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Archive for March, 2009

Wild Trout Trust Auction

Posted in Musings on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Preparation for the 2009 Internet and Postal Auction is almost complete.  The Auction will run from 30th March to 8th April.
If you would like to support the fantastic work of this unique organisation you can download a cataloge here.

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If trout were dogs

Posted in Musings on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I guess we’ve al been in the situation where we can see our quarry, see that it is feeding, and go through the contents of an entire fly box trying to appeal to its culinary senses. You watch in anticipation as nature’s conveyor belt carries your exquisitely prepared morsels right over its nose, only [...]

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Erewash Restoration Project

Posted in Good Stuff, Links, Organisations, Schemes on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This is an unashamed plug for the folks over at the Erewash Restoration Project.
A little over a year ago I read a thread on the Fly Fishing Forum aimed at raising interest in a restoration project.
I remember thinking ‘Good luck mate’ as, having grown up along its banks, my memory is of a seriously abused [...]

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Chuckin’ bugs

Posted in Little Avon, Musings on March 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The previous evening had been spent with Neil, planning our June trip to Scotland.  We both bemoaned our lack of success in the latter stages of winter as the once plentiful Grayling had evaporated; leaving a desert where earlier I had seen shoals of 60 plus on the fin by the tunnels.
“I’m fed up of [...]

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