Chapter 12 – Paradise Lost
In the latest instalment of Not Exactly Fishing, Gordon Mack recalls how his beloved hill loch retreat, tucked away off the beaten track in the foothills of The Cuillin was unexpectedly burgled.
Continue ReadingTaransay – fishing dreams of the wildest west
SO, Ben Fogle is keen to buy the ‘castaway’ Hebridean island of Taransay. I hope he’s successful. He is one person likely to ensure it remains what it is, a small jewel of isolation in our increasingly crowded world. I have been fortunate to visit it on several occasions as a result of family ties,…
Continue ReadingChapter 11 – Why I know crime does pay
EVER gone on a fishing trip with the lads and been tempted to run a small sweepstake to liven up proceedings? Not Exactly Fishing reveals how a smart London coarse angler with an inside knowledge of underworld crime, ran off with the profits on a fly-fishing holiday to the wilds of Scotland’s remote Sutherland.
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