Tour Scotland Video Spey Casting Scottish Game Fair Scone Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Spey Casting demonstration at the Scottish Game Fair on the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Spey casting is a casting technique used in fly fishing. Spey casting can be accomplished with either a normal length fly rod, or a rod referred to as a double handed fly rod, often called a Spey rod. Spey rods can also be used for standard overhead casting. Spey casting is used for fishing large rivers for salmon and large trout such as steelhead and sea trout. Spey technique is also used in saltwater surf casting. All of these situations require the angler to cast larger flies long distances. The two handed Spey technique allows more powerful casts and avoids obstacles on the shore by keeping most of the line in front of the angler. Spey casting originated in the heart of Scotland in the mid 1800s. The name comes from the River Spey in Scotland, which is where the cast originated, presumably at Gordon Castle Estate and Wester Elchies beat. Therefore, the Spey cast was developed so one could successfully cast on a large river such as the Spey. When Spey casting was introduced, 22 foot rods were used. These rods were made of greenheart, a heavy wood imported from British Guyana. Today, rods are only 12 to 15 feet in length, and can toss a line up to 80 feet.

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Old Photograph Vintage Car Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a vintage car on the Island of Arran, Scotland. With dramatic mountain ridges towering over the moorland of its northern half, and a lusher, softer landscape in the south, Arran is often dubbed as Scotland in Miniature. The fact is that this is an island with a huge amount to offer packed into small space. The great granite ridges may be lower in stature than those in the Highlands, but they are the equal of any mountains in Scotland for sheer grandeur. The coastline has some superb scenery and a wondeful outlook, whether towards Ayrshire or to Kintyre. And the island itself is packed with history and human interest, from the ancient standing stones on Machrie Moor.



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Old Photograph Cairneyhill Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. This Scottish village began in the 18th century as a settlement for local weavers and was served by the parish church that was built in 1752 and is still used today. This was a hotbed of dissenters and the village was a central point for the religious disputes in Scotland in the early 19th Century.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Black Watch Perth

Tour Scotland photographs of The Black Watch in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A small selection of my photographs of the Black Watch on visits to Perth.

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Tour Scotland. Tour Aberdeen, Tour Dundee, Tour Edinburgh, Tour Glasgow, Tour Isle of Skye. Tour Glencoe, Tour Loch Lomond. Tour Loch Ness.
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Old Photographs Of Isle Of Islay Scotland

Old photographs of Island of Islay, Scotland. Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as " The Queen of the Hebrides ", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura and around 25 miles north of the Irish coast. The island's capital is Bowmore where the distinctive round Kilarrow Parish Church and a whisky distillery are located. Port Ellen is the main port.

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Old Photographs Glasgow Scotland

Old photographs of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Bearing a rich history and proud traditions, in the nineteenth century Scotland generated vast wealth through commerce, manufacturing and heavy industry which made Glasgow the 'Second City of the Empire' and shipbuilder to the world. This book covers the development of the Clyde Navigation, and the international exhibitions which took place in Kelvingrove and showed Glasgow off to the world. The photographs also show the drastic changes to the city as it was in the eighteenth century, changes that produced handsome new streets and urban parks, as well as increasingly fetid slums and unsightly factories. Later demolition of the historic core of the city by unsentimental Glaswegians made way for new public buildings, housing, the central shopping area and a modern railway system. This book also reflects the character of the hardworking population whose chequered lives have created the modern city of Glasgow. Glasgow in Old Photographs.

Old Photographs Of Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photographs of Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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This book contains pictures of virtually every settlement on the island and still features SS Glencoe at Kyle, a tinker's caravan loaded aboard a ferry boat about to depart from Kyle, scenes from the works of Skye Marble Ltd. and climbers on top of giddy peaks in the Cuillins. Places covered include: Portree, Staffin, Digg, Duntulm, Kilmuir, Uig, Skeabost, Bernisdale, Stein, Waternish, Dunvegan, Glendale, Roskhill, Bracadale, Drynoch, Carbost, Portnalong, Elgol, Loch Scavaig, the Cuillins, Sligachan, Luib, Torrin, Broadford, Kyleakin, Kylerhea, Isle Ornsay, Tarskavaig, Armadale, Ardvasar. Last Ferry to Skye.