bruce sandison

[Wildfisher]

Without Trout lochs of Scotland I would still be fishing put and take.

There is one stockie bashing forum I know that gives Bruce Sandison a bit of a hard time (in his absence of course), snide comments, ridiculing fly choice suggestions etc etc.

Reading this thread, I wonder if it?s just a  coincidence that Bruce?s writing  has helped  anglers move on from such places?

[haresear]

I owe the same debt of gratitude. Without Bruce, I would never have discovered a fraction of the lochs I have fished over the years. I can quote from memory, passages of the Trout Lochs of Scotland and see the photographs in my mind's eye. I gave away a dog eared edition of the book to a couple of guys up at Achiltibuie and thankfully later got an updated version to replace it.

Without having read Bruce I may well never have joined this forum  and I would certainly have been a poorer man for that as well having missed out on visiting all those wonderful lochs in Assynt and the like.

Thanks, Bruce.

Alex

[haresear]

there would be a lot of poorer wild troot anglers out there if it was not for Bruce,s book ,a lot of people have a lot of memories that they would never have had if they hadn,t picked up the book myself included

Amen

Alex

[superscot]

My thoughts entirely many a night spent pondering over maps and referring back to the book ....mines in a fairly good condition
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[haresear]

Who is that on the cover lads? Ray Collier?

Alex

[haresear]

Ray Collier? I went to school with a Ray Collier... brother was called Ian?

I've never met the man CB, so I don't know. I used to read a lot of articles by RC and at that time I think he had a big beard and was based in Lochinver, which make me think the photo on the cover may be him. He seems to be in Inverness area now...  http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/raycollier/rss

Alex

[superscot]

Sure Bruce will inform us 

[haresear]

Thanks Steve. It is funny how these daft questions niggle away at you over the years.

Alex

[Clan Chief]

Hi Bruce what time scale do have for completion? Really looking forward to the revised edition. I do have a copy of your book and remember exactly where I purchased it. I got it from  a wee shop in Braemar . Can't remember the name of the shop but what I do remember is that I purchased it after a day hillwalking up Lochnagar. I have planned many of my wild fishing days with the aid of your brilliant guide and also spent many a long hour on winters nights pouring over maps with your book visualising days in the wild come the summer.
Thanks!

[superscot]

tell me in 10 years time how it tastes   

Gav the very same as it was 20 years ago ....just like a bottle of TCP