Gordon Williamson

Herrislea Hotel owner Gordon Williamson, who originates from Burravoe, declared his intentions last month.

I spent my days fishing with Gordon Williamson, owner of the Herrislea House Hotel where I was staying.He reckoned he wasn't allowed out to fish much but I saw little evidence of this: we fished from dawn to dusk which is a long, long time in those latitudes in mid summer.Perhaps he was just making up for lost fishing time.

He showed me the croft where he had grown up and we fished the loch at the bottom of the field beyond the house.Here his father had taught him to fish with a fly.It was fly fishing, Jim, but not fly-fishing as we know it.

He was using an otter.
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A child could do it - Gordon did.By raising and lowering the tow-line the fisherman can swim the flies up to the surface and dibble them there enticingly as he makes his merry way along the water.
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Is all this beginning to sound familiar, Gordon?

Marjorie & Gordon WilliamsonHerrislea House HotelVeensgarth, Tingwall,Shetland ZE2 9SBTel: 01595 840208 Fax: 01595 840630email: herrislea.house@zetnet.co.uk

Owner Gordon Williamson said: "I think a big plus in our favour was that we still dry our bed linen outside."

(SEE JOB ADVERT ON CLASSIFIED PAGE)

Marjorie & Gordon WilliamsonHerrislea House HotelVeensgarth, Tingwall,Shetland ZE2 9SBTel: 01595 840208 Fax: 01595 840630email: herrislea.house@zetnet.co.uk