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Time for a rant.
If there's one thing that gets me mad when I'm out and about it's litter. Is it just me or is the problem getting worse? Despite local...

Paul Gault
Jul 15, 20192 min read
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Right this time.
Having learned my "check battery" lesson I was able to snap a couple of good brown trout on another visit to Killylane Reservoir. This...

Paul Gault
Jun 20, 20191 min read
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Charge your battery!
Inspired by Alan Boyd's recent big trout I headed up to Killylane Reservoir early yesterday morning on the hunt for a specimen. This time...

Paul Gault
Jun 5, 20191 min read
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He needs a bigger boat!
On a day when I decide to do other things because the river is low and I'm figuring the fishing might not be up to much, club member Alan...

Paul Gault
May 29, 20191 min read
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A change of scene.
There hasn't been much rain lately and the bones of the river are showing. I fear we may be heading for a summer drought which seems to...

Paul Gault
May 22, 20192 min read
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What's my line?
I've been tinkering with Tenkara again as it's proving an effective technique for small rivers like the Braid. So far I've been using the...

Paul Gault
Mar 30, 20192 min read
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Down memory lane.
The river is in spate today so to alleviate the boredom I've been going through some old photos. A Club Committee member gave me an old...

Paul Gault
Mar 16, 20191 min read
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To fish or not to fish?
Today was one of those typical days in early March; squally but with sunny interludes. The sort of day which brings out my indecisive...

Paul Gault
Mar 9, 20192 min read
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First Tenkara Trout.
March 1st. is here at last and time to try the Tenkara rod in anger, if indeed anger has any place in such a Zen pastime. The river was...

Paul Gault
Mar 1, 20191 min read
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Try Tenkara?
So the Tenkara rod I ordered from Amazon arrived the other day. I didn't want to break the bank on this whimsy in case it's not my cup of...

Paul Gault
Jan 17, 20191 min read
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Yet another birthday
There's nothing a fly fisherman likes more on his birthday than a nice bit of trout. Baked of course.

Paul Gault
Dec 24, 20181 min read
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River Braid 2018 season.
It's almost Christmas again and I'm thinking back on the past fishing season. To be honest it was memorable for all the wrong reasons. It...

Paul Gault
Dec 7, 20181 min read
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