conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 18:35:11 GMT
............and do you agree?
(talking about the Spey):
"This is the king of all Scotch rivers. Compared to the Spey the Dee is trivial, the Tay lacking in fish, and the Tweed tedious."
CLUE - It wasn't WG. ;D
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Post by Willie Gunn on Nov 13, 2007 18:38:12 GMT
Clag?
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hornet
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Post by hornet on Nov 13, 2007 18:38:51 GMT
SPK
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Post by Willie Gunn on Nov 13, 2007 18:40:23 GMT
No cannot be him far to sensible and I tend to agree with the statement.
John Ashley-Cooper
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 18:42:56 GMT
None of the above, and i'm fairly sure it wasn't CLaG.
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hornet
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Post by hornet on Nov 13, 2007 18:46:34 GMT
He must be a foreigner by saying SCOTCH Is he member of our sister site . Cheers Hornet
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conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 18:48:42 GMT
He must be a foreigner by saying SCOTCH Is he member of our sister site . Cheers Hornet He's a well known salmon angler from the last century - obviously not from our sister site then. ;D
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Post by Willie Gunn on Nov 13, 2007 18:58:49 GMT
He's a well known salmon angler from the last century - obviously not from our sister site then. ;D Do you mean the last century or the one before the last?
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conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:02:37 GMT
20th century, 1900-2000.
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Post by Speyducer on Nov 13, 2007 19:05:22 GMT
Hugh Falkus
Mike
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Post by salmonking on Nov 13, 2007 19:07:03 GMT
Tweedsider,, ;D ;D ;D
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conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:08:07 GMT
Nil point chaps.
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Speyducer
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Post by Speyducer on Nov 13, 2007 19:09:05 GMT
Arthur Oglesby
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conwyrod
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:09:58 GMT
Not Arthur.
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:12:08 GMT
His biggest salmon was 51lb.
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Post by Willie Gunn on Nov 13, 2007 19:14:36 GMT
McCorquodale ?
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Post by Speyducer on Nov 13, 2007 19:14:52 GMT
Captain Tinkler
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:16:01 GMT
Never 'eard of them, not really famous are they.
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:20:06 GMT
Whoever he is, his thoughts on the Tay still ring true.
I wouldn't describe the Dee as trivial, and the Tweed is only tedious in parts, IMO.
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Post by conwyrod on Nov 13, 2007 19:20:40 GMT
He was a very inventive angler.
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