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Easy one this ..... answer the fly fishing general knowledge question correctly and the person that asked it will give you the go ahead to ask the next question in the quiz :wink
So, to get things going ...... What is a "winding check"?
Cheers
Mike
PS: If somebody gets the answer right but has not posted a new question within 15 minutes of getting the go ahead ...... anybody that wishes can play "the joker card" and jump in with the next question :wink
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Its like a washer on the rod end of your cork handle, where the blank go's into the handle.
:z18
Jim
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Correct, that's it Jim, well done :z16
Ok, you get to ask the next question in the quiz ..... make it as easy or difficult as you like :wink
Cheers
Mike
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What are the two main tributaries of the South Esk ?
:z18
Jim
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The Prosen and Noran Water..?
Ewan
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Correct :z16
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Weh Hey! I only found that out this week reading an article on the internet.
Right then, next question:
It is said that "The Compleat Angler" is the 3rd most printed book in the history of the English language, but who wrote it?
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Izaak Walton
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Spot On :z16
Over to you...
(The King James Bible and the Book Of Common Prayer, in case anyone was wondering!)
Ewan
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If somebody gets the answer right but has not posted a new question within 15 minutes of getting the go ahead ...... anybody that wishes can play "the joker card" and jump in with the next question :wink
Cheers
Mike
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OK as Gordon has left the building :wink
The Tay hold the record for the largest Salmon caught in the UK
Which river in the UK holds the record for the largest fly caught Salmon ?
:z18
Jim
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Was that Mrs. Morrison on the Deveron ?
Bob
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The Deveron?
:z18
Paul
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Tiny Morrison on the Deveron, not a big river but the 5th most prolific Salmon river in Scotland , some great Brownies as well :z16
:z18
Jim
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Didn't the Deveron hold the Fly caught river Brown Trout U.K. record as well? 10lbs+?
Ewan
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Hi Guys,
I know of a 14lb brown, which was caught on the spey near aviemore. Not sure if it was on fly though.
Here's a question for ya.....
Can you name the islands on Loch Leven? I'll give you a start. There are 7 in total and i'll start you off with the most famous, Castle Island.
Cheers
Paul
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Hi Guys,
I know of a 14lb brown, which was caught on the spey near aviemore. Not sure if it was on fly though.
Here's a question for ya.....
Can you name the islands on Loch Leven? I'll give you a start. There are 7 in total and i'll start you off with the most famous, Castle Island.
Cheers
Paul
Iknow one is called St serfs?? There is a successful club named after it.
Paul
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Its like a washer on the rod end of your cork handle, where the blank go's into the handle.
:z18
Jim
It's the bit Rob is always waiting for or can't get when he is building or rebuilding a rod isn't it? Is that the right answer? What do I win :z4
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Hi Paul,
Yes that is another one. I used to be a member of that club when I lived in Kinross, not such a big club now but still going I think.
So we have St. Serfs and Castle Island, any other takers?
Let me know when you give up!!!!!!!
Cheers
Paul
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St Serfs, Alice's Bower, Reed Bower, Scart, Castle Island, Green Isle, Scart (Sunken Isle :wink)
Ok here's one
What famous Salmon river runs into both the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean at the same time?
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Oh!
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sorry :oops
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Give up yet? Whinbush / Broontroot need not apply as i know they know the answer twe this one. Thought Bordertroot would have nailed it though.
Gordonzola has been told but he wiz probably too pished at the time to remember :z4
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Hi Guys,
Big Al (dryflee), i'm shocked.....you missed one!! Only one Scart!!
Think....beside Alices Bower, lol
Paul
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Hi Again,
I'm guessing the answer to Dryflee's question is the River Tweed :z8
I await being shot down in flames!!!! :oops
Paul
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Shite :cry
Had to think fur ages goin through them all and couldnae get it, the went 'Ah Ha' Roys Folly?
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No even close Paulo. A bit further North
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Dunno Allan ..... Thurso? :z8
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Sorry Mike too far North this time.
Second clue: Enters the North Sea in the Moray Firth and Atlantic West of Fort Willie
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I notice everybody is leaving me to get it wrong here :z4 ...... err, can I try the Lossie Allan?
Cheers
Mike
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I'd guess at the Morriston?
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I think it is the river Ness .
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Strikes me that the common link is the Caledonian Canal, so let's look at the well known rivers in the system:
It cannot be the River Ness as it flows out to the Beauly Firth as a river in its own right and does not feed the Caledonian Canal with water, although Loch Ness does form part of the canal.
It cannot be the River Lochy as it flows into Loch Linnhe as a river in it own right and does not feed the canal with water although Loch Lochy does form part of the canal.
As the canal draws its principal water supply from the lochs that make up the system (Lochy, Oich, Ness and Dochfour) a reasonable argument would be that it's one of the rivers that feed into Loch Ness, Loch Oich or Loch Lochy..... but it cannot be one of the rivers that feeds Loch Ness as water from the canal comes down into Loch Ness at Fort Augustus via the lock system.
That also neatly excludes Loch Lochy which means it can only be a river that feeds water into the canal system at the canals highest point above sea level and one where, potentially, water could go either SW to Fort William or NE to Inverness.
So that means it can only be the River Garry that feeds Loch Oich as Loch Oich is the highest point in the canal system.
H :z3
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Nope still no right guys. Hamish is starting to think along the right lines regarding interference from man, but not a canal.
However now i've given that clue i not only need the river name but also details of cause
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In that case I'd have to plump for the Spey as the river (albeit loosely the Spey) and the Lochaber hydro-electric scheme that was set up to provide the electricity required for the aluminium smelting plant at Fort William.
To provide the necessary water for the hydro scheme a number of dams and tunnels were built, the link is between Loch Treig and Loch Laggan. Water from the Spey was diverted to Laggan and then via tunnel to Treig, the water supply comes through miles of pipe from Treig to the Alcan works at Fort William (you can't miss the pipes coming down off Ben Nevis) and enter the River Lochy at a spot called the 'Tailrace' where I've had many a battle with Salmon.
If that's not it I'm scunnered :cool:
H :z3
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I'll have a punt at the Forth?? :roll
Paul :z18
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Do the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet, or is the North Sea part of the Atlantic Ocean? :z3
It's a while since I last went to school :z4
Cheers
Mike
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Final answer = River Tummel
The River Tummel runs a picturesque 58-mile course from Loch Rannoch to the River Tay in Perthshire, passing through Pitlochry, which includes a salmon ladder at Pitlochry Dam.
The Tummel is a dam release river . The upper Tummel flows from Dunlastair Water (E of Kinloch Rannoch) into Loch Tummel and the Lower Tummel flows out from Loch Tummel to Loch Faskally near Pitlochry, etc , etc .
If not, give up .
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Correct Hamish go to the top of the class :z16
Spey through abstraction at the Spey Dam flows through Loch Crudichan (sp? close enough :z4) then vis Loch Laggan and the Spean out to the Atlantic, as well as directly down Strathspey to the North Sea.
The only hydro abstraction of a major water way that runs out east and west as all the others i know of run out into the same body of salt (albiet often in two different locations) or back into thier original system after a wee detour (Upper Garry eg)
Right Hamish your turn fur the next question.
Allan
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Cool :cool:
I'll make it an easy one :wink
Which is the shortest river on mainland Scotland and why is it not the shortest river in all of Scotland :?
H :z3
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Is that the Morar Hamish? ...... I think the Scavaig on Skye is the shortest?
Cheers
Mike
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Well done Mr B :z16
Over to you :wink
H :z3
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Cool .... Cheers Hamish :z16
Where is this photo?
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/zdon060807a.jpg)
Cheers
Mike
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Is it the Don at the bridge from Inverurie to Port Elphinstone ?
:z18
Jim
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Aye, running a bit higher than normal ..... well done Jim :z16
Over to you ....................
Cheers
Mike
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Is that the Morar Hamish? ...... I think the Scavaig on Skye is the shortest?
Cheers
Mike
Stewards enquiry please :z14 :z14,what about the Sandwood coming out of Sandwood loch :z4 :z4.
Bob
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I can see why that might come up, but the wee burn coming out of Sandwood is not classed as a river wheras the other two are. Also, though not in recent times, the sands breach and the loch goes brakkish again.
Lovely spot, been there a few times.
H :z3
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Is that the loch up on the west coast with the long beach, looks awesome! :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Aye,
Just a wee bit humour Hamish,despite its fame the loch isnt heavy fished,but maybe like me all they caught was bandies.
Some lochs north of it are worth a wee cast,but check for `practice` times.
:z2
Bob
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OK Joker played.................
Primarily their names are known for their fly reels. A father and his two sons were all reel manufacturers .
Their advert said ' A POSTAL WILL BRING IT ' . They took out many Patents for reels .
Which famous company was this ?
Cheers, Pete
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Youngs?
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J W Youngs would have been my first guess too but I thought there were three sons :? I dunno, I might think about this some more :wink
H :z3
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Not Youngs , but they were famous in their time . The reels are very collectable nowadays .
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So it's not Hardy Brothers and Farlows either..... hmmmmmm.
Tricky.
American perhaps :?
H :z3
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You are on the right track..............
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I will have a guess at Orvis as they were the forerunners of mail order.
:z18
Jim
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Interesting, I thought of Orvis but decided that the phrase 'a postal will bring' is a bit 'old school' even by American standards and as their (Orvis) mail order growth only really happened after the Perkins family took over I guessed Orvis was a non-starter..... hmmmm :z6
I thought it might be Bogdan, Charlton or Thomas & Thomas, but the only one of those companies had brothers (T&T).
I'm stumped :shock
H :z3
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' The Postal will bring it ', referred to their catalogue .
Famous - on par with Hardy . If I had a sackful of the reels I would be rich .
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I'm stumped on this one too ...... Vom Hofe?
Cheers
Mike
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Only one I can think of on a par with Hardy would be Abel Reels started by Steve Abel in 1987.
Alex
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Correct Mike - Edward Vom Hofe. If you come across one at a car boot sale buy it .
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Look at these beauties ..............
http://www.fowlerperiod.com/reels_09.html
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Well done Pete that was a good question , got us all thinking, and well done to Mike for geting the correct answer :z16
:z18
Jim
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Correct Mike - Edward Vom Hofe. If you come across one at a car boot sale buy it .
Must confess that I had to have a look through some of my books to come up with that one :oops
OK, next question ...... What is the metal joining piece of a bamboo / cane fly rod called?
Checks
Mike
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Mike do you mean split cane :z4 is it a spigot ferrule ?
:z18
Jim
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Great stuff Jim .... over to you :z16
Cheers
Mike
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What is the literal translation of the Japanese fly fishhing method know as Tenkara ?
:z18
Jim
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from Heaven or from the skies
looked it up after seeing a tenkara fly by a young tyer on this very site
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkara
I was thinking about cheating!! :oops
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Correct Peter :z16 Goodness this is a great thread for expanding our general knowledge , pity fly fishing questions never come up in pub quizzes :cool:
:z18
Jim
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Ok. Here goes!!
Who invented the 'Gentile' fly & what unusual sizes did he tie them in??
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Ok. Here goes!!
Who invented the 'Gentile' fly & what unusual sizes did he tie them in??
Stumped ..... No idea :z8
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Hi All,
T C Ivens.
:-)
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Hi ,
Assuming that I was correct.
Who originally invented the "Cul de Canard " in the late 1950's .
Clue: He was French .
Paul.
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Hi Pete,
Incomplete answer to yours , sorry . 16 - 11 . A maggot imitation. Very good on the Urie !!
Paul.
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Dunno but i'll guess Jaques Custeaux? :z4
Sorry Paul.
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Alan,
Get off to your bed Min.
Paul.
:-)
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Henri Bresson :cool:
Not only was he a cheese eating surrender monkey he also knew far too much about ducks arses :z4
H :z3
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Working on the assumption that was the right answer..... I'll pop up another question and it's pretty easy to keep the ball rolling.
When I started to take a really serious interest in fly fishing there were 'legends' regularly producing articles in Trout Fisherman magazine, a publication my father had largely dismissed as 'the trawlermans journal' largely because of regular articles describing a method of using leeboards and rudders incorporated called the 'Northampton Style'. The techniques that were developed then - over 30 years ago - are still worth knowing and a skill set the 'big loch' fisher should know a thing or two about :wink I digress.
Anyway, Steve Parton wrote a book that is as valuable today as it was when it was first published for the larger stillwater fisher titled "Boat fishing for trout" which includes heavy reference to techniques he learnt directly and indirectly from the 'source' of the Northampton Style.
The question is, who is credited with being the creator of the Northampton Style :?
H :z3
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bob church
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It's a good guess - but it's not the right answer :wink
H :z3
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G.E.M Skues?
:roll
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Nice answer - but it's not right :z4
H :z3
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Hi Hamish,
Aye of course you're right. Peter sorry didn't mean to circumvent the rules ,I should have read them first :oops
My guess is Dave Shipman ??????
Paul.
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Dick Shrive ?
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Hi Hamish ...... I read Steve's book a few years ago, can I guess Richard Holmes, I think he designed the rudders?
Cheers
Mike
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Dick Shrive ?
Dick Shrive is indeed the right answer :z16 Although one of a group who revolutionised stillwater trout fishing with some distinctly lateral thinking and some creative rule bending, Dick Shrive was years ahead of many and is rightly credited as the man who 'created' the Northampton Style.
Leeboards were his thing and he popularised the use of rudders too - albeit Mr B is quite right, Dick Shrive didn't come up with the first designs of fishing rudder.
I'll be using some of those techniques this year..... I'll post the results :wink
Over to you singingpete :cool:
H :z3
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****** Joker card*******
Why was the 22nd of May 2002 an important date for fly-fishers in Aberdeenshire (and beyond) :?
H :z3
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22nd of May 2002 was the day Ethiopia put into operations its plan to irradicate the Tsetse fly.
Welllll..it had to do with flies...closest I could find in Google ;)
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****** Joker card*******
Why was the 22nd of May 2002 an important date for fly-fishers in Aberdeenshire (and beyond) :?
H :z3
What about the day that haddo opened?
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How about the Death of Patrick Wolrige-Gordon MP
Alex
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What about the day that haddo opened?
Is the right answer :z16
Over to you..................
H :z3
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Which fishery is located near as place called Al-Fat which is the local pronunciation?
Dave
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Pitfour
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try again
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Waulkmill on one side or Fedderate reservoir on the other, closest would be Fedderate.
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Well done Alex.
Fedderate Reservoir, an artificial loch of twenty-five acres, christened Loch Riach, unofficially, but better known locally as the "Broch Dam." This rather bleak anglers haunt, constructed during the years 1910 - 1912 to form the main water supply to the Burgh of Fraserburgh, is fed by two gentle streams from the western side of the Bonnykelly district, some five miles north of New Deer.
And actually it feeds Waulkmill :!
Over to you
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For those that didn't know Al-Fat is better known as OLDWHAT.
OK here you go;
What is the connection between a Meat eating Mammal and fishing?
Alex
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Stoat('s tail)
Irvine
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No sorry try again
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Easy, ME! :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
I eat meat, am a Mammal and go fishing :wink
Right next question.
Allan
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Nope :z4 :wink :z4
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Cats Whisker :z8
:z18
Jim
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Easy, catfish......maybe
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Sorry Guys it's a little bit more complicated than that but not too much
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Dogfish..... :z4 getting my coat now.
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Mmmmm........
Largest land mammalian carnivore - Polar Bear , hair for fly tying ???????
It's a stumper .
Paul.
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Could be an omnivore though Paul :z4
Dog Nobbler :z8 could you get my coat on the way out as well Noel :z4 :z4
:z18
Jim
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Lion......... Line??? :oops :oops
Get mine too noel :z19
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Brown/grizzly bear eats meat and 'fishes' for errrrrr fish :z17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tgPoi0hWjk
H :z3
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Ferrule...? On a Rod joint + it's also something to do with teeth....
Ewan
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Tasmanian Devil is a dirty,dirty lure?
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Nice one Iain :z14
A Tasmanian Devil is a Meat Eating Mammal & a very effective Lure for fishing....it's over to you
Alex
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Looks like Iain has left the building, so I'll play ****** Joker card******* :wink
I think there are a lot of fans out there of the film "A River Runs Through It". The Brad Pitt casting scenes were cool, but was it actually Brad himself casting in those scenes? ...... and if not, who was it?
Cheers
Mike
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Was it Steve Rajeff?
Kev.
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Nope :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
Alex
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No, not Steve Rajeff Kevin ..... Clue: think shadow cast :wink
Cheers
Mike
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Was it Lefty Kreh?
Ewan
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I'm pretty shure it was Jason Borger.
My question is: who is the Austrian riverkeeper who developed his own castingstyle?
CU
Jeroen
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Was it Lefty Kreh?
Ewan
No, sorry Ewan
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I'm pretty shure it was Jason Borger.
My question is: who is the Austrian riverkeeper who developed his own castingstyle?
CU
Jeroen
Yes, I was looking for Jason Borger ...... Well done Jeroen :z16
And Jeroen's question is: Who is the Austrian riverkeeper who developed his own castingstyle?
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That I believe would be Hans Gebetsroither!
Alex
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Hi,
Interesting wee link here : http://www.g-feuerstein.com/Elliptical_Fly_Casting.html
Paul.
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Hans Gebetsroither is the correct answer! :z16
Over to you, Alex.
CU
Jeroen
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OK how many are there & who can name the main catagories of Freshwater Flyfishing flies.
Alex
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I'll say 5 Alex , though its debatable if an emerger is a dry :z8
Wets
Dries
Nyphys
Emergers
Lures
:z18
Jim
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Hi Jim
Close, there are 5 catagories but you are not quite right with all of them. :wink
Alex
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Hi,
I think Jim's right . Google maybe debatable !
It says
dry flies
wet flies
nymphs
lures
"terrestrials" (but I think this is American speak !!)
(Can't believe I,m checking Google for this !!!!!) :z4
I would go with emergers instead like Jim, terrestrials can be dry, wet or emergers . Unless we are on the wrong track in which case my apologies.
Paul.
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Hi Paul
Based on that which catagory would a fry imitation then fall into :?
Just my understanding but I believe that
Wet, Dry, Nymph, Emerger are correct but Lure is not quite correct.
Lures, Mini Lures, Fry imitation etc come under one catagory not in
the list, but I could be talking S***e...Mr B :z5
Jim over to you for the next question any way
Alex
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Hi
Would the missing one be streamer?
Kev.
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Hi Kev
Yes a Streamer is what I was looking for
A streamer fly pattern is a fly fishing lure designed to be actively fished beneath the water's surface within the water column itself.
Alex
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Who won the Scottsih Fly Fsihing championship in 1974
:z18
Jim
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What is the name of the person who is recognised as being the inventer of the first U- shaped float tube.
Kev.
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Hi,
I need to go and get my tea !! so I'll guess Stan !
Paul.
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I Like that one Jim, I've fished with him once.
Sorry guys looks like 2 questions have sprouted from my question.
Jim your answer in Paul Young....That leaves us Kevin's Question.
Alex
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Would than have been Paul Young of TV angling fame?
I still have a laugh when remember about the clip of him trying to get hold of the seatrout that beached itself on the banks of a loch in Harris.
Kev.
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Yes the same Paul Young.
Alex
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Correct :z16
:z18
Jim
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OK a few bits of info that may help.
He started a business in the USA with a brand name that featured a type of water we fish in as part of the company name.
The company closed down a few years ago due to foreign competition taking most of his potential customers.
I use one of his lighter tubes (4 1/2 lbs) for backpacking into the higher hill lochs with a tent.
His name is similar to a wet fly some folk love to hate.
Kev.
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Peter Ross of Wood River Float Tubes Kevin?
Cheers
Mike
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Spot on Mike.
He made good tubes.
Kev.
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He certainly did make great float tubes Kevin :z16
OK, next one ..... What does "whipping on a braided leader loop" mean and how is it done?
Cheers
Mike
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And the answer my friends is written in these Threads.
http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2495.msg20598#msg20598
I'll get my coat :oops
Alex
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A link, instead of answering yourself Alex :oops ..... OK, we'll let you off with it this time :z4 :z4
Since Alex has left the building, over to anybody else for the next question .............
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How many beans make five No No NO!!!!
What are the materials for the 'conservation special' fly
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Peter,
I,m guessing there's nae hook ......... :z2 :z2 :z2
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How many beans make five No No NO!!!!
What are the materials for the 'conservation special' fly
It has a hook Paul it's the materials that are a conservationists nightmare dream. It was described in T&S a while back. In fact I may have to change the question a bit cos I can't find the copy of T&S which has the tying details.
So who devised the fly?
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I think you have got us stumped on this one Peter :z4
I haven't even heard of the 'conservation special' fly, so I've got no idea :oops
Cheers
Mike
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Dick Walker, it included things like snow lepoard :shock and other equally unlikely items which could never be found.... though some smartarse probably did have a go. :z4 :z4
Ok an easier one what gave the coloration to the wool origionally used in the Tups indespensable
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Almost hesitate to propose this but... :z6 I read it was the Ram's Urine & Sheep Ticks' Feaces from the wool takenfrom the Rams' nether regions! I believe they also used to use unborn seals' fur dyed red too... :shock
Ewan
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Almost hesitate to propose this but... :z6 I read it was the Ram's Urine & Sheep Ticks' Feaces from the wool takenfrom the Rams' nether regions! I believe they also used to use unborn seals' fur dyed red too... :shock
Ewan
Not quite though your in the right region.... :shock oooo errrr missus
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I'm with Big Daddy
Taken from the discription of a tying for the Tups Indespensable.
The Body: A little fine wool from the ram’s testicles, which is of a beautiful dusty yellow.
Alex
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Seems it was from the dye that was used to show when the ram had done it's job - a red stain on the ladies back showed the tup had indeed been indespensible.
I'll go with you guys though.
Over to you big daddy
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Seems it was from the dye that was used to show when the ram had done it's job - a red stain on the ladies back showed the tup had indeed been indespensible.
I'd buy that Peter, that's what I would have suggested :cool:
H :z3
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I'd buy that Peter, that's what I would have suggested :cool:
H :z3
£50 and its yours Hamish :z4 :z4 :z12
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Interesting read this
'I told Mr. Austin that I thought the fly deserved a title, and in his reply he asked what I suggested. I replied that there was “So and So’s Infallible”, So and So’s Irresistible”, and so on – “Why not ‘Tup’s Indispensable’?" He said he did not care to name it and for the moment the matter dropped.
'The essential part of this dubbing is the highly translucent wool from the indispensable part of a Tup, thoroughly washed and cleansed of the natural oil of the animal. This wool would by itself be, like seal’s fur, somewhat intractable and difficult to spin on the tying silk, but an admixture of the pale pinkish and very filmy fur from an English hare’s poll had the effect of rendering it easy to work. There was also in the original pattern an admixture of cream coloured seal’s fur and combings from a lemon yellow spaniel, and the desired dominating colour was obtained by working in a small admixture of red mohair. For the mohair I generally substituted seal’s fur, and I believe Mr. Austin did so himself. When wet the Tup’s wool becomes somehow illuminated throughout by the colour of the seal’s fur or mohair, and the entire effect of the body is extraordinarily filmy and insect-like.
Ok this is a description from Austin himself.
'In an unpublished volume of his favourite dressings Mr. Austin described the pattern in the following terms:
No. 28 - The Red Spinner
'This is a hackled fly tied with yellow silk on a N. 00 Sneck bend hook. It is made with a body sparsely dressed, of a mixture of white ram’s wool and lemon coloured Spaniel’s fur in equal parts, and a little fur from a hare’s poll, and sufficient red mohair to give the mixture a pinkish shade. It is hackled with a yellow spangled lightish blue cock’s hackle and has whisks of the same colour.'
Sometime around 1890 Austin put together a manuscript of dry fly fishing on the Exe and other North Devon streams, which unfortunately was never published. However W.H. Lawrie, in his classic work, “A Reference Book of English Trout Flies”, 1967, does in fact give a list of the flies from that manuscript but failed to give further information of its contents.
Interestingly, the pattern given for the Tups is called, simply, the Red Spinner, for it was to be quite a few years later that the fly became know as the Tup’s Indispensable.
Alex
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The reason I was sceptical is that farmers sometimes use several Rams & each Ram will have a different colour used to represent it so that it is obvious later which Ram was used on which Ewe.
Alex
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As Big Daddy seams to be unavailable ****Joker Played*****
On the same theme as the last question but a Tad easier.
Why was a Jersey Herd called a Jersey Herd in other
words where or what did it get it's name from.
Alex
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The inventor Tom Ivens used the foil from his milk bottles for the body of the fly and the milk was from a Jersey Herd.
Dave
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Absolutely spot on Dave :z16
Wonder if anyone still gets their milk delivered in bottles with Gold Tops.
Over to you Dave....
Alex
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Recently a local guy showed Rebecca Morelle how to do something but what and who was it?
Dave
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Trapping mink with Jamie Urquhart :?
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Trapping mink with Jamie Urquhart :?
Spot on Hamish :z16
Over to you
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OK..... something a wee bit different, for those with longer memories think of the cheesy 'going for gold theme' :z4
Who am I :?
I have held a world champion casting title three times, but have retired from competitive distance casting.
Amongst other brands, I have been associated with Bruce & Walker and Daiwa.
I am most closely associated with a river in the Highlands, where I was a ghillie for over 20 years.
My name is not Ally Gowans.
H :z3
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I think that would be Scott Mackenzie
Irvine
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Correct :z16
Over to you Irvine :cool:
H :z3
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OK. A fly and a salmon pool on the River dee have the same name. What is it?
Irvine
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Logie??
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Peter
Right first time :z16
Over to you
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OK, no sign of Peter ........... Let's play the joker :z3
How many bladders are there in a standard Sparton Float Tube made by Steve Parton?
Cheers
Mike
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Is it 4 ?
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Is it 4 ?
Yes, well done Baz :z16
There are three bladders in the main V-hull and another bladder in the lower of the two backrest compartments. The Shakespeare version of this tube has five, so it has a bladder in both backrest compartments ...... I still feel safer in the Sparton :wink
Over to you for the next question Baz ..................
Cheers
Mike
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Without the aid of google what is the maximim size of fly dressing allowed on the lake of menteith :wink
Answer in inches i.e 2.25" 1.5" :z16
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I'll guess 25.4mm :wink
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Jim
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There is always one tard :z6 I converted your answer to inchs grandpa and your still a mile out! :z4
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4" ?
Allan
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4" ?
Allan
4" Would be a fair flee :shock
A bit on the big side :wink
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If I remember correctly, I think the Sana competition guys work to a max fly size of about 1" 1/8, or 1" 1/4, so I would imagine a guess of 1" 1/4 shouldn't be too far out?
Cheers
Mike
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4" refers to the specialist pike days they have from time to time.
Mike's got it with standard fishing at 1 1/4" to tie in with the Scottish Clubs rules.
Allan
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Well done Mike it is 1 1/4" , thanks for pointing out the pike fly size Allan :wink
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Great stuff, I thought it would be something like that :cool:
Right, next one, nice and easy ........ What is the most common use for the 3 turn water knot in fly fishing?
Cheers
Mike
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For making droppers on your leader :z8
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For making droppers on your leader :z8
Aye, well done Baz ..... over to you :z3
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Hmm i dont have much in the question bank Mike, carry on if you like :z6
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Joker Played :z16
Another - who am I :?
I was a founding member of a well known organisation that introduced professional standards in angling instruction.
Although published in many fly fishing magazines I am more commonly associated with another branch of angling.
I am not Ally Gowans.
H :z3
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Ian Moutter
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Good guess - but that's not who I'm thinking of.
An additional hint:
A northern European tackle manufacturer made this chap quite well off by buying out a brand he owned rights to in the UK. That might help figure it out :z17
H :z3
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Steve parton :z8
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Steve parton :z8
This chap was around well before Steve P got into fly fishing :wink
H :z3
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Hugh Falkus or Arthur Oglseby?
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Or Dick Walker?
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John Goddard?
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No, no and no - getting there though :wink
H :z3
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Lres Moncrieff? Clive Gammon?
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No and sadly, no.......
OK, a hint - the organisation was APGAI
H :z3
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Tommy Edwards
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Sorry Peter - not him - getting closer though :wink
H :z3
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Peter McKenzie-Philps?
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Col Esmond Drury? Had to think hard and kept thinking of rod manufacturers but then moved onto thinking what item of tackle transends all disiplines? Answer hooks. Then thought who'd have been around then? Partridge aye but a brand not a person, Kate :z4 Kamasan? def not, Drennan? still too early, Esmond Drury though? Aye he'd be around then.
Was a bait fisher before he was a fly fisher as well i believe? :z8
Allan
Just in case i'm right (and before someone nips in with a joker card :z4 i'll post this one (not to be answered if i'm wrong with Hamish's question though :z4)
What is the correct name of the Scottish Train Station translated as 'Trout Burn Station' and where is it?
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I know the answer to Allan's question ...... but I don't know the answer to Hamish's :cry :cry :cry
Cheers
Mike
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Oliver Edwards or Derek Bingham, ? easgach1
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Would it be Peter Anderson Hamish?
Cheers
Mike
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Ok Mike give's the answer to mine whilst we wait for Hamish to get back to us :z4
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Did you not write an article for FF &FT that mentioned this station Allan :wink
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Jim
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Did you not write an article for FF &FT that mentioned this station Allan :wink
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Jim
Aye, it was in: Dubh Yourself a Favour, FF&FT ....... I'll let you give the answer Jim :wink
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:z14 :z14
Well spotted guys, and here's me thinking no one read my s***e :z4 Thought i'd get this one to run for ages as well :oops
Come on then Jim nail the answer for those who don't know. :wink
Allan
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Its Altnabreac station in Caithness :cool:
Altna being burn and breac troot
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Jim
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Actually that's not the one i was thinking of.........
Nah only kiddin :z7
Well soptted Jim (and Mike) :grin
Sadly we'll just have to wait for Hamish to put us out our misery on the Apgai front :cool:
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OK until Hamish gets back
Who won the Scottish Fly fishing Championship on loch Leven in 1990 ?
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Jim
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Paul Young :z8
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Close but no cigar young Baz :z13
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Jim
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Stan Headley?
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Stan Headley?
Correct :z16
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Jim
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That's amazing Jim :shock
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
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Guys - maybe I made it a smidgen too hard :z8
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 :z3
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Great stuff Hamish ..... I didn't know that :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Guys - maybe I made it a smidgen too hard :z8
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 :z3
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? :wink
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That's OK Allan, I'm known as something of a pedant myself :wink
You did indeed mention Arthur Ogleseby however, it was Barrie Welham I was thinking of :z16
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 :cool:
H :z3
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Jeroen, was it 1981
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1981 (Luxembourg) is the correct answer :z16
First and only time we won it...
Over to you Peter.
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What is the wing of the fly called a "Shilfie Tip" made of
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What is the wing of the fly called a "Shilfie Tip" made of
Corncrake ?
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Jim
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I'll post one to keep things going until Peter appears :wink
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 ?
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Jim
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Corncrake ?
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Jim
Good guess Jim but nope not Corncrake though there is a fly in the same book called the barred corncrake.
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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 :z8
H :z3
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Hi Hamish
i think you are correct. I believe it is a chaffinch :z8
alan
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Hi Hamish
i think you are correct. I believe it is a chaffinch :z8
alan
Spot on Alan. Your next :z4
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When were Rainbow trout successfully introduced into scottish waters?
I have a couple of answers ??? both are very close together though.
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Howietoun 1885 ?
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Jim
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oh well i should have gone for a harder question :z4
That is the answer i have jim, spot on :z14
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I have been reading an old "Hooked on Scotland" book I just read it there a couple of days ago.
1st place in Englandshire was Blagdon.
OK back to my Salmon Question
This years Salmon opening day
What does the largest Salmon caught on an Aberdeenshire river on opening day have in common with the 1st fish caught on the Helmsdale ?
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Jim
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Both are a bloody miracle :z4 :z4
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Both are a bloody miracle :z4 :z4
Close but no cigar Peter :z4
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Jim
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Both the same size, or caight on the same flee? :z8
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same angler?
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Caught by a Ghillie :? :?
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Both can be kept?
Cheers
Mike
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Nope, I'll make it a bit easier , the Aberdeenshire (25lb clean fish) was caught on the Dee.
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Jim
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OK this should be a giveaway now, the answer is in the location where the fish were caught :wink
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Jim
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River Dee........Helmsdale Fly??
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Had a look on the Helmsdale website for clues http://www.helmsdale.org/fishing/fishing.html (http://www.helmsdale.org/fishing/fishing.html) and I see they record the first fish was from Park pool ...... so is the connection "Park"?
Cheers
Mike
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Not much good at this general knowledge :z8 but learning plenty keep it up :z4
Henry
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Correct Mike
The 25lb Salmon was from the Park beat on the Dee and the Helmsadle one was from the Park pool.
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Jim
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Great stuff Jim ...... OK, here's another easy one :wink
"The great error of fly-fishing, as usually practised, and as recommended to be practised by books, is that the angler fishes down stream whereas he should fish up ........"
This is a quote from a well known Scottish angler and author ...... What is his name?
Cheers
Mike
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W C Stewart?
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Bob Wyatt? Scottish?
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Canne mind ever writing that? :z4 :z4 :z4
Ok hands up i qualify on the Scottish bit but the writing and great are certainly pushing it too far.... :z4
I think it was RC Bridgett?
Allan
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W C Stewart?
Well done Irvine ....... Over to you :z16
In The Practical Angler (1857) W. C. Stewart went on to write: "The first and greatest advantage is, that the angler is unseen by the trout ...... The next advantage of fishing up we shall notice, is the much greater probability of hooking a trout when it rises ..... Another advantage of fishing up is, that it does not disturb the water so much ..... and the last advantage of fishing up is, that by it, the angler can much better adapt the motions of his flies to those of the natural insect."
Now considering the way that anglers fished in those days, this was awesome! Not only was W. C. Stewart suggesting that anglers fish their wet flies like spiders upstream, but he was doing so nearly 30 years before Halford wrote Floating Flies And How To Dress Them, which told anglers to fish dry flies and to fish them upstream! :wink
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OK. Who had a book on fishing north country style spiders published in 1994
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I think it might have been Dave Hughes but I could be wrong.
In 1975 Sylvester Nemes began the re-introduction of sorts to traditional North Country spider patterns, including Pritts original North Country spiders, with the book The Soft-Hackled Fly. This book along with a string of others have kept traditional soft hackled spider patterns alive and well in the fly fishing community while introducing some innovative patterns to a new generation of fly anglers. Most recently Dave Hughes, who knew Pete Hidy, has kept the tradition of flymphs alive. In 1994 he wrote Wet Flies: Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, and Fuzzy Nymphs. This book has detailed descriptions of how to tie and fish fly patterns from Leisenring, Hidy, and Polly Rosborough.
Alex
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Had to look it up in my copy of Fly Fishing - The North Country Tradition: Leslie Magee.
My question is: who designed the Hendrickson dry fly?
CU
Jeroen
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La Branche
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The American Roy Steenrod way back in 1915
Alex
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Correct :z16
He designed the fly for one of his customers, A.E. Hendrickson, who was a regular guest at the River View Inn. This inn was owned by the Ferdon family. Winnie Ferdon married Walt Dette and together they became famous for their Catskill flies. (great book by Eric Leiser: The Dettes, a Catskill Legend)
Over to you, Alex!
CU
Jeroen
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OK her goes two part question;
What is the Latin name for the Mayfly & how many spiecies are there in Britain alone?
Alex
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Ahhhhhhhh now di you mean the mayfly as we know it or as the americans would know it
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That would be the Latin name used in the UK and the amount of different spiecies in the UK.
I did put Britain in the original question as a hint. :wink :z4 :z4 :z4
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Ephemeroptera ?
51 species ?
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Jim
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If we're talking about 'our' Mayfly the I think theres 3 Ephemera Vulgata, Ephemera Danica & Ephemera Lineata though I'm not sure if those are spelt right
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Sorry uys had to nip out to eat, Jim you are spot on 51 Species of Ephemeroptera in Britain.
Mayflies used to be known as Dayflies due to their short life cycle, also, their current name is due to the appearance of the adults at the same time as the Hawthorn blooms. The hawthorn was once called the 'mayflower'.
So there you go...over to you Jim
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If anyone is interested here are the UK species
http://www.ephemeroptera.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/9316/
Thjere are over 2000 worldwide.
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Jim
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Name this trout loch
Was once part of a tidal Estuary used by the Romans then Vikings.
It is in a Royal Burgh conferred on the residents by Mary queen of Scots in 16th centuary
On the East side is the ancient Chapel of St Mary founded in 911 AD
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Jim
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Would it be:
The Loch of Strathbeg :?
H :z3
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It would indeed Hamish :wink
Last bastion of the Comyns when Edward Bruce (Roberts Brother) Harried Buchan
Former home of the Lairds of Haddo whose 17th centuary home is now a farmhouse.
at 550 acres the largest dune loch in the UK
and now unable to fish it largely thaks to the RSPB :mad
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Jim
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Which loch is this:
I was once famed for my Sea Trout and Salmon fishing but today am hardly fished at all.
I was syndicated in the late 1980's
One of the largest salmon farms in the UK was set up in the sea loch where my river flows to the sea.
I am probably the perfect example of why Salmon farming should be banned.
Which loch am I :?
H :z3
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Loch Maree ?
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Jim
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Sorry uys had to nip out to eat, Jim you are spot on 51 Species of Ephemeroptera in Britain.
Mayflies used to be known as Dayflies due to their short life cycle, also, their current name is due to the appearance of the adults at the same time as the Hawthorn blooms. The hawthorn was once called the 'mayflower'.
So there you go...over to you Jim
Thats what I meant in my previous post. The name 'Mayfly' in britain is generally taken to mean the large species of Ephemera - danica, etc.. Dayflies are the various ephemeroptera. In the States 'Mayfly' has the same meaning as 'Dayflies'
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Loch Maree ?
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Jim
It's a good guess..... but it's not right :z10
H :z3
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Thats what I meant in my previous post. The name 'Mayfly' in britain is generally taken to mean the large species of Ephemera - danica, etc.. Dayflies are the various ephemeroptera. In the States 'Mayfly' has the same meaning as 'Dayflies'
Mayflies - Ephemeroptera
Mayflies are insects which belong in Order Ephemeroptera (from the Greek ephemeros = "short-lived", pteron = "wing", referring to the short life span of adults). The life cycle for the mayfly begins when after a small number of weeks, the egg changes into a nymph. It in point of fact requires an added year before they mature.
Mayflies Family of flies also known as March Brown, Blue winged olive, Epherma danica, Blue winged olive imago, Blue winged olve dun and Baetis spinner
As you may be aware, there are various names to the different types of mayflies & different names including their emergence stage according to species: - Stone Clinger, Hexagenia, Slit Burrower, March Brown, Blue winged olive, Epherma danica, Blue winged olive imago, Blue winged olve dun and Baetis spinner to name just a few. All these has a unique way of life with the intention of matching its environments as you would expect. But it really it is as a young nymph that every one of those species adapts and creates lifestyles to suit their very own environments. When it turns into an adult, its single aim in life is always to reproduce. This good-looking living thing may well be in this world just for a few hours, certainly not more than 24 hours. Therefore after they've mated, the female lays her eggs and dies becoming what is named spent. The entire sequence then begins another time.
Mayfly Short Life-time
It is very fascinating to note of the fact that short life span of the mayfly is represented in it's name in a mixture of languages all over the world and interprets literally as one-day-fly! A few examples of this are - German Eintagsfliege, Dutch eendagsvlieg, Slovenian enodnevnica, Swedish dagslända, Danish and Norwegian døgnflue, Polish jętka jednodniówka, Finnish päivänkorento, Bulgarian еднодневка, and Greek εφήμερος.
This is according to a British entomologist. Not American.
Alex
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Loch Stack or More?
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Loch Stack or More?
Good guesses Allan - but they're not right :z10
H :z3
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Loch Torridon
Alex
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Loch Eck?
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Good guesses chaps - but no :z10
H :z3
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Loch Awe
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Sorry, still not there yet Alex :z10
H :z3
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Loch Garry ?
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Jim
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OK last guess then Im off for some beauty sleep, stop laughing you lot...
Loch Fyne
Alex
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Sorry - no and no :z10
H :z3
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Loch Shiel or lochy ?
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Jim
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Good guesses both Jim, but no :z10
H :z3
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Assapol
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Duart ?
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Jim
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Good guesses both - but still no :cry
Clues:
I have appeared in Harry Potter, although you wouldn't know it.
I was also location footage for some background shots in 'Local Hero'.
The fish farm at the mouth of the river was (probably) the very first to be so sited in Scotland and is almost certainly the oldest salmon farm in Scotland.
H :z3
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Sheil
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Some loch beginning with s near Fort Willie?
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No and no :z19
Additional clues.
New Bridge, Frying Pan, the Dubh Lochan, Falls and Monument are all pools on the small river that flows from the loch to the sea.
The loch is dammed at the western (seaward) end.
This loch is south of Loch Maree but North of Loch Etive (I simply can't make this too easy :!).
H :z1
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Loch Morar?
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No........ sorry :z10
H :z3
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Arisaig ?
:z18
Jim
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Loch Snizort
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Sorry guys - still no :z6
H :z3
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Loch Arienas?
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No - but very good guess :z13
H :z3
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Loch Alsh ?
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Jim
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No :-[ :sad
More clues needed :?
H :z3
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Loch Creran ?
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Jim
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Loch Eilt?
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Good try Jim, but (as a couple of others have guessed) Loch Creran is a sea loch and it's a freshwater loch I'm after.
The River Creran has a loch on it..... but it's something like Baile Chailen or something else equally unpronounceable in Gaelic. I intend to fish it.... one day.
I actually had the first week of my honeymoon at Invercreran - lovely place :cool:
H :z3
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Loch Eilt?
YES
Well done Allan :z14 :z16
H :z3
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Thanks Hamish. It was your Local Hero clue that helped.
Now i need to think of a suitable successor question.
But when i think of it, a wee side question.. If a seatrout water goes into decline then can it become a quality brown trout water?
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Absolutely 100% yes - I've seen it with my own eyes :cool:
H :z3
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Loch Maree?
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Lochs Shiel, Eilt & Arienas immediately spring to mind :z17
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Ok here goes.
There are 14 waters that fall into the Spey worth a cast or two. Some are tributaries of tributaries. So it's dig the os maps out time lads as i'm asking name them?
Allan
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Avon
Dulnain
Nethy
Truim
Fiddich
Livet
Calder
Feshie
Are the only ones I can think of without resorting to a map!
Ben
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Off to a flier Ben, but still six short.
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That's without getting the map out Allan, getting a map out for a question like that would be like taking your laptop to Mastermind so you can use wikipedia!!
Ben
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Did anybody tell Stan he wasn't allowed a laptop? :z4
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That's without getting the map out Allan, getting a map out for a question like that would be like taking your laptop to Mastermind so you can use wikipedia!!
Ben
And you'd be knackered then too..........wikipedia!! :shock :shock
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Avon
Dulnain
Nethy
Truim
Fiddich
Livet
Calder
Feshie
Only six more to go guys ......... any ideas?
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Rinnes Tromie & Aberlour ?
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Agree with Tromie,and Aberlour , not sure about Rinnes , ............
Luineag , Druie , and a couple of longshots ................Am Beanaidh , Insh , Duthil ?
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I used to go clay pigeon shooting at Glenn Rinnes , do not remember the river being called that - think it is Dullan River .
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And Einich ?
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I used to go clay pigeon shooting at Glenn Rinnes , do not remember the river being called that - think it is Dullan River .
Aye yer right Pete, it's called Dullan Water which flows into the Fiddich then into the Spey.
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Aberlour, ok i'll give you that as a bonus along with the Knockando and Mundole, but not the ones i was looking for as sport on these pretty patchy. Tromie yes and Dullan certainly but still leaves four more.
Tributaries of Tributaries count remember. :wink
Keep guessing
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River Eidart , Druie , Erict and Dobrack ????
Then I give up .
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OK last go...
Markie Burn, Mashie Water, Allt Breakachy, Truim, Calder, Kingussie Burn, Tromie,
Raitts Burn, Feshie, Druie, Glenmore, Milton Burn, Nethy, Strath Nethy, Dulnan,
Craggan Burn, Cromdale Burn, Dellifur Burn, Tulchan Burn, Gheallaidh Burn, Avon,
Allt Arder, Knockando Burn, Ballintomb Burn, Carron Burn, Aberlour Burn, Fiddich,
Red or Orbliston Burn.
Alex
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OK last go...
Markie Burn, Mashie Water, Allt Breakachy, Truim, Calder, Kingussie Burn, Tromie,
Raitts Burn, Feshie, Druie, Glenmore, Milton Burn, Nethy, Strath Nethy, Dulnan,
Craggan Burn, Cromdale Burn, Dellifur Burn, Tulchan Burn, Gheallaidh Burn, Avon,
Allt Arder, Knockando Burn, Ballintomb Burn, Carron Burn, Aberlour Burn, Fiddich,
Red or Orbliston Burn.
Alex
Nope still missing four, or at least the four i'm looking for. :wink The red ones were never required, given sport on these is rather patchy. :cool:
final clue: Not as far down as Aberlour, or as far upstream as Grantown, given it away now :z4
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No more takers?
Ok the missing waters are.........................drum roll....................................
Avon (Aan) tributaries Conglass, Chaibet, Lochy and Ailnack.
So for a follow up question.........
Where is the only part of the British Isles that is officially designated as Tundra? :z8
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shetland
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its got to be Methlick :z4 :z4 :z4
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No Bruce Methlick is the land that time forgot :z4 :z4 :z4
Good guess though :z4
Is it the Flow country in Caithness ?
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Jim
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Too general Peter.
Sorry Jim not the Flow Country, but good guess.
Given that Scotland has a lot of exposed high areas there are certainly several places that could hold this title, but there's only one that has been officially refered as tundra.
So specific name of area please.
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Cairngorm.
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Sorry not Cairngorm
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OK, tricky. I thought it would have to be Alpine Tundra, so I'd also have guessed at the Cairngorms as they kind of fit the description of tundra I remember from geography lessons at school :z8
The stab in the dark for me would be Hoy in the Orkneys, if I remember rightly it's one of the very few places in the Orkneys which still has woodland and again (back to school days :!) I think a tree line is needed to mark where tundra begins/ends :?
I'm not sure. Thinking cap on for this one Allan :wink
H :z3
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Too general Peter.
Fugla Ness Shetland
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Close Mike but not close enough, very close Peter but still not close enough :wink
I think, Mike Hamish, it's the actual make up of the ground (inc vegetation and plant species?) that's used in this location to qualify as Tundra??? What i was informed anyway.
Give it that the area is very exposed to an almost continual blast of wind is the deciding factor and, along with the poor (and thin) soil content here, is what's shaped it this way.
No more clues except to say it's certainly on a northern isle.
By the way Hamish Mike the treeline in Orkney is on the mainland, just along from Finstown in a small glen allowing enough shelter for them to get a hold. There is another called Happy Valley close by but i think this is entirely man made and certainly maintained.
Oh and the collective name for these islands is Orkney, or Shetland, not the Orkneys and Shetlands. And they tend to put the Waters name before description, IE Harray Loch, Swanney Loch, Spiggie Loch etc. I know this as i've been corrected enough times up there. :z4 :z4
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Allan, you've just pointed out something to me that I've done for years and never given it a second thought.
My wife always found Loch Lochy peculiar because I always used the name first followed by loch and this stood out as totally contrary. Married an English Maid you see and its all foreign to her :z4.
Any way back to your question and I wondered about Sumbrugh.
Sandy B.
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Sorry Alan but Cairngorm is one of the possible correct answers. All the high plateau is classified as Arctic-alpine tundra
The Cairngorm National Park website says
"In the Cairngorms National Park, altitude is an obvious and key factor controlling habitats and species found. It has had the effect of dividing the Park into two ecological zones:
* the sub-arctic (or arctic–alpine) tundra zone;
* the temperate , boreal forest zone.
The transition between these zones can be seen well in Glen Clunie (by Glen Shee) at the foot of Meall Odhar.
Around the Cairngorms, the point of transition varies from 600 to 900 m, depending on snow cover, exposure and the kind of ground. A change in the plants and animals found often occurs at about 750 m."
Arctic tundra at lower altitudes is characterised by permafrost and I don't think that occurs on any of the northern isles.
Irvine
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Parts of St Kilda are described as tundra . All depends on the definition of ' tundra.'
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Allan - I've 'tweaked' your last post in order that Mr B doesn't feel persecuted for things I've said :z7
Yes, the definition of what tundra is (or isn't) in this context appears to be killing things a smidgen.
Arguably, large tracts of upland Scotland or indeed the isles could readily be classed as semi-Alpine tundra which is what I've always known it as.
That description Irvine has posted courtesy of the Cairngorm National Park website works for me :z16
Supplementary clue needed :z17
I'd always known Orkney & Shetland as the 'Orkneys or Shetlands' when not including islands in the name, so will make every effort to get that right from now on :shock
H :z3
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Allan - I've 'tweaked' your last post in order that Mr B doesn't feel persecuted for things I've said :z7
Yes, the definition of what tundra is (or isn't) in this context appears to be killing things a smidgen.
Arguably, large tracts of upland Scotland or indeed the isles could readily be classed as semi-Alpine tundra which is what I've always known it as.
That description Irvine has posted courtesy of the Cairngorm National Park website works for me :z16
Supplementary clue needed :z17
I'd always known Orkney & Shetland as the 'Orkneys or Shetlands' when not including islands in the name, so will make every effort to get that right from now on :shock
H :z3
No probs Hamish and yes certainly agree with the Cairngorm description, perhaps the Shetland description is more apt given it's above the 62 degree north line (well most of it anyway)?
So to clear up the confusion lets tweak the question to, 'What's the highest point of the Shetland Isles?'
There you go i've given it away now. :z7 No Google cheats though. :wink
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Well I have been to Unst which was a cold miserable place , seen Muckle Flugga on the TV , never been to Ronas Hill ( which I googled ) .
So will go for Unst . :z6
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Nope, not Unst, however maybe if you'd trusted Google??? :wink
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The highest point in the Shetland Islands Archipelago is Ronas Hill
Alex
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OK Now for an easy one ...... joker played.......
Where is this place ? On the shore of a Scottish loch . :-
The house is a long low building. I set apart the south-western half for my work. The largest room has a bow window and here I made my door and constructed the terrace and lodge. Inside the room I set up my oratory proper. This was a wooden structure, lined in part with the big mirrors which I brought from London.
Clue - it is a famous loch with good fishing .
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OK Now for an easy one ...... joker played.......
Where is this place ? On the shore of a Scottish loch . :-
The house is a long low building. I set apart the south-western half for my work. The largest room has a bow window and here I made my door and constructed the terrace and lodge. Inside the room I set up my oratory proper. This was a wooden structure, lined in part with the big mirrors which I brought from London.
Clue - it is a famous loch with good fishing .
Bit presumptuous playing the joker Singingpete Dryflee hasn't confirmed any answer as correct YET!!!!!!
Joker can be played as below:
PS: If somebody gets the answer right but has not posted a new question within 15 minutes of getting the go ahead ...... anybody that wishes can play "the joker card" and jump in with the next question
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Yup Google cheat Pete gave tha game away but correct answer confirmed by Catman.
I'll leave it up to you guys to sort out who goes next?
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Pete's question stands as next question just wanted to point out that the answer had not been confirmed by you.
Alex
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Where is this place ? On the shore of a Scottish loch . :-
That would most probably be Boleskin House near Foyers on the shores (well, not really but close enough) of Loch Ness, it just so happens I visited it last year - perhaps an unfair advantage :wink
Didn't know it was one of Jimmy Pages 'pads' in the Highlands until I was there.
H :z3
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Correct Hamish , it is an interesting but scary place . I have stayed in the gatehouse a few times and it is wierd . :shock
Apologies if I jumped the gun playing a joker but I thought the answer was confirmed in my previous post - I googled so my answer was not valid . :z8
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Something to do with Aleister Crowley perhaps? easgach1
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Think Jimmy Page also owned it. He did the 'No pylons' movement a big hand when he told the power companies to F*** off when they wanted to run lines over his estate :z4 :z4
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Correct Hamish , it is an interesting but scary place . I have stayed in the gatehouse a few times and it is wierd . :shock
It is bloody eerie :shock
OK, here's one for you.......
Which loch is this :?
I am one of the remotest lochs on mainland Scotland.
Although I hold a good head of Brown Trout, most anglers come for the Salmon and Sea Trout.
A stunning waterfall at one end attracts walkers and a fair walk is needed to get to my shores.
Harriers were common overhead here once, but these days it's more likely to be Typhoons or Eagles.
So..... which loch :? :? :? :?
H :z3
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Quick guess - Loch More ?
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It's a good answer, but it's not the right answer :z6
H :z3
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Loch Hope?
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Loch Dionard?
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Sandwood
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Loch Dionard?
Is the right answer :z16
H :z3
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***JOKER PLAYED***
Name this fly:
Thread : Black
Hook : # 8 - 14
Tail : A pair of deep red hackle tips from dyed cock.
Body : Silver Mylartinsel
Wing : Mallard.
Hackle : Light blue from dyed cock.
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Silver Doctor?
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Nope. Don't think "medicine", think "Royal!" ???
Good luck,
Jeroen
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while Jimmy Page may have owned it I think Aleister Crowley was there , he was well into black arts and considered himself a wizard,easgach 1
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I think that would be the Norwegian fly The Telemarkskongen, think that is how you spell it.
Alex
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That's right, Alex :z16
Telemarkskongen, the King of Telemark.
CU
Jeroen
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OK
Here is a fairly easy one for you;
Shetland & Sutherland both start with the letter S & end with the letter D but in another language (other than English) they have something else in common, what is it.
Hint: the answer is someone or something who loves fish.
Alex
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Sutherland has the word cat , Shetland has seal , in Gaelic ? Both like fish ! :z4
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Sutherland has the word cat , Shetland has seal , in Gaelic ? Both like fish ! :z4
Pretty close Pete you are on the right track but not quite, I am looking for 1 thing that they share
Cat & Seal would be 2 things. Lets just say you are half right :wink
Alex
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The language would be old Norse as, I think, Gaelic was never a language spoken on Orkney or Shetland and as both areas were under 'Viking' control that seems logical. However - I'm prepared to be wrong :z7
The common link might be seals, but that's a complete guess as I know naff all about old Norse :z8
H :z3
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Ok Hamish, i'll go Cat then :z4
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i will say they both end in "land" which must mean something in some other language :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
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Cat is correct
In early Irish literature, Shetland is referred to as Inse Catt - "the Isles of Cats”
The Cat tribe also occupied parts of the northern Scottish mainland -
they can be found in the Gaelic name for Sutherland (Cataibh, meaning "among the Cats").
OK Dryflee it is over to you
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Ok, Joker Played.....
Question... Diawl Bach is a well known trout fly but, where does it originate from and in that language what does it mean? :wink
I know it may be easy but its all i have got :z4
All the Best
Tiam
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It means 'little devil' in Welsh. Origins are something of a mixed bag, but almost certainly came from the lad of the daffodils and groups of close formation miners singing and terrifying tourists :wink
H :z3
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Got it in one :z7 :z4
Right Hamish, over to you :wink
All the Best
Tiam
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OK - another one of these:
Which loch am I :?
I was once famed for my brown trout fishing but these days am more frequented by maggot drowners coarse fishermen and in particular Pike anglers in search of a fish of legendary proportions.
In my part of Scotland, I am by far the longest loch in the area and have one of the biggest overall water catchments.
The river that flows from me was once a popular Salmon fishery, but these days the trout fisherman is more common than the salmon angler.
So.... again..... which loch am I :?
H :z3
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Sounds a bit like Loch Lomond .
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It's a good guess, can see why you'd say that, but it's not right :z5
H :z3
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Loch Awe :?
:z18
Jim
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Nice try Jim, but no :wink
H :z3
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Loch Katrine ?
:z18
Jim
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No, but heading south is a good plan :wink
H :z3
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Loch Ken.
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Loch Ken.
Is the right answer :z16
H :z3
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Cheers Hamish.
Ok how about this one?
Prior to the building of the Caledonia Canal a different route was considered as an easier route from coast to coast instead of around the Firth.
So where was it and what waters would it utilise?
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Hi Dryflee never realised you were so good at general knowledge :z16
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Was Loch Shin one of the lochs in that proposed canal :? Seems to 'ring bells' with me.
H :z3
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Ah Hamish that would be telling, but looks like you must've been an avid reader of some of my previous ramblings?
So, come on then, name the waters and where the canal bits would have had to run.
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loch venachar.
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I know the canal was bulit by Thomas Telford, but the route was originally surveyed by James Watt in 1773 , I'm sure he must have proposed an alternative route ? Not sure where it was though.
:z18
Jim
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Allan is the answer somewher close to home for you :wink from the Moray firth to Loch Linnhe via Glrn More.
:z18
Jim
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Nope Jim, or Henry. We clue (giveaway) check oot Hamish's last reply and fill in the blanks :wink
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Ok Merkland -Shin - Dornoch Firth ?
:z18
Jim
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Close enough :z16
The route was actually canal with locks from Laxford to Stack, canal again to More, third canal section with locks to Merkland, again to Grahama, short canal (probably a single lock actually) to Shin, then big canal section with locks through to Oykel which would be deepened to allow passafe through to Bonar Bridge and Kyle of Sutherland beyond. Thankfully they never went for it, however hammered the area with a massive hydro system a good few years later.
It's also reckoned that vikings used this route as well, however they would have to carry thier boats (small traders, not longboats) over the land sections. Overscaig is reputed to be a name of viking origin meaning moustacheoed (sp?) hound (well why not we've a bearded collie :z4) although i did hear this late at night in the bar after a few apris fish lemonades. :wink
Right Jim, your turn. :z16
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Which country has the worlds highest (in terms of altitude) trout streams ?
:z18
Jim
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My gut instinct would be to say the Himalayas are a likely bet, so initially I'd plump for Kashmir - but that's not a country so the answer could be India, Pakistan or China.
So - I'm going with Nepal :?
H :z3
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Close but no Cigar Hamish :wink
:z18
Jim
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Bhutan? easgach 1
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The Kingdom of Bhutan it is , stocked with Leven troot :z16
:z18
Jim
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Joker
How did these leven troots get into these high mountain lochs and by whom?
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Probably the Victorians as they did else where in the world, eggs frozen & placed in wooden crates with straw, which were then shipped around the world, a similar thing was done in Australia at a place called the Salmon Ponds in Tasmania.
Alex
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Aye ok that explains how the leven strain fish got into Bhutan, but how specifically did they get into these high lochs?
I'll give you a clue, it was explained in the 'Accidental Angler' :wink
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loch Leven trout round here were taken up by pony in panniers, when were Brook trout introduced into the UK? easgach1
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loch Leven trout round here were taken up by pony in panniers, when were Brook trout introduced into the UK? easgach1
Wrong. It was actually convicts who were given the task as punishment and carried the fish in bags on thier backs apparently :shock.
Circa 1880's Derek? A couple of our upland lochs have them as a naturally regenerating spiecies now from previous stocks of many moons ago.
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there are believed to pre Ice age trout and post Ice age trout in some lochs, but round here the high hill lochs were stocked every 3 years by the wagon coming from Howietoun and then locals taking them up with a garron and 2 milkchurns,I know of some lochs that were stocked like this as recently as the late 20's, and our club lochs were stocked this way , why do you think " Loch Leven" trout are any different from other trout?or is this some sort of deja vu?
??? easgach 1
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1864 for England and 1870 for the local upland lochans, never heard the one about convicts, no mention of it in " 100
years in the highlands" or" Pigeon holes of memory"It may be my PC but I dont get the posts right away, which is why I seem to be playing catchup ??? easgach 1
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1864 for England and 1870 for the local upland lochans, never heard the one about convicts, no mention of it in " 100
years in the highlands" or" Pigeon holes of memory"It may be my PC but I dont get the posts right away, which is why I seem to be playing catchup ??? easgach 1
Your getting your wires crossed , the stocking by convicts was the trout in Bhutan.
:z18
Jim
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sorry jedi it was dry flee that posted about the convicts stocking the high hill lochs, not guilty,easgach 1
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sorry jedi it was dry flee that posted about the convicts stocking the high hill lochs, not guilty,easgach 1
Crossed wires Derek, Jim's right i was refering to the Bhutan question, not your local reply, sorry for the confusion.
Guilty for not reading your post correctly.
Allan
PS
I was famous for terrorising my local area and committed many brutal acts, some of which you can still visit today. I had several homes but my most famous is still standing on an island on a famous troot loch.
Who am i, when did i live, what bad thing will i be most remembered for, where's that well known 'hoose' of mine and for a real big fat bonus, how and where did i die?
Easy.... :wink
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Duke of Cumberland ?
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Mary Stuart had a 'hoose' on Loch Leven. She was hung on february 8th 1587 "in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay between the hours of nine and ten in the morning." Didn't she try to kill the Queen?
CU
Jeroen
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nope on both counts guys. Keep the guesses comin.
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I think you are referring to the Wolf of Badenoch who had a castle on Loch an Eilein. One of his dastardly deeds would have been sacking and burning Elgin and its cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He lived some time around 1350 -1400.
Can't claim the bonus point I'm afraid. Tell us all the gory details.
Irvine
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He lived some time around 1350 -1400.
He did all that in only 10 minutes? ;)
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I was famous for terrorising my local area and committed many brutal acts, some of which you can still visit today. I had several homes but my most famous is still standing on an island on a famous troot loch.
Who am i, when did i live, what bad thing will i be most remembered for, where's that well known 'hoose' of mine and for a real big fat bonus, how and where did i die?
Matt Hayes? ;)
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I think you are referring to the Wolf of Badenoch who had a castle on Loch an Eilein. One of his dastardly deeds would have been sacking and burning Elgin and its cathedral but he did a lot more than that. He lived some time around 1350 -1400.
Can't claim the bonus point I'm afraid. Tell us all the gory details.
Irvine
Also on Loch-in-dorb.
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Irvine's almost there with Mr Ritchie getting the hoose location right.
Lochindorb was the famous troot water i was after and Wolf of Badenoch certainly correct, as was the burning of Elgin Cathedral, but castle on Loch an Eilien? Not quite. He did have a castle in the area but he wouldn't recognise it as another ancient monument has been built on the site. I was simply going to say where but where's the fun in that? So where was this (which was also his reported place of death) Big clue: you can see it overlooking the Spey opposite Kingussie at the side of the A9. If you can't get it from that i'll have to tell you :z4
And how was he reputed to have died? (Bit of folk lore in this but a good and fitting wee tale none the less :wink)
Allan
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Ruthven barracks/castle?
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Ruthven barracks/castle?
Correct. :z16
Local legend has it the Wolf of Badenoch died in his castle at Ruthven after playing (and losing) the Devil at chess (or was it cards??) one dark and stormy night. Why is it it's always a dark and stormy night when these things happen? Why not a damp mild midge infested mid afternoon? :z4
Ok time for someone else to come up with a question 'cause i've been hogging this too long. Sorry Guys
Allan
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OK then.... another one of these:
Which loch am I :?
Few anglers heading north consider me for a visit and pass my waters by - most have no idea I exist.
This is surprising as at around 160 acres, surrounded by quality agricultural land and with an average depth of around 2 metres I am one of the most prolific trout lochs in Easter Ross. Despite this, I am under fished.
One of the reasons I fish well in the early season is my waters are a mere 15 metres above sea level.
So...... which loch am I :z8
H
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Loch Eye ?
:z18
Jim
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Jim you beat me to it.
Allan
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Loch Eye ?
Correct - well done Jim :z16
Over to you :cool:
H :z3
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Locals call them "Tyees" but what do we more commonly know them as ?
:z18
Jim
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Chinook or King Salmon??
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Correct Peter :z16
:z18
Jim
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OK, another wee tricky one:
Who am I :?
I have had articles published in many fishing magazines but am perhaps best known for the various books I've written or co-written on game angling.
My first book was published in 1960 and my first magazine article was in 1955.
I've bumped into Hamish a few times (when he was but a lad) on the west coast on a river I fished a lot - which might be a very solid clue :wink
So.... who am I :?
H :z3
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Fred Buller
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Bill Currie
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Neil Graesser?
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Ian Wood
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Bruce Sandison?
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Bill Currie
Is the right answer - can see I'll need to make these trickier for you Graham :wink
H :z3
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Not quite a joker but can anyone explain what the art of 'Gyotaku' is?
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Not quite a joker but can anyone explain what the art of 'Gyotaku' is?
Is it something like Japanese brass rubbing with fish ?
Cheers
Jim
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Is it something like Japanese brass rubbing with fish ?
Cheers
Jim
Almost Jim but not quite
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Ah so..that would be an old way of recording fish sizes using sumi ink & paper 19th Century...ish japan.
Alex
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Ah so..that would be an old way of recording fish sizes using sumi ink & paper 19th Century...ish japan.
Alex
Tis so.... also by John Gierach in 'Where the trout are all as long as your leg'
Over to you Alex
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OK I am going to go with a Hamish type question..see how you get on with this one.
I am a long, thin, perch-like commercial food fish & I belong to the Gempylidae family.
I am found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere.
In Australasia as I am known as a barracouta although I am not related to the barracuda.
I can grow up to 79" long and weigh as much as 13 lb.
In South Africa what is my name & which language does it come from?
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Snoek/Dutch :z18
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Correct Noel
Over to you
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Ah! Tinned Snoek South Africas help to the war effort who remembers that? easgach 1
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OK - this might be trickier... we'll see :wink
Which fish am I :?
I am from an anadromous species, but seldom intentionally fished for in the UK.
Although there are examples of my species that are land locked in freshwater, I'm more associated with my saltwater cousins. Recently there has been a move to reintroduce my species to waters in Europe but I remain largely unknown as a sport species in the UK although across the English Channel your French cousins have a habit of of targeting my species for sport fishing.
So.... exactly which fish am I :?
H :z3
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Is it the Shad ?
:z18
Jim
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I need a bit more Jim - you are 99.99% correct :z16
H :z3
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Beat me to it Jim,
Actually caught one on a floating line and a Teal Blue and Silver of the jetty outside the house, flat calm winters evening with the jetty lights shining on the water. Took me hours and the shoal just kept on rising to wee beasties in the tidal stream.
Sandy B.O.
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Allis Shad
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Twaite Shad? easgach1
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It is indeed the Allis Shad :cool:
Had great fun with these under-rated fish on the River Wye many moons ago :z16
By the way, they taste quite nice too :wink
H :z3
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What is the feathery connection betwen the first editor of a well known fishing magazine and the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?
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Pheasant Tail Feather.
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Nope sorry :cry
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What is the feathery connection betwen the first editor of a well known fishing magazine and the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?
Is it the Editor Fly Peter ?
The Editor
Hook: Size 6 Tiemco up-eye salmon hook
Thread: 6/0 BlueTail: Golden pheasant breast feather
Body: Fluorescent white floss
Rib: Pearl mylar tinsel and fluorescent green mono
Wing: Fluorescent green and black arctic fox, crystal flash
Hackle: Black hen neck
Overwing: Gray Fox
:z18
Jim
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Sorry Jim the editor in question is a person so is the ghillie. The connection is a specific feather. An extra clue? The editor was famous for catching the heaviest bag of salmon on a scottish loch.
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Peter
The Editor was a person it was Sandy Leveton the editor of Trout and Salmon who first tied the Editor fly.
:z18
Jim
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Nope you forgot 'the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?'
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*** rubs eyes***
OK, so it's a feather we're looking for.
The eponymous Ghillie is the bit that's a wee bit grey to me.... I'm thinking the Ghillies surname is eponymous with either a fly or the feather in question - that suggests to me the material link between the editor of an angling magazine and what we're looking for must be the same as the Ghillie to be eponymous :?
My fevered brain suggests the thing to do is to suggest the Ghillie and the rest will follow.
Hamish exits stage right and goes to drink more coffee and look for thinking cap :z4
H :z3
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OK, have had some more coffee.
I think the Ghillie (and eponymous fly) is Jock Scott, what the specific feather is still bugging me and so is the editor of a fishing magazine who had the largest bag of salmon from a loch.
Regardless, I think the Jock Scott is the probable link so I'll plump for the material to be mallard or jungle cock.
H :z3
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OK, have had some more coffee.
I think the Ghillie (and eponymous fly) is Jock Scott, what the specific feather is still bugging me and so is the editor of a fishing magazine who had the largest bag of salmon from a loch.
Regardless, I think the Jock Scott is the probable link so I'll plump for the material to be mallard or jungle cock.
H :z3
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he's hit the crossbar!!!! :shock :shock so close.
One more go before I give the answer big chap??
Think wing and Ian Wood
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Wood Duck :?
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An interesyting idea and I can see the relationship. I was thining of white tipped turkey - the wing of the 'Ian Wood' fly which held the record catch of salmon on loch lomomd and the underwing of the Jock Scott.
your answer is close enough. Over to you Hamish
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Cool :cool:
Right then (rubs chin, scratches head).... errrrrr.....
Who am I :?
OK. I wrote one book on the life of salmon, based on my own experiences which was a best seller in its time.
I started my business at 18 years old and although there is no longer a family link the fishing tackle business I established it is still on the go to this day. In its time my fishing tackle shop was something of a Mecca for salmon and trout anglers in my particular part of Scotland and for a time we built our own rods and reels.
So..... who am I :?
H :z3
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A wee guess at P.D.Malloch :?
Bob
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Yup :z16
Over to you Bob :wink
H :z3
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A wee bit of a joker whilst waiting for Bob and one left unanswered on the 'Where's This?' thread (posted thanks to Jim's senior moment :z4 :z4
OK I'll go for something a bit different, Fly Fishing and its and its occasional paranormal manifestations.
Hugh Falkus wrote "Often I know beforehand I am going to catch a fish " that he attributed to Extra sensory perception.
Ian wood in 1957 called it the anglers extra sense.
Who am I quoting on the same subject ?
"It is as if there were some magnetic influence in the angler's confidence, which disposes the Salmon to take the fly
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Hmmm ....... no response, do we get a clue or two Allan? :wink
Cheers
Mike
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He wrote what some consider the best fishing book ever written, Britsh Arisotocrat and Foreign Secratary
:z18
Jim
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viscount gray of falloden
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Close Peter :wink
Its Viscount Grey of Falloden
:z18
Jim
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What is the next line of this poem
Let the Purist rejoice in the fly that he dries,
And look down on my practice with hauteur,
But for me the surprise
Of the flash of the rise........
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What is the next line of this poem
Let the Purist rejoice in the fly that he dries,
And look down on my practice with hauteur,
But for me the surprise
Of the flash of the rise........
Is it "with a hole in my liberty bodice" ?
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:z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
In the immortal words of Roy Walker.... it's good, but it's not right
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What is the next line of this poem
Let the Purist rejoice in the fly that he dries,
And look down on my practice with hauteur,
But for me the surprise
Of the flash of the rise........
The rosy brown wink under water
G.E.M. Skues
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Corrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrecta :z4 :z4 :z13 :z13
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Yeeesss, finally got one, OK heres mine, Loch fad on the Isle of Bute lies in the highland fault line, following the line west what is the next loch you come across ? :wink
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Loch Quine, or Quin or something like that? (Or in other words the broon troot water that lies at the far end of Fad?)
Given that answer it's obvious i haven't looked it up on Google :z4
Allan
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Loch Quine, or Quin or something like that? (Or in other words the broon troot water that lies at the far end of Fad?)
Given that answer it's obvious i haven't looked it up on Google :z4
Allan
close enough, Loch Quien over to you :z16
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Thanks :z16
Ok there are 13 waters (actually there's a couple more but first 13 will do) on the Orkney mainland worthy of the anglers serious attention. Name them.
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I went up to Orkney once when I was a kid (maybe 9 or 10 years old :?) for a fortnight - had mumps the first week :cry
But I remember fishing:
Stenness
Harray
Swannay
Boardhouse
Another wee loch which I don't recall.
So there's four of them :z6
H :z3
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I went up to Orkney once when I was a kid (maybe 9 or 10 years old :?) for a fortnight - had mumps the first week :cry
But I remember fishing:
Stenness
Harray
Swannay
Boardhouse
Another wee loch which I don't recall.
So there's four of them :z6
H :z3
I'll give you three of them Hamish. :z4
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Harray ,Boardhouse,Stenness,Swannay,Isbirster,Hundland,
Skaill,Kirberster,Wasdale,Clumly.These are the ones i have fished,
plus a few more.
Henry :z16
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Your can add Bosquoy , Sabiston, Stromness Reservoir, Tankerness and St. Marys Loch to those.
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Close enough guys. There's a couple more but that'll do.
Given Henry was closest (despite the fact he canne spell :z4) i'll give it to him, so over to you H.
Allan
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Sorry for the hold nice easy one to keep it going,
What is the longest loch in Scotland.
Henry :z16
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Loch Awe?
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To easy over to you Graham. :z16
Henry
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On the Spey, which three pools once belonged to Rothes but are now part of Arndilly?
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Dunno Graham :z8 Should do as well given i've fished it. Long Pool one of them? :z8
Allan
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The Long Pool is still part of Rothes, I guess the question was too hard. The pools are Bulwarks, Jock's Tail and Gilmores.
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I've yet to fish the Spey, so a tough one for me to have answered without 'googling' a cheat :wink
Go on Graham, try another :z16
H :z3
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I was just away to say that as well Graham. :wink :z4
Ok give's another one, no as hard this time.
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How would you go about making up a home tied tapered leader, for fishing size 12 to 14 wet flies for example?
What diameters, lengths and knots would you use etc?
Cheers
Mike
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Hi Mike,
I'd stick to Charles Ritz's Rafale method (60% butt, 20% belly, 20% tippet). For wet fly fishing on the lochs I use a leader of 9 or 10 ft, butt 0,55 mm and a tip 0,18 mm. Nothing fancy, but does the job for me.
Regards,
Jeroen
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8/6/4, I use this most of the time to make up a 9ft-6in cast,no more than 2lb difference between material, does me
easgach1
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I would normally fish a 18ft leader when fishing wets.
9ft from my braided loop to the top dropper then 4 ft to mid dropper dropper then 5ft to the point fly.
Last time out fishing for browns i fished 9.5lbs grand max straight through with no tapered leader
:z16
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Straight through 10' x 6Lb Maxima/Ultima. 6'-2'-2'.
Seatrout waters 6' 8lb Maxima/Ultima, 2' 6lb, 2'6lb.
Rivers a different ball game.
The Bard.
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I failed to give anybody the go ahead to ask the next question :oops ..... so nobody did :z4 :z4 :z4
Who wrote the excellent book titled "Six Months in Scotland" .... An American view of its salmon fishing?
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Sylvester Nemes ! :z18
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Holy thread resurrection Mr B :shock :!
H
Marc - your turn to ask a question :wink
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Yes, that's right Marc, an excellent book :z16
Your turn to come up with the next question ............................
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shit, i didn't know the rules... :X2 :X1 :z4
anything fly fishing then ?
cheers,
marc
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anything fly fishing then ?
cheers,
marc
Yes Marc, anything fly fishing :z16
Cheers
Mike
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alright then, who is the creator the 60% - 20% - 20% leader ? (butt-taper-tippet)
:z15
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Charles Ritz
:z18
Jim
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good Man ! :z16
now, your turn :z18
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Thanks Marc
Humans have 23 pairs of Chromosomes , how many do Brown Trout have ?
:z18
Jim
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Thanks Marc
Humans have 23 pairs of Chromosomes , how many do Brown Trout have ?
between 38 and 42?
i,
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ahhhh, tough to find questions that aren't answered in two seconds by doing a Google search.... :roll
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ahhhh, tough to find questions that aren't answered in two seconds by doing a Google search.... :roll
true - I confess to Googling the answer.
Ok, here's a picture question then... this should be hard or impossible without a clue!
Name the renowned trout river pictured here as it leaves its source lake.
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/3_07_06_13_12_53_13.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=829)
I've been here. 2nd picture clue may follow.
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OK no Googling, just a pure guess, the Taupo ?
:z18
Jim
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OK no Googling, just a pure guess, the Taupo ?
Correct.... hemisphere. Wrong continent. Sorry, it's a stupidly hard question.
OK, how about guessing the country then!
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Chile?
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OK, how about guessing the country then!
Argentina (Patagonia) and perhaps the Chimehuín :?
I'm going with Argentina anyway :cool:
H :cool:
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Argentina (Patagonia) and perhaps the Chimehuín :?
top marks to the big chap! correct on both counts!
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/3_07_06_13_2_00_18.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=830)
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MASSIVELY impressed, oh massive One ! :z14 :z14 :z14
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Most pleasing, but it had to be Argentina as I remember you talking about the steaks and wine when you were last up Iain :wink
OK, here's my challenge:
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/16_07_06_13_4_18_23.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=831)
Which loch is this :? This could be very, very tough as few people ever go there. I've only ever been once and it was kicking the arse of 25 years ago :!
I will give you a clue or two (kind of already have).... just not yet :wink Let's see how this one pans out.....
H :cool:
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Loch Shiel possibly?
Cheers
Mike
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Don't think it is Shiel, but the surroundings look like they might be from that area?
Cheers
Mike
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It's not Shiel I'm afraid Mr B, but that's a solid guess (knowing my background :!) as to the broad geographical area that this loch might be in :wink
I think it's still too early for a clue.....
H :cool:
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Wherever it is it looks like its been straffed with Agent Orange :roll
I'll guess Loch Doine
:z18
Jim
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Sorry Jim, it's not the right answer.
Time for a clue :?
Morag got in the deep near here.
H :wink
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Sorry Jim, it's not the right answer.
Time for a clue :?
Morag got in the deep near here.
H :wink
No need to apologise Hamish :z4
How about Morar ?
:z18
Jim
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How about Morar ?
Nope :z6
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Nope :z6
Nope :roll Morag is the monster that allegedly lives in Loch Morar , so is there another Morag I've missed :? obviously yes :z4
Loch Nevis ?
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That wouldn't be Loch Hourn in Knoydart would it H?
:z1
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Mordor?
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Nope :roll Morag is the monster that allegedly lives in Loch Morar , so is there another Morag I've missed :? obviously yes :z4
Loch Nevis ?
No, just read the clue more closely :wink
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That wouldn't be Loch Hourn in Knoydart would it H?
:z1
Negatory good buddy :z6
Mordor?
Ha :! No.......
H :cool:
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Casting my memory back to a conversation we had around ten years ago, how about....
...Loch Quoich?
:z1
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Nope :z10
OK, lets see the first clue:
"Morag got in the deep near here."
I'll add a second clue.
Sea Trout and Salmon reach this loch through two rivers, the second river they run is nearly twenty times longer than the first.
Now that's a pure dead giveaway :wink
H :cool:
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H,
is it loch Garry?
Eddie :z8
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Allt A'Choire?
:z1
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Arkaig?
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Laggan ?
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Allt A'Choire?
this one's a pain in the Arisaig, but i think Euan's got it?
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Yes, Euan has it - it is indeed Loch Beoraid. Why it appears a Allt a Choire on Google maps is a mystery to me :X2
The River Meoble flows from Beoriad down to Loch Morar and is (approximately) 20 times longer than the River Morar.
Loch Morar is the deepest stretch of freshwater in the UK, hence Morag (Nessies cousin) got in the deep there.
Awesome, all yours Euan :z1
H :cool:
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Good question Hamish, got me inspired to visit a wee bit of the country i've not been near in a long time.
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Good question Hamish, got me inspired to visit a wee bit of the country i've not been near in a long time.
Cool :cool: If you decide to head for Loch Morar let me know, I fancy a day back on that loch, I've not fished it for 22 years.
The Meoble river is worth a squint at the back end by the way :wink
H :cool:
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Oh crap!
I'll have to come up with something good now. Let me ponder it whilst walking my dugs at the beach and I'll get back to you.
:z1
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Oh crap!
I'll have to come up with something good now. Let me ponder it whilst walking my dugs at the beach and I'll get back to you.
:z1
:z4 :z4 :z4
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Well here we go....
Diawa had a range of rods called Alltmor. Where is the the Allt Mor that gave that range it's name?
Clues tomorrow if no-one gets it :z4
:z1
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Would it be a tributary of the Spey :?
H
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Errr, might be.....
:z1
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Is it a tributary of the Spey that is near to Aviemore :?
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It's a fair bit from Aviemore but you are in the right area.
It flows past a house that was important to Diawa - clue 1
:z1
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Is it a tributary of the Spey that is near Aviemore in the same way that Glasgow isn't :? :z4
I have a fair idea where it is, but the house thing intrigues me so I'm saying naff all :z13
H :cool:
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Was named after a tributary of the Nethy near Boat of Garten by the creator of Clan Rods Harry Jamieson. It simply translates to Big Burn. Dawia originally wanted to call the series Silver Stream but Harry persuaded them to reconsider to a more Scottish name and suggested this.
Not too bad wee trout burn if a little restricted and overgrown.
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You da man Allan :z16 :z4 :z4 :z4
Every time I see an Alltmor rod I give a little snigger knowing where the actual "mighty river" really is!
Over to you Mr Liddle...
:z1
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Great stuff guys, I didn't know that :z16
Cheers
Mike
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I forgot to say that the house in question is Harry's house / workshop where he finished the first Alltmor rods for Diawa.
He always referred to the Allt Mor as "the wee burn oot the back".
Clan Rods are still going and can be found here
http://www.clanofsweden.com/pages/contact.html
I now wish that I had never sold my Clan 15' salmon rod..... :z10
:z1
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Ok give's a wee minute to think up a suitable question, stealing a minute on the site from work at the moment but should think of something before end of lunchtime.
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Ok Lochindorb features in a novel, what's the name of the book and author please. No cheatin on Google. :wink
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Ok Lochindorb features in a novel, what's the name of the book and author please. No cheatin on Google. :wink
I don't know the book, but I do know its Gaelic name means Loch of the Minnows. Do I win a lollypop?
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Nope, it's Loch of the Wee Troots btw. :z4
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Ok Lochindorb features in a novel, what's the name of the book and author please. No cheatin on Google. :wink
As it's topical - Iain Banks' "Complicity?"
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Nope, it's Loch of the Wee Troots btw. :z4
Beg to differ ;)
Loch nan Doirb is the Gaelic
Doirbeaden, doirbeag and doirbearden means minnow...all of which are shortened to doirb for some reason. :z8
Breac, gealag or Samhnan means trout.....with bricean meaning small trout
Apparently... :z8
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So sad yer still not getting it :z4
Sorry Iain wrong answer
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phone-book ?
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The Wolf of Badenoch by James Irvine Robertson
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Ok pretty obscure so a wee clue, writen by the same author who wrote the short story 'The Quiet Man' later turned into a movie with John Wayne and Mary? O'Hara (not 100% on the female actress here and refuse to google answer :z4)
No Googling either guys. :z7
Another wee clue is the story was centered on Tirriemore Farm Cottage and a big fat clue is what you use to lock the door and where that lock usually is....... giving it away now. :shock :shock :shock
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Key West ..... guess :roll
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Key West ..... guess :roll
Key Lime Pie?
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I can't remember his name but the guy who wrote "The Quiet Man" sent his family to Scotland to esacpe the Irish civil war, he wrote a book Called Key above the door.
:z18
Jim
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Allan,
That's Maureen O'Hara and I believe that Maurice Walsh wrote the book in question.
The book of course was....
Wait a minute, I don't have a question to ask yet so I'll not answer that until I do! :z4
:z1
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Wait a minute, I don't have a question to ask yet so I'll not answer that until I do! :z4
:z1
That's not cricket :z4 :z4 :z4
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Dorkey ! :z4
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Dorkey ! :z4
Bad spelling or an attempt at the Doric :z7
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:z4 :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4
:z1
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To be fair Jim got it (well half of it) as the book is indeed called the Key Above The Door by Maurice Walsh.
So i'll let you two fight it out for the next question. :z4
Well done to both btw :z14
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Over to you Jim.
I'm still researching a belter of a question :z4
:z1
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OK this one is easy if you Google it so try not to :z4
What is a Gerrard and where would you find one ?
:z18
Jim
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Good one Jim!
:z1
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Liverpool ! :z4 :z4 :z4
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Liverpool ! :z4 :z4 :z4
No and its not Moscow either, as In yon daft French bloke
:z4
:z18
Jim
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Could it be Downie ..... usually found waving a big stick :wink
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:z4
Could it be Downie ..... usually found waving a big stick :wink
Mike are you not thinking about a Downey, no nothing to do with Spey casting
:z4
Jim
Edit = sort quote box
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Moscow's not in France... :z7
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Moscow's not in France... :z7
No but this daft French bloke is :wink
"French actor and new Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu"
:z18
jim
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Nobody picking up on this?
Oh well, a Gerrard is a f**king big strain of Rainbow trout that lives in Canada, eh? (Canadian reference)
Is that right Jim?
:z1
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That's correct in particular Kottenay Lake, I would class them as the Canuck equivalent of our Ferox as they grow large on a diet of Kokanee salmon.
Over to you Mr :z1
:z18
Jim
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Feck!
OK, which two beaches does the North Esk flow between when it meets the sea?
Google verbotten!
:z1
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Feck!
OK, which two beaches does the North Esk flow between when it meets the sea?
Google verbotten!
:z1
Montrose & St Cyrus
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Montrose & St Cyrus
And to get all the points what is Montrose beach known as locally?
:z1
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Stroma? Some of the Cod guys call it this, I belive its the original Norse name.
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Stroma - nope
:z1
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Euan
I know the Gable Enders call the dunes the bents. This comes from Agrostis or bentgrass. Never knew there was a nick name for the Beach.
:z18
Jim
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I always thought that it was the same name as the farm, at least that's what all the locals I talk to call it.
If I'm wrong then it's over to you Peter :z4
:z1
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Kinnaber is the estate (and the bottom beat) on the Montrose side of the Northie where it runs into the sea.
:z18
Jim
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That's the one Jim :z16
One of these days I'm going to fish the tidal stretch..... :X2
:z1
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OK over to Peter, that was really to easy for me I was born across the road from Kinnaber, my uncle Jimmy was the keeper there
:z18
Jim
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There is a Moscow in Northumberland, also a Philadelphia and a NewYork, and a village called Bomarsund, they are on early OS maps, easgach 1
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There is a Moscow in Northumberland, also a Philadelphia and a NewYork, and a village called Bomarsund, they are on early OS maps, easgach 1
Moscow in ayrshire too!! i'm of on my hols this week so if someone wants to miove this on as my replacement please do, otherwise it'll be next weekend before the next question. :z18
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Moscow in ayrshire too!! i'm of on my hols this week so if someone wants to miove this on as my replacement please do, otherwise it'll be next weekend before the next question. :z18
OK then, here is a fish identification one to keep us going until Peter gets back..... which fish can move each of its eyes separately, it can have one eye looking the way it's going and one where it's been :?
H :cool:
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H,
depending on red wine consumption that will be me.
Edfish. :X2
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H,
depending on red wine consumption that will be me.
Edfish. :X2
:z4 :z4 :z4
Hamish I will guess a flatfish
:z18
Jim
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H,
depending on red wine consumption that will be me.
Edfish. :X2
Smirk.... yup, me too :wink
:z4 :z4 :z4
Hamish I will guess a flatfish
:z18
Jim
Bloody good answer Jim and although it's pretty much correct it's not the fish I had in mind.
H
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Hi H,
Not sure if it's a fish, but a Sea Horse can look both ways.
Jeroen
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it's a fish, Jeroen :z16
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Dover sole ,easgach 1
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Hi H,
Not sure if it's a fish, but a Sea Horse can look both ways.
Jeroen
Is the right answer, well done Jeroen you saved me from having to give another clue :z16
Over to you :cool:
H
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"Catching salmon is a misnomer. The angler does not seek to catch his quarry. The essence of fishing as a sport is that the fisherman delibrately denies himself any and every means of trapping, snaring or netting an unwilling prey into his basket. He sets himself a set of rules which effectively denies him the right to catch a fish and which ensures that success can be arrived at only when the fish catches the angler. The moment there is any deviation from this basic principle then the angler is not fishing - he is poaching."
- who wrote this?
- what is the title of the book?
Jeroen
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OK I'll guess
Hugh Falkus
Salmon fishing
:z18
Jim
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Sorry Jim...
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Here's a hint: the man in question is well known for the special way he tied his salmon flies.
Jeroen
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Jerome,
Was it Richard Waddington?
No idea on the title of the book.
Eddie.
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I'm stumped with this one, haven't even got a crappy cheap joke answer, hang on is it a Mr A Shrimp?
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Jerome,
Was it Richard Waddington?
No idea on the title of the book.
Eddie.
Eddie
Waddingtons book on Salmon Fishing was imaginatively named Waddington on Salmon fishing
:z18
Jim
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He must have stayed up for many a night working on that title. :z4 :z4
Eddie. :z18
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Jerome,
Was it Richard Waddington?
No idea on the title of the book.
Eddie.
Is the right answer! :z16 The quote are the last words in his book Catching Salmon.
Over to you, Eddie!
Jeroen
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Hans Van Klinken of Klinkhammer fame had another name for his famous fly for Grayling fishing before it was named the klinkhammer.
What was the name originally?
I saw this on a letter written by the man himself with pencil drawing instructions for the fly many years ago in Richard Walkers shop in King Street Aberdeen.
Eddie. :z18 :z18
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the Light Tan Caddis ! i saw a pic of that letter (or something similar) somewhere on the net a while ago and for some reason the name stuck in me head. must have been the utter boringness of it that made it stand out...
cheers,
marc
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i saw a pic of that letter (or something similar) somewhere on the net a while ago and for some reason the name stuck in me head
Nice try at disguisingthe fact that you just googled it, you Dirty Duster :z7
Iain 'twatmobile'
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Iain, Marc,
both wrong :X1 :X1
Eddie.
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how can Ian be wrong if he didn't even offer an answer ?! (or is it just a 'principle' thing ?) :z4
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Iain, Marc,
both wrong :X1 :X1
Eddie.
You sure Eddie :wink I'm sure I saw something once by the man himself on Sexyloops that agreed with Marc
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Jim,
it may well have been called that in some communications but the name on this note that I read was something else and I have seen it referred to another fly.
It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.
Marc,
your go.
Eddie. :z16
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Jim,
it may well have been called that in some communications but the name on this note that I read was something else and I have seen it referred to another fly.
It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.
Marc,
your go.
Eddie. :z16
Fair play to you Eddie,as they say in Inversneckie you were right enough :z4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NAmtbK7uNwc
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It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.
:z4 :z4 :z4
or, from Hans: "I called the fly the "Once and Away", since I had a great deal of difficulty in getting the pattern to float again after it had been dragged down by a fish." (cdc and fish slime... :X2)
the whole story and sbs of the Once and Away here - http://www.danica.com/flytier/hklinken/once_and_away.htm
hmmm, this'll be a two part question:
1) who came up with the term 'Cul de Canard' ?
) what exactly was he referring to ?
:z13,
marc
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Marc,
was it Marc Pettijean?
Was he referring to ducks arse?
Eddie. :z8
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Marc,
was it Marc Pettijean?
Was he referring to ducks arse?
Eddie. :z8
No idea whom but cul is indeed arse!
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Marc,
great article. I was remembering snippets from a long time ago and I myself am getting old so the memory is somewhat foggy. Many thanks for the great explanation of once and away.
Eddie. :z18 :z18
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Ed, nope and only indirectly, so nope.
yes gents. 'cul' is indeed a vulgarish' term for arse in french.
ps- Van Klinken's article - Ed, i find it always better to go to the source (when possible) rather than variants from a slap-head... :X2 :X1 :z4
cheers,
marc
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Marc,
trust us Scots to only guess the arse bit, oh well off to bed now. Will have to think about the rest.
Eddie. :z18
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Marc,
trust us Scots to only guess the arse bit
don't worry, it's international... :z16
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Marc,
I have to confess that I have cheated and looked this up on my computer.
Was it Henry Bresson? :oops :oops
Eddie.
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don't worry, it's international... :z16
You got that right, Marc. If you ever visit Amsterdam, you'll find out that they know everything there is to know on that subject over there.
(On the other hand, maybe it's best if you don't find that out...:X2)
Jeroen
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that's correct Ed, Henri Bresson from the Jura region (near the Alps). good on ya for 'fessing up on how you found it :z16
one wouldn't know it (if you're not a frog) but the guy had an enormous influence on fly fishing/fly tying/fly design in France.
ok, that was easy. part two is the most interesting. :wink (at least to me)
Jeroen, i've been to Amsterdam. a butt's a butt and what one may or not do with them is the same anywhere you go... :z4
cheers,
marc
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OK, so it's not really my turn but I can't do what I'm about to do after I post the fishing report about the week that Hamish and I just had.
So here we go.
In a "Where's Waldo?" kind of quiz can you name the following locations?
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/13_01_07_13_11_34_47.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=937)
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/13_01_07_13_11_36_47.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=938)
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/13_01_07_13_11_39_28.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=939)
I loved the first location. It was like an Alfa advert / Top Gear photo shoot, but the idea is to name that damn not admire the Alfa (although you can feel free to do that if you want! :z4)
Good luck!
:z1
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Is the first one backwater reservoir?
Eddie :z8
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You're not fooling us ...... it's an Alfa advert :z4 :z4 :z4
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HEY !!! THE CDC QUESTION THING ISN'T FINISHED YET !!! :z4 :z4 :z4
answer coming tonight if none find the answer...
cheers,
marc
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Having been an Alfa owener, can I ask, how long did it take you to push it to each location ;)
Would it be on the Conon system by any chance?
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Is the first one backwater reservoir?
Eddie
Nope.
Having been an Alfa owner, can I ask, how long did it take you to push it to each location
Rob, I DROVE to each one, no pushing required! :z4
Would it be on the Conon system by any chance?
Close, but not cigar time yet.
HEY !!! THE CDC QUESTION THING ISN'T FINISHED YET !!!
Sorry Marc.... :oops
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Is the 1st Picture Benevean dam
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Jim
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(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/2_01_07_13_9_01_27.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=946)
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Is the 1st Picture Benevean dam
Jim
Way to go Jim! :z16
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HEY !!! THE CDC QUESTION THING ISN'T FINISHED YET !!! :z4 :z4 :z4
answer coming tonight if none find the answer...
cheers,
marc
Is it something to do with the preen gland Marc?
Cheers
Mike
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Way to go Jim! :z16
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Indeed, well done Jim :z16
If anyone gets the location of the second pic in the Alfa version of 'where's waldo?' I'd be uber impressed, third one isn't exactly easy either........ I was there and I'm having difficulty remembering :z7
H :cool:
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I was there and I'm having difficulty remembering
Ah the age related, short term memory problem... :z7
It is tricky so lets just say it's on the Beauly and it's the view point above a hydro scheme. The downstream view looks like this
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/13_02_07_13_11_31_42.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=947)
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Aigas Dam?
Eddie. :z8 :z8
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Aigas Dam?
Eddie.
See now it wasn't that hard. :z4
Nice one Eddie.
So where is the last one?
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3rd one nae idea ???
Eddie.
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ok, to finish off the CDC quiz.
1) who came up with the term 'Cul de Canard' ?
as noted earlier, the author is Henri Bresson.
as for the second part,
2) what exactly was he referring to ?
he was referring to a fly design he came up with which turned out to be an amazing pattern (even though it don't look like much...)
before this pattern, the term CDC was used in its original and 'less vulgar' form, Croupion de Canard. 'Croupion meaning 'Rump'. if we look at this region closely ( :z4) and where these feathers actually come from, the Uropygial gland situated on top of the tail feathers and not at the 'Cul' below... the original designation, although a bit less 'haw-haw funny' than the latter seems more appropriate.
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/1362_02_07_13_1_42_09.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=948)
more gland info here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uropygial_gland
a wee bit of info on the man in english here- http://www.gourmetfly.com/Tourjur3.htm
and here's the best i could find that shows the original pattern, materials, and tying instructions.
thread- yellow
abdomen- swan quill
thorax/wing/legs) cdc palmered, trimmed after completion if needed/wanted, simples !
sure, this was more for the tying geeks but i thought it would make for some interesting trivia.
cheers,
marc
ps- do i get a prize because no-one found the response ? :z1
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ps- do i get a prize because no-one found the response ? :z1
No ....... :z7
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ok. in that case it's your turn :z7
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Aigas Dam?
Eddie. :z8 :z8
Kilmorack ?
:z18
Jim
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Nope.
Clue?
North of dam 1
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Nope.
Clue?
North of dam 1
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Mullardoch ?
:z18
Jim
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Mullardoch ?
Warmer!
Clue 2. The section down to the dam is more like a river and you need to show your papers before you are allowed through the gate.
Full report on the week, including some amazing photos once this one is solved. :z4
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and you need to show your papers before you are allowed through the gate.
Colditz? or Dundee ;)
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Colditz? or Dundee
:z4 :z4 :z4
Oh and there is a curfew too....
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Colditz maybe.... but Dundee (as I recall) you need papers to be allowed out :shock :! :z4
The loch in question is in a private glen with a bloody great dam at the end of a very, very long road. It's near me (Beauly) and it's very, very lovely there.
Now that's a dam (see what I did there :? :!) good series of clues.
H :cool:
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The one at the end of the glen is not the one we fished but does sound like one of the ones the Dambusters attacked. And H is right, it's HUGE!
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Is that the one at the top end of Beinn a Mheadhoin Euan? ...... The midgies are real friendly up there :z4
Cheers
Mike
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No Mike, further north.
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The dam at the bottom of Beannacharan, I think it's up at the top of the river Farrar? ...... also has midgies :z4
I'm guessing based on North, but please make allowances for the Kiwi incomer and yes ..... I have used Google to help me this time :oops
Cheers
Mike
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The dam at the bottom of Beannacharan, I think it's up at the top of the river Farrar? ...... also has midgies :z4
I'm guessing based on North, but please make allowances for the Kiwi incomer and yes ..... I have used Google to help me this time :oops
Cheers
Mike
Is the right answer :z16 I was there again myself today with the winner of one of my WTT days.
H :cool:
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The dam at the bottom of Beannacharan, I think it's up at the top of the river Farrar? ...... also has midgies
Bullseye Mike.
Very tricky question, sorry guys. The closed glen thing has probably put a lot of people off going there, but trust me (and H), if you are up there get a ticket and fish it. Very pretty and not that bad at £45 for two anglers, boat and outboard.
I'll get on to the report for the week sometime tomorrow. And yes, more Alfa pics! :z4 :z4 :z4
The dam at the top of the glen is the Loch Monar dam. The tarmac stops there, trust me! If you do go for a days fishing take a camera and go all the way to Loch Monar - Scotland at it's finest.
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Main question: What is this fly called?
Out of interest: In your experience, does it work on the River Don and if so, how and when would you try it?
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/image-folder/silver-invicta-fly.jpg)
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Main question: What is this fly called?
Out of interest: In your experience, does it work on the River Don and if so, how and when would you try it?
Silver Invicta?
I love invicta patterns - pearly bodied ones especially.
On the Don, as a wet fly in sizes 14 & 16 it's always been productive for me. Sea trout and finnock are especially fond of invicta patterns - guess it's the little flash.
I'd use an invicta as a hunting wet fly pattern, and have great faith that it would raise fish at any time of the year.
cheers
iain
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Correct Iain, it is a Silver Invicta :z16
I have a lot of confidence in this fly too :wink
Over to you for the next question :cool:
Cheers
Mike
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Right-oh, a 2 and a bit part musical question.
Theme tunes from british made TV shows about fishing.
Name each show, and the presenters.
1. http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme1.mp3 (http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme1.mp3)
2. http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme2.mp3 (http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme2.mp3)
and a sort of bonus question. This was a terrible show, and i'm ashamed I've watched each one
3. http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme3.mp3 (http://www.adaa.org.uk/mystery-theme3.mp3)
I might or might not be lenient with naming on 1.
cheers
iain
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Iain,
Hooked on Scotland, later Fishing
Screaming reels
Strange programme about 2 weirdos fishing against each other in strange locations and starving a lot.
Eddie :X2 :X2
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1. Hooked – Paul Young
2. Screeming Reels - Nick Fisher
3. 2 nutters fishing for points to get food :oops
Alex
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Iain,
Hooked on Scotland, later Fishing
Screaming reels
Strange programme about 2 weirdos fishing against each other in strange locations and starving a lot.
Eddie :X2 :X2
Correct show for 1 & 2 - and the presenters are?
Wrong for number 3. You were thinking of "Reel Wars", which I kinda enjoyed.
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1. Hooked – Paul Young
2. Screeming Reels - Nick Fisher
3. 2 nutters fishing for points to get food :oops
Alex -
Aye
Aye
Naw!
2/3...
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Trout nabout
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2 weirdos fishing against each other in strange locations and starving a lot
sounds like me and Noel - apart from the starving bit :oops
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Trout nabout
'Twas indeed. It was cringeworthy.
here's a sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCbey2heD0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JCbey2heD0)
Alex - I think you got the right answer, so it's your turn for a question :-)
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sounds like me and Noel - apart from the starving bit :oops
:-)
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OK Iain here goes
Guess most of us over the years have fished with the following fly.
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/833_04_07_13_2_59_36.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=980)
1. What is it called.
2. Where was it created.
3. why is it called what it is.
Alex
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1. Siver butcher
2. Englandshire
3. Created by Mr Dewhurst and Mr Moon, Dewhurst was a Butcher
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Jim
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Dewhurst was a Butcher
Hence the blue wing, to represent the blue and white apron I believe, and the red tail to represent , well, all things butchery.
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Hi Jim
1. pretty close but I was looking for it's original name.
2. need to be a bit more precise :wink
3. no
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Wasn't the original called "The Moon Fly"?
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Well done Rob.
you are correct it was called The Moon Fly prior to 1838.
so question 1 & 3 goes to Rob, need to get the answer to Q2 though.
Alex
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Hi Rob
Looks like it is over to you.
The Butcher was invented over 150 years ago. It was created in Tunbridge Wells, by two gentlemen one of whom was a butcher.
The Butcher was originally named Moon's Fly, after one of the two co-inventors, Moon and
Jewhurst. However, the name was changed in 1838 to the occupation of Jewhurst (a butcher).
The colours of the Butcher are supposed to represent the hallmarks of his trade blood and the blue apron.
Alex
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Rob is a bit slow ..... next question open to somebody else :z16
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Rob is a bit slow ..... next question open to somebody else :z16
Some of us are at work, despite it being a Bank Holiday ;)
Give me a few minutes and I will be back with a question...just have a client kicking about..
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Great stuff :z16
Don't kick clients about, they don't like it :z4
Cheers
Mike
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Right, probably an easy one, but I can't think of anything just now...
Ok, the IPN was a fly created by a local Angler:
What was his name
What does IPN stand for and
Why was it created.
Cheers
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Rob,
I used to make the IPN for Richard Walker in King street many years ago so it would be unfair of me to answer the rest of the question but I would ask you this. How can you tell an original IPN from an imitation?
Eddie :X2 :X2
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How can you tell an original IPN from an imitation?
Good question...perhaps we should add that to the original question :)
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Rob,
go ahead and add that to your original question.
Eddie.
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Idiot proof nymph.
Red thread underneath the fritz body which was wrapped sparsely to allow the thread to show through.
Cheers
Steven.
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Steven,
you are almost right. Try and remember the colour.
Eddie. :z16 :z8
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Hmmm I'd always tied them with red but that may have had something to do with never bloody listening to you :-P
Ok I'll go with orange...
Cheers,
Steven.
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Rob,
Just realised I missed a few points out.
Was it invented on the premise that any idiot could tie one on the end of his line and catch stocked rainbows?
And also if memory serves me correctly the fly was a collaboration between Magnus, Richard Walker and my old man?
Cheers,
Steven.
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Rob,
Just realised I missed a few points out.
Was it invented on the premise that any idiot could tie one on the end of his line and catch stocked rainbows?
And also if memory serves me correctly the fly was a collaboration between Magnus, Richard Walker and my old man?
Cheers,
Steven.
So you had inside information!! lol... Not quite right regarding the name..Yes, it was the Idiot Prrof Nymph, but it was not that any idiot could catch on it...but close :)
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Any idiot could tie it?
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Any idiot could tie it?
Yip..I believe it was "invented" for the fly tying courses ran at that school on the Lang Stracht.
Over to you :)
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Oops didn't mean to do that and i've nothing ready......
Ok easy one
Not so very long ago there was a competition running to name the best fishing hotels in the country. Who was the main sponsor and what was the name of the fly they produced to run alongside this?
No google cheats. :wink
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no idea about the fly or sponsor but the Colquhonnie in Strathdon must be the hotel. :z4 :z4 :z4
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Believe it may once have been mentioned as a finalist but not sure it ever won it, we're talking a few years ago Marc btw.
Anyway not looking for named hotels, but the main competition sponsor and the name of the fly?
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was sarcasm mate. it's without a doubt the worst place ever. a real sh***hole...
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:z4 :z4 :z4
Tres bien
Yan
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Sorry Marc :oops
Long long time since i was last up there and it was ok back then, but time marches on......... :z4
Anyway still no guesses to the questions???
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Alan,
I gave in and tried cheating on Google. And I still don't know the answer.
Eddie. :X1 :z8
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Ok wee clue..........
'Glen of Tranquility' :wink
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Glenmorangie.
:z16 :z16
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Correct, and the fly was? :z8
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Correct, and the fly was? :z8
A salmon one? ;)
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The whisky fly...
Cheers,
Steven.
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It was the 'Morangie Pennel guys.
Ok who's next?
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It was the 'Morangie Pennel guys.
Ok who's next?
not really general knowledge, but can anyone tell me what's weird about this photo?
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/3_18_07_13_8_32_35.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=1040)
iain
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The reflection doesn't match the background ............ there's a whole chunk of hill type land to the left of the hut refection that isn't in the top area.
Cheers
Mike
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The reflection doesn't match the background ............ there's a whole chunk of hill type land to the left of the hut refection that isn't in the top area.
Cheers
Mike
aye, but why...
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Two photos, same place on different days?
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Two photos, same place on different days?
One photo, same time, same place, same photo - i turned it upside down, and it looked more real than the real one!
this is the correctly-oriented pic
(http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/3_18_07_13_11_38_10.jpeg) (http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view&id=1043)
Need to think of a proper fishing related question now
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:z4 :z4 :z4
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Need to think of a proper fishing related question now
actually, it was. or rather a demonstration that most anglers don't know their top from bottom... :X5
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Where would you fish in Aberdeenshire in the middle of December?
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Interesting as I hope to go somewhere tomorrow. I normally fish Lochter or Haddo in winter and really like both but maybe its time to try somewhere else. Anywhere fishing particularly well?
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Off the wall choice might be Midmar if the weather is still mild and if it's open......
http://www.midmarfishery.co.uk/
Enjoy the photos of a well known forum contributor and pie eater in the gallery pages :wink
H :cool:
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Was going to head out tomorrow, but blowing a hooley and not a good forecast wind wise for Sunday :z10
:z18
Jim
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Off the wall choice might be Midmar if the weather is still mild and if it's open......
http://www.midmarfishery.co.uk/
Enjoy the photos of a well known forum contributor and pie eater in the gallery pages :wink
H :cool:
ha might just try there. Think I can guess who you mean!
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Bump for this old topic and I'm sure there's loads of questions we can dream up yet, so i'll give you one to get the ball rolling again
If you were to stand at the source of the most western water that eventually flows into the Moray Firth, how close to the Atlantic Ocean would you be?
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I'll have a go.... if we are talking natural flow then I believe it's possible you'd be within spitting distance of Camusrory, looking towards Knoydart, down Loch Nevis from the top of the conical munro Sgurr na Ciche.
Here the North Eastern slopes of Sgurr na Ciche fall away into a burn that ends up in Loch Quoich, which then flows to Loch Poulary, then down the Garry system to Loch Oich, down the River Oich to Loch Ness and finally down the River Ness to the Moray Firth.
It's a bloody long way West when you consider that you're roughly three miles to Loch Nevis (a Sea loch) from the top of Sgurr na Ciche, the Minch and thus the Atlantic.
It's a possibility, at least. If we're talking all natural direction of flow.....
H
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I suspect that Allan has been too busy fishing/talking/tying flies to remember to check on this thread..... so I'll fire another question up there for folk to have a crack at :wink
Simple enough, identify the fish species from the following information:
1. This species - in Europe at least - is largely anadromous like Salmon and Sea Trout.
2. It is now illegal to fish (by rod and line or commercially) for this species in the British Isles.
3. It remains one of the least understood fishes in Europe, yet was once commonplace and a desirable foodstuff.
4. This species is not the Sturgeon.
No cheating :! :!
H
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I suspect that Allan has been too busy fishing/talking/tying flies to remember to check on this thread..... so I'll fire another question up there for folk to have a crack at :wink
Simple enough, identify the fish species from the following information:
1. This species - in Europe at least - is largely anadromous like Salmon and Sea Trout.
2. It is now illegal to fish (by rod and line or commercially) for this species in the British Isles.
3. It remains one of the least understood fishes in Europe, yet was once commonplace and a desirable foodstuff.
4. This species is not the Sturgeon.
No cheating :! :!
H
Just seen this thread, good possibilities. :z16 A wild guess from me would be shad.
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Twait Shad?
Eddie
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A wild guess from me would be shad.
Twait Shad?
Clearly, I made this one far too easy :wink Yes, either the Allis Shad or the Twaite Shad would be the correct answer :z16
I have a soft spot for the Shad, I caught a few fishing on the River Wye nearly 30 years ago when I was a student working with the Welsh National Rivers Authority. Where our American cousins have Tarpon we have a smaller member of the Herring family, the Shad. Ah well.....
H
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I used to catch a lot of Shad on the Wye when Salmon fishing. I had a mobile home near Ross on Wye so spent a lot of time on the river between 20 and 40 years ago. The shad - we called them Summer fish, were abundant and a nuisance when using the big fly rod. They ran to about 1 1/2 lb and in my view were poor eating. I have fished for shad in France a few times on the R Aualne where they ran to over 4lb - a tarpon indeed! Until about 5 years ago there was no need for a license but now a migratory rod license is required.
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Moons ago, the lower river Towy used to be festooned with the blighters, very annoying when hoping to connect with a fresh sea run brownie.... :X2
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Until Jeff or Eddie come up with a question....
..... have another from me :z7
Name the fishing fly.
Which well known tradtional pattern, conceived in the 19th century as a caddis pattern, has spawned flashy derivatives that (alongside the original) still find a place on trout, sea trout and salmon fishers leaders :?
Second clue - a small British car manufacturer (pretty much defunct by WW2) used the same name.
H
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Invicta
:z18
Steven.
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How's about 'Invicta' - in its various forms ?
Opps too late !!
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Invicta is the right answer - well done both :z16
Someone else can set something now :wink
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Adams ?
:z18
Jim
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Invicta?
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The correct answer was Invicta :z16
Now, would someone else set a question :? Please :!
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what firm was the fore runner of Greys of Alnwick? Derek Roxborough
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Technically I think the forerunner would have to be Hardy Bros., Malcolm Grey left Hardy in '68 to form a new eponymous brand that was 'Greys of Alnwick' but most tackle was simply branded 'Greys'.
A lot of the Greys blanks came from Harrison (if I remember rightly) and they made some super fly rods; I have a custom Greys GPRL 10' 7/8wt which is on 'loan' to my Dad and it's a rod I wont part with - excpet to lend it to Dad...obviously. Sure it's slow and heavy by todays standards, but it's a beast :z13
Anyway, back to Greys.
Things turned full circle when Hardy bought Greys in 1999... but Malcolm Grey came out of retirement in the 00s and formed 'Malcolm Grey of Alnwick' once again producing fine rods. I believe that was wound up in 2015 or 2016.
H
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Quite a few UK tackle brands are now owned by US companies such as Pure Fishing ............. including Hardy and Greys.
http://www.purefishing.com/our-brands/ (http://www.purefishing.com/our-brands/)
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this was a purely cane rod builder, some say better than Hardy,Derek Roxborough
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this was a purely cane rod builder, some say better than Hardy...
Hmmm.... rubs chin.... that's maybe a slightly different question to the one I answered.
There was Tom Moran (who passed away in 2014) who ended up working for Hardy Greys about a decade ago but had previously sold direct, worked for Partridge and spent a number of years crafting the finest split cane rods in the 'States with Thomas & Thomas. I saw one of his rods once, just a work of art, truly a great craftsman. But he was hardly a forerunner of Greys of Alnwick.
I'd plump for Walker Bampton, off the cuff they're the only company I think of who made high end split cane rods before Greys were formed in Alnwick.
H
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Ha ha, shit yes I totally forgot all about this as I've been so bloody busy recently.
In answer to my original question: Hamish you were close but no cigar as there are two places a good bit further north where a water that eventually runs (under natural flow) into the Moray Firth is within 3 miles of the Atlantic the closest of which is the very head waters of the Upper Cassley above Loch Gorm and the loch directly below this Fionn Loch. Both have feeder streams that emerge pretty close to Loch Beg, which itself is the upper extension of Loch Glencoul, joining up with Loch Glendubh above Kylesku bridge.
Anyway no idea on the rod maker so i'll leave this one to you guys, least the thread is back up and running :)
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Walker Bampton, they had the premises before Greys took over, I worked in Alnwick and they were just up the high street, There was another cane builder at Shilbottle and another at Chatton, so you are right Hamish, Derek Roxborough
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Let's continue the out of season fun ....... if we keep it going it'll be a 10 year old quiz :z4 :z4 :z4
Who wrote the book - Standing in a river waving a stick?
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John Geirach.
And the next question is, which famous reels used to be manufactured in California but are now made by the company that bought them in Montrose Colorado?
Eddie
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John Geirach.
And the next question is, which famous reels used to be manufactured in California but are now made by the company that bought them in Montrose Colorado?
Eddie
Great stuff Eddie :z16
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And the next question is, which famous reels used to be manufactured in California but are now made by the company that bought them in Montrose Colorado?
Eddie
I'm going to say Abel :?
H
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Correct,
Over to you H.
Eddie :z18
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OK....... sticking with fly reels.
From these clues, which brand is this :?
1. One of the most innovative companies in fly reel design, arguably they were one of the first to successfully produce a cassette reel.
2. They have made reels/rebranded their designs for other brands, but they're not Hardy.
3. Quality machining from bar-stock was where this company started, but not in Europe.
4. The brand started in the 1970s but disappeared (more or less) by the 00's.
Who are they :?
H
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Leeda?
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Leeda?
No, not this time Eddie.
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Youngs
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Youngs
Negative. Perhaps a further clue....
Not Europe including the UK... so somewhere else.
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STH maybe Hamish? I think they made some early cassette reels ...... based in Argentina?
Cheers
Mike
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STH maybe Hamish? I think they made some early cassette reels ...... based in Argentina?
STH is the correct answer Mr B :z16
H
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I was really struggling with that one H ..... and just guessing :z4 :z4 :z4
Next one folks:
Name the well known river beat on the River Annan with a good camping site :?
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Does it start with an H and end in an M :?
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Does it start with an H and end in an M :?
It does indeed Hamish ........ Hoddom Castle :cool:
(https://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/gallery/2_15_01_18_11_10_21_1.jpeg)
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I'll leave it open to anybody to join in and ask the next question :z16
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Ythan Estuary?
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Next ...... anybody can join in and ask the next question once the correct answer has been confirmed :z16
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Born in Surrey in 1915, who then became a worldwide famous tyer of classic salmon flies, even for royalty.
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Megan Boyd
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Megan Boyd
Correct sir. :z16
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Thought I'd join in...
Which Loch did the original Haddo wooden klinker boats previously reside?.......
Steven
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I would guess at Loch Leven.
Eddie
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I would guess at Loch Leven.
Eddie
It's the right answer, some fantastic heritage in those hulls. Wish I'd had the time, money, space and location to have one. Alas it was not to be, but those were masterclasses in clinker.
Tenuously fly fishing this one.... but the sort of thing that piques my curiosity. So here goes....
How is it possible that Loch Arkaig ended up in Gateshead :?
H
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Hamish......great question.
would this be HMS Loch Arkaig?.......?
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....would this be HMS Loch Arkaig?.......?
It would :wink
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OK, I'll fire up another question.
Who am I :?
I have my own fishing tackle company based in Scotland.
The roots of my company started when I managed another tackle brand with worldwide influence on the double handed fly line market in the early '00s.
Noted mostly for fly lines, I do also produce rods with my one brand, which is not eponymous.
:? :? :?
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James Chalmers of Gaelforce?
Eddie
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James Chalmers of Gaelforce?
Eddie
Aye :z16
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Ok......A question, and one i don't know the answer to.......(at least i don't know now.....or maybe i never knew....or i have just forgotten).......but what is this thing for, i found it in my fly tying bag.....
It has Orvis written on it so it is probably very expensive.....any ideas?
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I'm guessing there will be a gap along this edge? :wink
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It’s a nail knot tool for attaching leaders to fly lines, it is surprisingly cheap for an Orvis tool.
Eddie :z18
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A nail knot tool......I see.....now at least i know what to google in order to find out how it works.....(instead of googling Orvis thingy).
Cheers,
Steven
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Yes that's what it is
https://www.royalgorgeanglers.com/orvis-tie-fast-knot-tool.html
:z18
Jim
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It's for tying nail knots
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Ok my turn, apologies for diving in.
I am American born but ended up more widely recognised under a Scottish name and every single loch angler will have heard of me, who / what am i?
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I'm guessing this is going to be a fly .... hmm, but which one :z8
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If its Allan its bound to be Coo Dung related...
I'm guessing this is going to be a fly .... hmm, but which one :z8
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If its Allan its bound to be Coo Dung related...
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Would it be a Muddler Allan ?
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Jim
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I am stumped on this one......any clues?
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I'm stumped too? My immediate thoughts were for a fly pattern such as peter Ross or Kate McLaren but their origins are well documented. Unless Kate was an American?
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Sorry guys i'd forgotten i'd posted this and Mike had to send me a message to remind me :z4
So clue required obviously, how do i do this without making it too obvious or simply an easy Google search.
Funny though as i'd have thought Hamish would have nailed this right away which is a clue in itself :wink
It is a fly and it was entirely known as something else until a simple addition was made and name changed to the one we know today; that said the one we all know today is in fact more of a direct copy of the original and, if you were to be really really pedantic (i know there are some of you out there :) ) you's say that the name should actually be ????????????? and not ???????????
Practically given it away now :wink
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Would it be the Loch Ordie Allan :?
The common ancestor is an American pattern the 'Bi-visible' which is often credited to a chap called Hewitt, but I suspect it was probably well known amongst the local anglers on his local North American streams before gracing the pages of one his books.
The Loch Ordie, and variants of it, remain some of my favourite 'bob' flies and dapping flies :z16
H
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Correct Mr H :z16
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In recent years, and historically, the Awe system has consistently produced more record wild Brown Trout than any other catchment in the UK.
Todays questions are - which other river catchment is the second most successful in producing record wild Brown Trout and which lochs in the system produced those fish :?
Bonus question - what marks one of the fish from the 'mystery' system apart from those caught from the Awe :?
H
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This is a very interesting question Hamish and so far I can't find the answer. By 'largest' I assume that we are talking about Ferox? My limited research mentions many Lochs but nothing too specific. Lough Melvin is an interesting one because I have fished it many times and caught a lot of soneghan and gillaroo but not a ferox, which it is famous for. A German visitor gave our group a ferox steak a couple of years ago. I was from a fish of about 12lb. I was not happy that it had been killed and didn't eat my share.
I would hazard a guess that the other Loch is Ness?
Hope to fish L Awe for the first time ever in June this year when we stay in Oban. I won't be after the ferox though but I will be wafting some of your creations about :wink
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You've got me stumped too - I would have thought that the Garry system used to produce many large trout after they were dammed for hydro and I think the largest loch on the system is the Quoich which did hold the record for the largest trout but without resorting to Google I can't remember if it was a brown or ferox. Somewhere circa 24lb !!
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To save this running too long..... both Fred and Terry have elements of the answer but not the full answer to each part.
It's important to note that UK records make no distinction between Brown Trout and Ferox
Part 1 - The river system is the Ness, but specifically one of its tributaries the Garry.
Part 2 - The lochs are Garry and Quoich
Part 3 - The 1965 record fish from Loch Garry at 18lb 2 oz was - apparently - the last UK record wild Brown Trout caught on fly :z16
For those who use Facebook it is worth following the chaps at the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board, Terry mentioned Loch Ness and the Fishery Board staff in conjunction with folk who I can't recall right now, have undertaken some tagging of Ferox in Loch Ness. Super interesting, if you're a geek like me :wink
H
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Thanks Hamish, i was going to say Ness but wasn't sure on the tributaries.
Our wild brown trout are certainly interesting to say the least and so much written about them carried through from early years is simply wrong.
We think we know them but in truth we do but no where near fully enough.
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We think we know them but in truth we do but no where near fully enough.
That's the interesting thing for me Allan, there's so much been written over the years about Brown Trout but I suspect a very significant proportion of it is supposition based on myth, not fact.
That's what makes some of the WTT projects and other initiatives (such as the Ness Ferox tracking scheme) vital when it comes to improving our understanding of these remarkable and resilient creatures.
Time for another question :?
I need some thinking juice, which tonight is sponsored by the rather excellent Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve :wink
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From the description, what is the name of the Scottish Loch and what is its unique environment claim to fame :?
With an average depth of less than 11' this loch is no Loch Ness, yet is also the deepest loch where it is located. It has a unique environment which has been recognised in being designated both a Special Area of Conservation and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Arguably one of the most bio-diverse environments of its type in Scotland, owing to the unique environment, it is rich in feeding yet the loch it is linked to is more famous as a trout fishing destination.
H
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Another intriguing question H. After much thought and looking at places I am familiar with, realised that although I have fished about 40 lochs over the years I haven't scratched the surface! The question prompted me to look at areas not looked at before such as the Rannock Moor region heading down to Loch Ba. How could I have possibly missed out this region?
Maybe, if I live to 150 I'll learn something :z8
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I think this may be the Loch of Stenness, it is brackish, so you can catch both freshwater and seawater species of fish.
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Hamish,
Is it Watten?
Eddie
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I overlooked Watton because it did not fit the description well, however Lock Scarmclate may? Fished Watton of course but didn't realise that Scarmclate was open to fishing?
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The correct answer is indeed the Loch of Stenness :z16 To be fair, I made that one a wee bit trickier than the last one, so well done to those who worked it out or knew the answer immediately.
Graham got in there first and importantly mentioned that Stenness is brackish, which was bang on. Its claim to 'fame' is that it's classed as the largest brackish lagoon in the UK.
I only fished it once when I wasn't even in my teens, I have a hankering to go back too as work has taken me past there and Harray a couple of times in the past three years.
H
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Here's another (excuse me jumping in please), a West of Scotland fly, a proper gem, created in Renfrewshire, the village of Kilmacolm. Used firstly on the river Gryfe then further afield on lochs etc. So, the name of this fly, the originator & his occupation?
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Would it be a Dave Downie creation :? I seem to recall he was based in Renfrewshire.
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Would it be a Dave Downie creation :? I seem to recall he was based in Renfrewshire.
Sorry, it isn't one of Dave Downie's Hamish.
A clue; The first part of the name is the most populated city in Texas, the second part is in the original post.
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Houston Gem?
https://flyfishing-and-flytying.co.uk/blog/view/houston_..._problem_solved/
Spot on, the originator was a Mr James Houston & his occupation was postman.
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The Ali McCoist?
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From the description, which loch is this :?
Even with the advent of the North Coast 500, and arguably being one of the lochs of Scotland set in the most dramatic scenery, this remote Highland lochs is seldom disturbed by anyone other than anglers and the occasional deer (ok, maybe sheep too :!) having a drink. Like many lochs across the country, in its day it was a truly prodigious Sea Trout fishery, but today is as well known as a Salmon fishery - but it is still one of the better Sea Trout waters we have left.
The short river that runs northwards from loch to the sea is now as famous as its source, incidentally both river and loch hold a good head of decent Brown Trout too.
The loch is a lot easier to get fishing on than the river, yet both are more accessible to anglers (with the necessary means) now than at any point in the past 100 years.
I have never fished it, but did have occasion to visit nearby at a spot overlooking the loch as part of a planning meeting regarding a multi-agency exercise in the location. In short, it was the second worst midgie experience after the midgie and clegg hell of Loch Ailsh, which this loch is nowhere near.
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H,
Is it loch Dionard?
Eddie
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Loch Hope.
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Loch Assynt?
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Loch More ?
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Loch Hope.
Is the correct answer :z16
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Which brand marketed a special heavyweight, wide gaped hook in sizes 10 & 12 called the 'Hideoshi'?
I think I've still got a pile of them somewhere, left over from tying lures at the fishery :z12
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Would that be Sprite Mike?
I used to buy loads of Sprite hooks from Stevie Parton back in the day.
Eddie
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Hi Eddie
Yes, I think I should give you that one .... well done :z16
Hideoshi hooks were marketed by Steve Parton ( Sparton Fishing Tackle ) and were, I believe, manufactured for him by Sprite.
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Steve Parton, a legend in the tackle business :z12
I cherish a trade catalogue that he sent me many moons ago and will always remember our lengthy phone conversations, he was simply so much fun :cool:
I doubt we will ever see products like 'Mongolian Gremlin' and 'Steve's Dubious Paste' again!
And another question for when we need one ......................... What did Steve call his fly floatant product? :z4
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Ok on the subject of Steve Parton who as Mike said was a legend and left us too young and his catalogues always displayed his wicked sense of humour.
Which company did Steve consult for in rod design and which piece of fishing equipment was Steve pretty much responsible for taking to the UK market?
Quite a few of these innovations are still in use by several forum members that I have fished with.
Eddie
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Which company did Steve consult for in rod design....
I'm going to say Shakespeare, I'm pretty sure he had a hand in their gear for quite a while.
.... and which piece of fishing equipment was Steve pretty much responsible for taking to the UK market?
The float tube - or belly boat, depending on the terminology you prefer. Some might also say the 'Northampton style' fishing rudder as an off the shelf product was one of many innovations he brought to commercial success but - as this question was 'taking to the UK market' I'll plump for float tube.
H
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And another question for when we need one ......................... What did Steve call his fly floatant product? :z4
I think I may have some that dates back to Haddo days :shock
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H, correct on both counts.
Eddie
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H, correct on both counts.
Possibly I am a geek...... :z8
I'm going to do one more then leave it for someone else to set a question or three :z4
So.... who am I :?
I'm one of the most successful casters and instructors ever to come out of the USA, but I'm not that well known in the UK by the majority of anglers unless you happen to own a rod I had a hand in developing.
My competition casting history with both single & double handed fly rods stretches back over 5 decades and I have successfully represented my country at world championship events at home but also in Europe, Japan and South Africa.
I'm probably best known to most as a rod designer and I have been with the same company since its inception.
If I add any more to this, it'll be too easy - although I expect this will be picked up quickly :!
H
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H, is it a mannie from California called Rajeff?
Eddie
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H, is it a mannie from California called Rajeff?
Eddie
Aye Eddie, it is :z16
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I think I may have some that dates back to Haddo days :shock
Found one, still in my fly vest pocket ..... Steve's sense of humour was legendary :z4
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It was the best floatant on the market too :z16
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Agreed, all my dapping flies got used to being fluffed with Fliagra :z7
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Apart from being smaller, neater and generally better fitting, what is the main difference between Roman Moser braided loops and others on the market?
You may not have even noticed, but it is the one feature that others have struggled to copy.
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They are double walled, so the line can thread through to the loop itself, minimising hinging.
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They are double walled, so the line can thread through to the loop itself, minimising hinging.
Yep, good feature/benefit Graham :z16 but easy enough to copy and not the one that I was looking for this time I'm afraid.
Clue ...... it's not so much what they do, but rather what they don't do :wink
Cheers
Mike
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I was looking for 'they don't seem to fray at the ends' like others do.
Something that has often left me wondering how :z8
NEXT: Open to somebody to post a new question ..........................................................................
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They are coated in a thin layer of wax to stop them fraying at the ends.
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I didn't know that Graham :z16
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What is the northernmost river for grayling fishing in Scotland?
I don't actually know the answer to this one, so I will have to take your word for it :z4
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The River Isla?
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I think the Dean may be slightly further north. I am not 100% sure though.
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Jim
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Hi Mike
It's generally (and officially) regarded as being the Tummel as the most northern Scottish water with Grayling present, however unofficially i have heard they are also in the Garry after being introduced there a few years back.
Not sure if i've posted this question before:
How close to the Atlantic would you be if you were standing at the western most point of a water that would ultimately drain into the North Sea?
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Alan
I would guess you'd be on one of the feeder burns for Loch Shin which would put you 4 or 5 miles from the Atlantic.
Fred
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Yup close enough Fred although it's actually the Cassley system that start about only 2 miles from the Atlantic.
Over to you :z18
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Here's one for you folks that have been long term followers of the website and forum :z16
Where was the original Fishing The Fly website hosted before we got the 'co.uk' address :?
Clue: www............................../fishingthefly
And in what year did the original website go live :?
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I doubt that even Hamish or Sandy will remember the answer to this one :z13
A wee screenshot from the early days :z12
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Clue: We started this current forum in 2005, but we had two before that, a Proboards forum and an EZboard forum :z12
Before we had a forum, the website just had a 'Guestbook' ..... remember them? :z4
And I can remember staying up all night to see if we lost everything to the Milenium Bug :X1
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OK, I think this one has everybody stumped, I guess I'm the only one that remembers this stuff :z4
Let's just say the mid 90s and the address was 'www madasafish com/fishingthefly' :cool:
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Who made these reels :?
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Youngs?
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Allcocks?
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Good guesses Allan and Steven, you are in the right area ....... try again :wink
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Chris Lythe :? He makes centre pins with a similar 'spindle'.
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Another good guess Hamish, but no, this one is made by somebody else.
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Beautifully tooled reel, whoever made it. Certainly not a cheap design. Probably German or American?
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These were/are made by a UK company.
This company also repairs and services most type of fishing reels, incuding J W Young and Allcocks.
'Braveheart' should be a reasonably good clue :wink
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Last clue:
Two reel models, pretty much the same basic design, one associated with 'Braveheart', the other with the song 'See my baby jive' :z13
If nobody gets the answer from that, it's simply because you've never come across these reels.
They are actually much rarer now than I thought :shock but are, I believe, still available made to order.
So probably not a good 'General Knowledge' question ...... sorry! :z4
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Could I suggest Diawa as the manufacturer
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Mill Gibson :z4
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No, not Diawa or Mel Gibson.
I'll give it the rest of today for any more guesses.
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So it is not Mill? Maker of fine reels in Redditch.
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So it is not Mill? Maker of fine reels in Redditch.
Yes, it is Terry :z14
Sorry, I missed the "Mill Gibson" bit :z4
Garry Mills at the Mill Tackle Company in Redditch made these two fly reel models, the Wallace and the Wizard.
They are also well known for centrepin reels.
Still some photos on the website https://www.milltackle.com/hand-made-fly-reels
Well done ..... and over to you for the next question Terry.
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OK Mike - staying on the Redditch theme. In the 70's I visited a tackle maker in Redditch, seeking advice about a cane rod that had been built by them that had been given to me. Although I had never met him before, I instantly recognised the gentleman that came out to see me in the reception office. His name is on the patent for a reverse taper rod design. Who was it?
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Big clue - he presented a TV fishing programme.
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Chris Yates?
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Not Chris Yates although he was a better all rounder.
Another big clue - his namesake was a character actor in films.
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Is his first name Terry?
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Is his first name Terry?
YES!
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Must confess that I found it via a Google search :oops .... so let's see if anybody else knows the answer with that clue :wink
Cheers
Mike
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Hi Terry :z16
OK, from what I researched about your question, I think it was probably Terry Thomas. He had an early fishing programme on Anglia TV, called Angling Today I believe? And I think a young Chris Tarrant appeared on that.
Terry also worked at Milwards and Edgar Sealey.
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That is correct Mike. I realised after posting the question that most forum members are a lot younger than me. I met Terry Thomas again at the opening of Patshull Park as a trout fishery. Fished next to him on a big casting platform. He was constantly in tangles and cursing :z4
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What is the target AFFTA fly line weight standard in grains at 30ft for a WF5F line :?
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Without looking it up I would stab a guess at 240?
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Nope, you're in #9 weight territory there Terry *smiley-wink*
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Just weighed a #5 w/f on my druggie scales :oops I based my guess on the chopped wf #3 which is 80grains for a 21' head (wafting line) It looks so much lighter than the #5.