Articles
Daer Reservoir
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 September 2006 14:43
- Written by Ian Phillips
When completed, Daer Reservoir, Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire was the largest dam of its kind in the British Isles with an embankment length of 2,600 feet, maximum width at base of 680 feet and a maximum height above stream-bed of 135 feet.
My First Trout
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 September 2006 14:38
- Written by Allan Hutton
It was a member of the Royal Family who first introduced me to angling, well sort of. It was while preparing for my Duke of Edinburgh bronze and silver awards among the hills above Lochgilphead that I developed a passion for angling.
A Tale of Dap and Cow Pat
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- Published on Wednesday, 27 September 2006 14:36
- Written by Alan Goodwin
Gerry, Tim and I had caught the bus from Glasgow to Lochwinnoch early that Saturday morning. We were off to a small loch in the hills above Queenslie Muir.
Rough and Chile
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- Published on Sunday, 27 August 2006 12:11
- Written by John Holborow
I am probably not the only fisherman who spends an indecent amount of time reading about fishing, and perhaps not the only one to have a weakness for what my wife refers to as “fishing porn” - glossy brochures and websites extolling the virtues of luxury fishing lodges in exotic locations.
Trout and Grayling in the Clyde
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- Published on Sunday, 27 August 2006 12:08
- Written by Alex Laurie
Although there are trout and grayling within Glasgow’s city boundary, it is only from Motherwell upstream that the river really appeals to the fly fisherman.