid day and I kinda knew things would be dead up there but fancied a drive out anyway.  Fellow Roundhay Fly Fisher Andy was up there as well.…

BobAugust 8, 2011January 28, 2018 Yorkshire Stillwaters No Comments
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Blea Tarn mission

Hot on the heels of our Assynt holiday, we’ve had another cracking little adventure! These days it’s phenomenally difficult to arrange a night out, never mind a weekend away. The net result of dozens of emails and several failed plans was…

BobJuly 26, 2011January 28, 2018 The Lakes, Wild Brown Trout 2 Comments
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Meet the team!

Bob – primary blogger on the site. Fellow Yorkshireflyfishing team members have to bust him out of a secure mental health institution everytime he wants to go fishing, using ever more elaborate deceptions. Stu – occasional blogger, and brains behind…

BobJuly 21, 2011January 28, 2018 Random Stuff! No Comments
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Assynt 2011

Be prepared to climb off that grammar outrage bus and enter a world where tenses past, present and future merge before your eyes…a world where the concept of a blog becomes bloated like a festering, decomposing corpse of literary standards.…

BobJuly 20, 2011January 28, 2018 Assynt, Scotland, Wild Brown Trout, Wild Fishing in Scotland 29 Comments
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Crabtree Angling Lake

I received an email earlier this week from David, a soldier based at Catterick who regularly fishes Crabtree Angling lake near Richmond. He had read my review of this fishery and wanted to share his own findings after numerous visits…

BobJuly 14, 2011December 30, 2011 Yorkshire Stillwaters 1 Comment
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After 2 years comments are now working!

To get comments to work we’ve had to change the look and feel of the blog. This is hopefully just a temporary measure. However please feel free to use the facilities! More good news Assynt 2011 blog post is on…

BobJuly 14, 2011December 30, 2011 Random Stuff! 3 Comments
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