Archive | October, 2008

Shetland Sea Trout Back in Droves

October 31, 2008 0 Comments

After 20 years of recording terrible catch rates for sea trout, anglers on the Shetland Isles could have been forgiven for giving up hope of catching a sea trout in the Isle’s lochs and burns, but two decades of no more than ten sea trout per year were turned on their head in 2007, with [...] Read more
Category: Sea Trout, Shetland
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Report Claims Salmon Can be Damaged by Construction Noise

October 30, 2008 0 Comments

The Aberdeen newspaper The Press and Journal reported yesterday that “SALMON could be deafened by the construction noise of the proposed Aberdeen bypass” (in their repot “Salmon at risk from noise, probe told“). The objector to proposed developments in Aberdeen, research biologist Tony Hawkins, claimed that salmon were at Read more
Category: Atlantic Salmon, Salmon, Scotland
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Gone Fishing?

October 27, 2008 0 Comments

Well, its been quite some time since I set up this Fly Fishing blog and I haven’t written anything for an age. This summer has quite possibly been the worst I’ve ever experienced in terms of rain, and that, coupled with moving (and renovating) a house has severely cut down my bank time to absolue [...] Read more
Category: General Fly fishing Chat
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