tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69254021374962942992024-02-19T16:13:06.064+00:00Fishing in ScotlandA blog about Fishing in Scotland, fly fishing, fishing, trout, salmon, current events, activities, bushcraft, survival techniques, accommodation and holidays.fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-84368515022007820042016-03-13T23:46:00.001+00:002016-03-13T23:46:59.067+00:00Chapman's Graves Today<br />
The Chapmen's Graves in the Kilsyth hills.<br /><br />
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"A Chapman or packman was an itinerant trader who would visit householders selling wares or services and, in the days before supermarkets, they were hugely important to the running of households.</div>
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The route is known as the Chapman's Road because the graves of two Chapmen or pedlars are located to the west of the summit of Tomtain. <br /><br />The story goes that one of the two Chapmen murdered the other and was later executed and buried next to<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> his victim. This may be true, but interestingly it does follow a trend of stories where Packmen or Chapmen are murdered. In any case, it certainly implies that this path was used by traders.<br /><br /></span></div>
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It is not clear why Chapmen would be using a route parallel to the Tak Ma Doon but it may be because they were trying to visit all of the hill farms to sell their wares. The Tak Ma Doon is also a very old road linking Stirling with Kilsyth and this may have been tolled at one time but there is no evidence of tolls on the Tak Ma Doon road so far."<br /><br /></div>
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<br /><br />Had arranged to meet up with some friends for an overnighter near Arrochar on Loch Long. Turned into a bit of an epic with 4000ft of ascent/descent and a 5 mile trek with a massive pack. Only to find the guys by total accident, camped 5 mins from where I started and about 2 mins from the car, just off the main road.<br /><br />My pal Stevie had an even more interesting story to tell having walked about the same distance as me trying to find the camp and then encountering the sheer luck to be picked up by the SBS for a ride along the loch from near the submarine base in their rib to where Ant and the Two Dave's were pitched up.<br /><br />Here's a wee video of my travails that culminated in a braw overnighter in good company round a blazing campfire on a night where temperarures got down to -5...<br /><br /><iframe width="320" height="266" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oydIq8qFPXk/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oydIq8qFPXk?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />May the fire be always lit ;-) ...fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-58096137325251473562016-02-18T00:06:00.000+00:002016-02-18T00:06:46.104+00:00Wee walk up Tomtain on Sunday 14th February<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br /><br />fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-48990697492970624532016-02-11T22:34:00.000+00:002016-02-12T23:05:03.872+00:00Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Forever Tainted<br />
I read this very transparent and informative article by<a href="https://twitter.com/CameronMcNeish?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank"> Cameron McNeish</a> on the<a href="http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/our-first-national-park-forever-tainted/0014363/#.VryGB5NWYkk.facebook" target="_blank"> Walk Highlands Magazine Site</a> Today and it pretty much sums up the shameful state of affairs regarding camping access in<b> Scotland's first National Park</b>. <br />
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People really need to take notice and get motivated with regard to getting this decision reversed as it is merely the tip of the iceberg of the way things are going under the current Government in Scotland and as Mr. McNeish says :-<br />
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fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-68002170298782729232016-01-10T21:16:00.001+00:002016-01-10T21:16:14.183+00:00Kilsyth Hills<br /><br />
Took a wee trip up the kilsyth hills last weekend.<br /><br />
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<br />fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-7915755411284558602015-11-24T23:42:00.000+00:002015-11-24T23:42:27.416+00:00Loch Etive 2 Years ago Today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br />En route to Cadderlie Bothy 2 years ago today, Loch Etive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8dI8I7KPIsYOlPOWjaMpHN9kZ3-1pAmnK_ShhXvKCg5GSMJ2yuAqANfb7BwdgUCSWU0qb4bR1tJ2Wq0KmpT8DRqOMlfwC4B4AewPC8eFDjQo4A0nunlNo-fvHbntTr8EfqEUc8QHQQ/s1600/etive1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8dI8I7KPIsYOlPOWjaMpHN9kZ3-1pAmnK_ShhXvKCg5GSMJ2yuAqANfb7BwdgUCSWU0qb4bR1tJ2Wq0KmpT8DRqOMlfwC4B4AewPC8eFDjQo4A0nunlNo-fvHbntTr8EfqEUc8QHQQ/s320/etive1.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br />A wee rock cod near the quarry</div>
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<br />fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-40726271428565069062015-11-20T00:36:00.000+00:002015-11-20T00:39:19.028+00:00Come By The Hills<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: start;">Had a wee trip to a mountain bothy last weekend. Where after driving my way up to and down the million pound racetrack into the lands of Lochaber and Locheil I met with Mark, Sandra, Ian and Steven. </span></div>
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<br />fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-25194161240006825022015-11-04T23:55:00.001+00:002015-11-05T00:29:33.916+00:00Back at the vice<div dir="ltr">
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fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-611322719915042892015-10-29T00:33:00.000+00:002015-10-29T00:36:11.515+00:00Up The Hills<br />
Went for a wee walk up the hills on Sunday 25th October<br />
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Good day up the Carron Dam today with Billy and Nigel. No blanks, stacks of browns, a few rainbows and quite a few misses. </div>
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<br />Billy out fished me and Nige by a long shot taking about 20 browns and 3 bows on quite a hard day with an East Wind to boot.<br /><br />Big change in the weather over the last couple of days and we were glad to get in at five p.m. after 8 hours on the water as it was getting pretty nippy.<br /><span style="background-color: #efe1d5; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"><br /><br /><br /></span>fishinscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01389878321377583668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925402137496294299.post-91491043936387063652015-09-24T21:42:00.000+01:002015-09-24T21:42:39.171+01:00Some New Additions to the Bushcraft Armoury<br />
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I have Crusader MK1 and Mk2 cooksets but find them a bit too bulky so am trying to put something together along the lines of the pathfinder canteen and cookset for a fraction of the cost that I can stow in a British Army water bottle webbing pouch when I'm on the move along with fire starting kit and a bottke of meths. This will give me the option to cook with wood, solid fuel tabs or meths using a Trangia Burner.<br /><br />The items pictured are a USA GI canteen water bottle, Esbit " small " solid fuel stove, Zippo petrol lighter, Mora Companion SS knife and a GI canteen cup. Am hoping to buy another GI cup to make a pot stand / burner windshield soon. The pack of cards is to give a size comparison for the closed Esbit stove.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Decided to get the float rods out and head off coarse fishing today. Myself and my young companion had quite a productive day with a few mirror and common carp between us fished off a pellet waggler on a match rod by me and a body up pole float of a whip by the youngster.</span></div>
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This one took a couple of red maggots fished just off the bottom on a pole float.</div>
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A small carp that could have been mirror but it was only very sparsely marked with mirror scales.<br />
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Pristine specimen of a common carp with lovely big scales.</div>
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A nice common in the 8 - 10 lb range that took a red and white maggot fished quite close to the bottom off of a pellet waggler and a Daiwa match rod.</div>
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Many thank's to all the regular readers. The blog is now approaching 100,000 views.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Responsible camping in the National Park by responsible people where no trace was left behind.<br /><br />The way it should be ....</span><br />
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All of the wood used for the camp fire was deadfall with not a single piece of wood cut from a living tree and all trace of the camp fire was removed before leaving. Would've liked to have posted an as it was before we arrived picture before leaving but the charge on the camera ran out. Unfortunately, there are just some things you can't plan for ;-)<br />
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As recently reported by BBC news, The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority board voted for complete camping bans on Loch Lomond and throughout the rest of the National Park on Monday 27th April.<br />
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<span style="color: #1e1e1e;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a result of this aberration which in my opinion is nothing less than an assault on the free men and women of Scotland itself. <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Here is a copy of an e-mail I'm sending to my MSP Jamie Hepburn in opposition to the proposed camping bans by the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority. I strongly object to the ban and feel if it is not stopped, similar bye laws will be introduced in other areas making it almost impossible to wild camp in Scotland without being made to feel like a criminal.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kevin Findlater MBE, a former Chief Inspector of Police in the Loch Lomond area has heavily critic<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ised the Park Authority for its proposals, which he branded “unnecessary and draconian”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please feel free to copy it and send it, or send one like it to your MSP. <br /><br />Likes on Facebook pages are being ignored by the Scottish Parliament. The only way to do something about this is to personally e-mail or write to your MSP. The camping ban has been approved by the Park Authority but still needs final approval by the Scottish Government so there is still time to Object.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am writing to strongly object to the proposed wild camping and access ban which has been approved by the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park authority. There is existing legislation and police powers to deal with offenders in the National Park. The majority of wild campers are responsible and care for the environment. I feel the imposition of this ban would be an unacceptable erosion of the hard won freedoms and civil liberties we have in Scotland that people have fought and died for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I trust you will find this in order and note my objections to these proposed draconian restrictions and bans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br />Please take the time to either write to or e-mail your MSP voicing your objections to these bans, your future access to the Scottish Countryside could depend upon it.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Went for a walk up Tomtain hill today. Took the Yugoslavian Army Cookset and Canteen I bought last week to give it a wee try. Well impressed.</span></div>
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Started my walk about 6 o'clock and got back down to the road about 9.15 p.m. after messing about for about an hour and a half making dinner (that's the moon top deadcentre in the photae ). Nearly got knocked down by the local constabulary who were on the lookout for poachers about two minutes after taking this shot but learned some very interesting information about a wee loch I used to fish from them ;-)<br />
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"We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children, and take siestas with our wives. In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs.<br />We have a full life."</div>
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The tourist interrupted, "I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."</div>
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"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting," answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"</div>
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"After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."</div>
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"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what we are doing now. So what's the point wasting twenty-five years?" asked the Mexicans.</div>
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Me, Mike and Pete with Jamie, catching Bonito on the west coast of Lanzarote. Check out that Atlantic swell...<br />
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We soldiered on for a bit but found trolling the lures for a couple of miles really hard going until Dan eventually hooked into this massive beauty</div>
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With Declan losing a better fish close to home time around seven o'clock.</div>
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Had a wee chat with some of the local lads who were catching tiny perch for a bit of fun from the bank.</div>
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Great day out with Dan and Declan, looking forward to the next time already.</div>
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