Fishing The Fly Scotland Forum

Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #360 on: 27/02/2011 at 22:40 »
Sutherland has the word cat , Shetland has seal , in Gaelic ? Both like fish !   :z4

Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #361 on: 28/02/2011 at 04:20 »
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

Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #362 on: 28/02/2011 at 08:29 »
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

Allan Liddle

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #363 on: 28/02/2011 at 11:01 »
Ok Hamish, i'll go Cat then  :z4

bruce

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #364 on: 28/02/2011 at 12:11 »
i will say they both end in "land" which must mean something in some other language  :z4 :z4 :z4 :z4

Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #365 on: 28/02/2011 at 13:18 »
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

Tiam

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #366 on: 28/02/2011 at 19:15 »
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

Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #367 on: 28/02/2011 at 19:26 »
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

:z3

Tiam

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #368 on: 28/02/2011 at 19:28 »
Got it in one :z7 :z4
Right Hamish, over to you :wink

All the Best
Tiam

Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #369 on: 28/02/2011 at 19:55 »
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






Peter Rawlinson

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #370 on: 28/02/2011 at 20:03 »
Sounds a bit like Loch Lomond .

Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #371 on: 28/02/2011 at 20:06 »
It's a good guess, can see why you'd say that, but it's not right  :z5

:z3

Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #372 on: 28/02/2011 at 20:12 »
Loch Awe  :?

 :z18

Jim

Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #373 on: 28/02/2011 at 20:13 »
Nice try Jim, but no  :wink

:z3

Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #374 on: 28/02/2011 at 20:21 »
Loch Katrine ?

 :z18

Jim


 




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