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« **Reply #200 on:** 14/02/2011 at 19:38 »

Oliver Edwards or Derek Bingham, ? easgach1

« **Reply #201 on:** 14/02/2011 at 19:45 »

Would it be Peter Anderson Hamish?

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #202 on:** 14/02/2011 at 19:54 »

Ok Mike give's the answer to mine whilst we wait for Hamish to get back to us

« **Reply #203 on:** 14/02/2011 at 19:57 »

Did you not write an article for FF &FT that mentioned this station Allan

Jim

« **Reply #204 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:04 »

Quote from: Jedi on 14/02/2011 at 19:57

Did you not write an article for FF &FT that mentioned this station Allan

Jim

Aye, it was in: Dubh Yourself a Favour, FF&FT ....... I'll let you give the answer Jim

« **Reply #205 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:09 »

Well spotted guys, and here's me thinking no one read my s***e

Thought i'd get this one to run for ages as well

Come on then Jim nail the answer for those who don't know.

Allan

« **Reply #206 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:13 »

Its Altnabreac station in Caithness

Altna being burn and breac troot

Jim

« **Reply #207 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:18 »

Actually that's not the one i was thinking of.........
Nah only kiddin

Well soptted Jim (and Mike)

Sadly we'll just have to wait for Hamish to put us out our misery on the Apgai front

« **Reply #208 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:28 »

OK until Hamish gets back

Who won the Scottish Fly fishing Championship on loch Leven in 1990 ?

Jim

« **Reply #209 on:** 14/02/2011 at 20:55 »

Paul Young

« **Reply #210 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:00 »

Close but no cigar young Baz

Jim

« **Reply #211 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:02 »

Stan Headley?

« **Reply #212 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:05 »

Quote from: Dutchfly on 14/02/2011 at 21:02

Stan Headley?

Correct

Jim

« **Reply #213 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:09 »

That's amazing Jim

And I now guess Alan Bramley is the name Hamish is looking for?

But my question is: in what year did the Dutch team win the Fly Fishing World Championships?

CU

Jeroen

« **Reply #214 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:48 »

Guys - maybe I made it a smidgen too hard

The answer was Barrie Welham, he owned the Garcia name in the UK (plus Mitchell reels etc) and sold to Abu who wanted the Garcia brand worldwide.
He was one of the founders of APGAI, along with some of the names mentioned in guesses and - of course - Arthur Oglesby.

H

« **Reply #215 on:** 14/02/2011 at 21:55 »

Great stuff Hamish ..... I didn't know that

Cheers
Mike

« **Reply #216 on:** 14/02/2011 at 23:18 »

Quote from: Hamish on 14/02/2011 at 21:48

Guys - maybe I made it a smidgen too hard

The answer was Barrie Welham, he owned the Garcia name in the UK (plus Mitchell reels etc) and sold to Abu who wanted the Garcia brand worldwide.
He was one of the founders of APGAI, along with some of the names mentioned in guesses and - of course - Arthur Oglesby.

H

Thought i'd mentione Mr Oglesby?

Hamish, don't mean to be pedantic and split hairs, but was Barrie Welham (along with Peter McKenzie Philps and others) not in the second wave of APGAI members helping to take it forward after it's initial formation?

« **Reply #217 on:** 15/02/2011 at 08:15 »

That's OK Allan, I'm known as something of a pedant myself

You did indeed mention Arthur Ogleseby however, it was Barrie Welham I was thinking of

My recollection (I wasn't there...... it really was a bit before my time

) is APGAI was formed by Arthur Ogleseby, Tommy Edwards, Esmond Drury, Barrie Welham, Jack Martin and finally Jim Hardy in 1967. Now that came from an information leaflet that a family friend gave to me after he attended one of Arthur Oglesbeys' spey casting schools on the....errrr.... Spey.
I think Peter McKenzie Philips and others were amongst the first to qualify under the new assessments/exams and were almost certainly instrumental in smoothing the rough edges and developing the syllabus post-1970. However, that's the limit of my knowledge on APGAI.

I'll check, but I'm pretty sure I'm right

H

« **Reply #218 on:** 15/02/2011 at 09:06 »

Jeroen, was it 1981

« **Reply #219 on:** 15/02/2011 at 09:44 »

1981 (Luxembourg) is the correct answer

First and only time we won it...

Over to you Peter.

« **Reply #220 on:** 15/02/2011 at 10:33 »

What is the wing of the fly called a "Shilfie Tip" made of

« **Reply #221 on:** 15/02/2011 at 12:57 »

Quote from: rabbitangler on 15/02/2011 at 10:33

What is the wing of the fly called a "Shilfie Tip" made of

Corncrake ?

Jim

« **Reply #222 on:** 15/02/2011 at 17:37 »

I'll post one to keep things going until Peter appears

This years Salmon opening day

What do the largest Salmon caught on an Aberdeenshire river on opening day have in common with the 1st fish caught on the Helmsdale ?

Jim

« **Reply #223 on:** 15/02/2011 at 17:57 »

Quote from: Jedi on 15/02/2011 at 12:57

Corncrake ?

Jim

Good guess Jim but nope not Corncrake though there is a fly in the same book called the barred corncrake.

« **Reply #224 on:** 15/02/2011 at 18:03 »

It wouldn't be a finch would it

I recall having an ~~arguement~~ debate with my Grandad (who was from Largs) in one of my summer visits about some finches in their garden and he called them something that sounded like shilfie

H