Fly fishing today on the River Tweed near Waverly Castle.
My fishing pipe in my mouth...puffing at a gentle pace...a strike...not huge, but someone who was serious about a meal....worked him for a good 5 minutes and his few jumps showed himself to be a nice brown....as I reeled him in close, I reached for my net...he was tired...or so I thought..one more dash away and my pipe fell from my mouth into the clear water....It wasn't more than 6-8 inches deep....marked the spot visually and brought in the fish for admiration..a solid 12"...gave him a pet, removed the fly, abit of movement in the river, to get the water in his gills and sent him on his way...I turned to locate my baptized pipe....
First step....I knew it wasn't the pebbles beneath me.
The evidence is attached....1971 Dunhill Dublin...bought it new and it has been my fishing pipe since its first day..its been to Chile, New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Scotland, USA (does Alaska count?) on and on...a nice size bowl..its marked as a "5" but its more of a "4"...the weight is nice and used to hold well in my mouth.
No tears...I'm having a whiskey and trying to figure if I should send it to Dunhill...but my last repair from them almost 10 years ago was horrible.
Sending it back for a "do-over" and dealing with sales staff at the Dunhill shop in London is an act of futility.
They know nothing about pipes, but they can make a great Latte!....
My fishing pipe in my mouth...puffing at a gentle pace...a strike...not huge, but someone who was serious about a meal....worked him for a good 5 minutes and his few jumps showed himself to be a nice brown....as I reeled him in close, I reached for my net...he was tired...or so I thought..one more dash away and my pipe fell from my mouth into the clear water....It wasn't more than 6-8 inches deep....marked the spot visually and brought in the fish for admiration..a solid 12"...gave him a pet, removed the fly, abit of movement in the river, to get the water in his gills and sent him on his way...I turned to locate my baptized pipe....
First step....I knew it wasn't the pebbles beneath me.
The evidence is attached....1971 Dunhill Dublin...bought it new and it has been my fishing pipe since its first day..its been to Chile, New Zealand, Argentina, Ireland, Scotland, USA (does Alaska count?) on and on...a nice size bowl..its marked as a "5" but its more of a "4"...the weight is nice and used to hold well in my mouth.
No tears...I'm having a whiskey and trying to figure if I should send it to Dunhill...but my last repair from them almost 10 years ago was horrible.
Sending it back for a "do-over" and dealing with sales staff at the Dunhill shop in London is an act of futility.
They know nothing about pipes, but they can make a great Latte!....