A solo visit to the North West Highlands in August is now pretty much a nailed on annual tradition for me. It means that I still have something to look forward to after the annual week long fishing holiday in June and…
Thanks Bruce
..for helping me and my mates do what we love best.
Achiltibui solo
To the casual observer it may seem as if I’ve done sod all fishing recently bit this simply isn’t the case. I am however struggling to find time to write the blog. But here, now, chores done, packed lunch…
Assynt Blog….wait, no – it’s Gairloch again…2015
It’s October. edit:In fact no it’s now November. The trout season is over, nights are drawing in, leaves are changing colour and falling off the trees and yet there has been no annual fishing holiday blog. Disgraceful. I’ve…
Return to Gairloch
It’s a crazy mixed up world out there people. Here I am writing a post about my second trip to Gairloch this year when I haven’t even written up the first. Shit’s got reckless. Thing is, this will be a…
The Fellsman
Caution. This has literally nothing to do with fishing. But it’s my blog and I’ll diversify if I want to :-). I’m just ‘leveraging’ my flyfishing blog to write a post about something else I’ve been up to. It…
Beaver Dyke – End of an Era
For those of you who have had the pleasure of being a member of Yorkshire Anglers I’m sure you are by now aware of the sad end to our little retreat. In a way I’d already begun distancing myself…
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…. …
6 Dales Trail
Just when you thought this fly fishing blog was going to get back to being only about flyfishing I’ve got a couple of updates on some great walking missions I’ve already completed this year. First, we have the 6 Dale Trail…
Middleton Fell
Tough times, I’m on antibiotics so can’t bloody drink (don’t start quoting QI at me) and the weather is still all over the shop making fly fishing seem uninviting at best. To be fair though, after getting back from Assynt…