Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Main Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mike Barrio on 21/05/2008 at 01:40
-
Hi folks :cool:
Let's have a float tube gathering on Saturday the 31st of May :z12
From say 9.30 to 3.30 ...... If you would like to come along and join in the fun, please reply here so we can get an idea of numbers.
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z190508a.jpg)
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
Who is coming ......... :z15
Dave Olley "Caddisfisher" ( + a friend )
Stuart Forsyth
Ross Higgins "Ross"
Jim Eddie "Jedi"
Peter Scott "PDScott"
Sandy Murdoch
Mike Quinn "Fish whisperer"
Kev Danby "kevlard"
David Moir
Hamish Young
Anybody else want to come along? ..................
Noel Kelly "An Chuileog" ..... ( Oops, can't make it this time :cry )
Steve "Orkneytroot" ..... ( Oops, can't make it this time :cry )
-
Work permitting i will be there mike. My few days in ireland went quiet well i will post something later with a few pics :grin
Noel.
-
I'll try and make it if possible.
:z18
Jim
-
Hi Mike,
I will be able to come, all being well, and could you also include Sandy Murdoch.
All the best
Peter
-
Sign me up plz mike! :grin
-
Sounds good to me too!
Providing my chauffeur isn't too busy at work. :cool:
:z18
Steve
-
Sounds good to me too!
Providing my chauffeur isn't too busy at work. :cool:
:z18
Steve
Do you promise to not hook any geese this time? Now where is that photo....
-
I can't promise anything, but I will try not to. :oops
What can I say, I'm just a catching machine... :z13
:z4
-
Hi MikE can you book me a slot on the morning session on the 31st please
The Fish Whisperer ( Mike)
-
Hope to make it. If i do - Jayscott i can pick you up from inverurie if you are coming I only charge £3 per mile :z4.
-
Mike
I spoke to David Moir , he will come along.
:z18
Jim
-
Sorry guys,
I'm going to have to miss out on this paddle I'm afraid :oops
Hopefully make the next one though!
Steve
-
Please let me know, by replying here, if you need to borrow one of my float tubes :?
As I have lost track of who wanted one ........ :oops
Thanks
Mike Barrio
-
being a float tube virgin i would like to use one of your tubes please Mike
-
being a float tube virgin i would like to use one of your tubes please Mike
OK ...... That's one float tube for you Mike :cool:
And one for Dave Olley's friend :cool:
And one for Ross .......... That's my three float tubes booked then, but I also have the pontoon boat which somebody else can use on the day.
Thanks
Mike
-
being a float tube virgin i would like to use one of your tubes please Mike
Did you buy one Mike? ....... I seem to remember that you were going to? If you did, bring it along too :wink
Best wishes
Mike Barrio
-
Not fair somethings came up and i cant manage to come along :cry.
Hopefully there'll be another soon, best of luck guys hope you have loads of fun :z16
Dave
-
Looks like it's going to be like any other FT Gathering...nice and wet :z4 :shock :z2
-
I'll be there - first time the 'Ark' has been out since 2006 :shock Jings :oops
-
all -- enjoy the gathering, may your wet be the only thing that gets wet. i've a gig to play tomorrow, otherwise i'd have floated on over
iain
-
thanks for an excellent few hours for my first float tube experience I now feel comfortable afloat and shall go tubing again in the near future It was good to be able to put faces to some of the names on the forum a pleasure to meet you all .
-
Yes good to meet you to, its a geat way to fish :cool:
Thanks again Mike for being the ultimate host
:z18
Jim
-
Hi guys ...... twas a great day, I hope you all enjoyed it :z16
Nice to see Mike, Chris and Ben having fun on their "maiden voyage" :cool:
Dave Olley tempted his new "PB" trout at approx 15 to 16 lb :shock
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z310508a.jpg)
Hamish was out in the "Ark Royal" :cool:
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z310508b.jpg)
Chris on his "maiden voyage" :cool:
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z310508c.jpg)
Ben discovers a new casting platform :z7
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z310508d.jpg)
Yes, twas a grand day!
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/z310508e.jpg)
How many cups of coffee did I make today anyway? :roll .......... Fancy a wager Hamish? :z3
Best wishes
Mike
-
Mike,
Thanks once again for a great day out and despite Ross's weather forecast, the rain did not come! Perhaps the weather gods have decided they have punished us enough.
Sandy was delighted to have caught his first rainbow from a tube and is now looking to buy a bigger net - his four-pounder would only go half-way in.
I hope Ben enjoyed his "maiden voyage" - I certainly enjoyed watching him trying to land his first fish (and his casting of course).
All the best
Peter
-
How many cups of coffee did I make today anyway? :roll .......... Fancy a wager Hamish? :z3
Cough...... I'm not loosing any more money to you on wee bets :z7 :z4
-
Yes a grand day, finicky fish and Ben going round in circles, we've all been there, but always amusing to spectate. Watching Ben, Magnus and Hamish put out a line is somewhat humbling and something to aspire to.
After checking the bladder in my tube, the seam has gone big time an inch or so split and one unsucceful repair attempt so it looks like a new bladder or tube for me.
One thing that always amazes me is watching herons gracefully perch in a tree they dont seem to be built for that. The woodpecker was a busy little fella. A most enjoyable day.
-
Kev
Diver Daves (Aberdeen Field Sports) do bladder repair , if its beyond repair , Steve Parton does bladder for most tubes.
:z18
Jim
-
Mike
May I add my thanks and those of my mate Chris who tried float tubing for the first time. If he didn't live 250 miles away he would be a regular in the tube at Haddo without question. He really enjoyed it.
The fish weren't easy, but they were big, at least for me :z4 :z16
-
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7fKGX4OEb20
-
hi guys got me an almost like new Orvis tube very reasonably priced also got the waders in hand , just have to find someone with a cheap set of fins an im good to go