MrBen

Ted Max - beautifully phrased but factually incorrect sir. A true fly fisherman would never carry nor be seen with a "bait box". He would of course carry a fly box.

I blame Bono

Anyways - enjoy Kanye West ;-)

How very wise of you not to disclose *Bob*. As whatever your discerning choice, there'll always be some hipster in a black T-shirt telling you otherwise.

Surely Bono was more of a cock than CM? That bit where he pretended to be a bull, made horns and charged "The Edge", his simulated live making and leather trousers. And the obligatory headliner mention of Leylines. All the work of a clown. But a very professional clown.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Will bb join u2 later for their joint hit I > wonder? He will, hence his Friday not Sunday billing. But after 15,000 gigs, 85 yrs old and 51 years touring, I predict a deckchair for the great man.

B.B. King at 8pm on the telly. Playing the Pyramid, the first time I can remember a blues legend doing so on a Friday eve. Massively understated, this is the real shit.

Why have three songs when you can have just one?

It has to be this from the Texas Cannonball himself, Goin' Down Original bootlegged footage from 1972 - this made the hairs on my neck stand up at 14 years old. It still does. Legend.

He's both. As a conservative Scot with godfearing presbyterian roots, its all a bit flash from the boy on a lucky roll down in London. He also has a hidden fear of flying which is not spoken of openly. That and it would seem, bears, which still roam freely in Slovenia. He's actually asked if he should bring bear spray.Once he gets over all of that and gets out the comfort zone I think he'll have a great time.

Yes I did. He wasn't ever into football or the pub - he liked being away from it all in the outdoors. When I was about 2 he'd take me up to fish different lochs on his back and he'd cast for trout from the shore whilst puffing a pipe full of St Bruno. We still manage to hook up about once a year to fish and this is the main time we have together. This topic is all strange timing given what I'm doing this week. I've been quietly saving my for the last few years to treat him to a once in a lifetime trip to fly fish in the Slovenian mountains. We're leaving on Thursday and I can't wait. He's rarely fished outside of Scotland so it will be an adventure for us both!

That will be Loch Leven. In its day one of the best wild brown trout fisheries with its own silvery strain of Leven trout. You're dad must have been a good - did you not fancy it?

Flytying is creativity. You invent a fly. You try it out. It catches fish. So you give it a name. In this case referring to the colour of the flies body and its birthpace (Arrow). Man who's not catching any asks about it and you tell him. It gets passed on, is successful and perhaps even published. And there you have it. One of the oldest dressings (150 yrs+) is a Partridge and Orange spider but you'll find it dressed slightly diffeently in Yorkshire than you would say in lowland Scotland where they dispense with the gold rib. This is geeky stuff....I'm obsessed but will spare you!

That's a great story. Hang onto it!

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a long shot but have any fly fishermen out > there heard of a fly called the Red Arrow? I have. Although I had to check an old flytying book. It's an Irish or Scottish traditional wet fly pattern typically used on a three fly cast. I have the dressing pattern if you want it. Hunca has spoken of the Wandle which I'd love to try if I knew a local who could show me. I fished a West London stream under a flyover once that had lots of splashing trout gobbling Mayfly and it was as good as any fancy chalk stream. Syon Park near Kew is ok for a central london day out to get you back in the swing of fly fishing. It has rainbows. Extend that 50 miles a bit further and you get some good fisheries in Kent and of course the famous Hampshire streams. Not all of those posh tickets are worth the money though but if you PM me I can give you some good ones.

Funny things though forums.... What makes one succeed and another fail? On the face of it there's no reason why a neighbouring spot could equal or better the EDF. I've always thought it's in the foundation of the administration (credible, neutral, assertive with a touch of wit). Then you need small team of (unpaid) volunteers behind that to give you the man power to deal with the daily idiots, bots, spammers etc that threaten measured content. And then you still need to attract a critical mass of a range of posters who'll make it all worth reading. The EDF started with most of that in place. The admin here have had the odd slip up but have managed to get lot more right and continue to do...mostly unpaid. Take a peek at other local forums and the admin is clumsy, over firm and often small minded. They are a void of life and run by men with golf jumpers and a Magic Tree in the car.

Chuckles as the EDF'rs hackles rise at the mere mention of said neighbouring forum on their pages...

I think they will understand. It's a long way to go for some sausage rolls and a disco. That said some of the foreign weddings can be an amazing and fascinating experience, especially if someone is marrying a partner native to that country.

Is he big and giggly?

Whilst highly unfashionable, I'm a Biggins fan. His early work like On Safari was genius.

I reckon he looks more like Christopher Biggins. In a nice way.

Nowt for us - and we went all out too.

Almost everyone who moans about it now either: A: Has never actually been themselves OR B: Is one of those "you should have been here in 1985" types It's hard to explain the once in a lifetime experience of standing in a field with 120,000 roaring on Rolf Harris and his wibble board. The usual rules just don't apply to the Glastonbury experience. It's rarely about the headliners although David Bowie's epic set in 2000 still gives me goosebumps.

And that was "Sean MacGabhann's Saturday" by the great Ted Max, the first of a series of three. It can be heard again for Medium Wave listeners at 4pm on Tuesday.

Brindisa is a great choice from KPC. Buzzy, bustling place. You may have to wait for a table but grab a glass of vino at the bar. And don't ask for Calamari - it's their "thing" that they don't do it...not sure why. Cheap and cheerful option is Alma's Pizzeria which does good pizza and pasta fare all for less than a tenner.