Hello All

I am hosting a very special Charity Auction for a very special Charity called Gardening Leave.

**The auction will end Sunday the 12th at 9pm**

Before you start bidding, here is what they do....

Gardening Leave is a Charity that is heavily involved in improving the mental and physical wellbeing of ex-Service personnel using Horticultural Therapy and, specifically for us Forumites, Fly Fishing! (further details at the bottom of the page)

The main person behind this auction is our very own forumite, lvlacleod (Tam Anderson) who is an ex-serviceman and very involved with the Gardening Leave Charity and also in encouraging and engaging with other veterans in flyfishing.

I am sure we can all imagine what other Soldiers and other military personal go through and no doubt many of us have friends or family involved in, or have been involved in, conflicts locally and abroad.

All proceeds will go to Gardening Leave!...........Gardening Leave

Items donated:

An SKB Reel (Toshka @ £50)
A £20 voucher from Toby at Funky Fly Tying (Budgie @ £18)
10 buzzers from Scratch (grandson salter @ £26 )
A set of furled leaders from MrTrout (jacko1967 @ £20 )
John Tyzack and Dean Andrews The Complete Mayfly DVD donated by Grommit (IBM @ £35)


What a cracker lot this is!!


A 6/7/8 Cartridge Reel made from ultra-lite machined barstock aluminium






£20 to spend on this delightful website; Fly Tying Materials from Funky Fly Tying

Thank you Toby!




For those of you that haven't had the pleasure of seeing Rob's Buzzers, here we go......




Green



Olive



Black


Terrific, thank you, Rob!




A set of Mrtrout's World Famous Furled Leaders..........



These are the bad boys to use for those in the know Thank you Steven!


A very kind donation by our very own Grommit of the John Tyzack and Dean Andrews The Complete Mayfly DVD

Please note: NOT THE SIGNED VERSION
http://www.ian-woods.co.uk/prods/the...n-andrews.html



Smashing!


Please dig deep, this is a really good cause to help many service men and women in need!

**The auction will end Sunday the 12th at 9pm**


Winner to send a cheque made payable to Gardening Leave with a note accompanying it with winners name and address and also that the cheque is from the charity auction on the Fly Forums run by you and me.

Send cheque to:
Jamie Murray
Gardening Leave,
Gardens Unit,
SAC Auchincruive,
Ayrshire.
KA6 5HW



Thank you all very much indeed.



Benjamin

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I will bid £50 for the reel and £15 for scratchs buzzers to start off
Tosh

Evening Gents

Thought it was about time I introduced myself to fellow forums members, espicially with the outstanding support you's give to Gardening leave and also because I thought you's may like to know who is receiving the proceeds from the auction for the Gardening Leave veterans. Therefore may I take this oppertunity to thank each and everyone of you's for your kind donations and finiancial contributions that you's have made in the past and hopefully the present on behalf of the staff and veterans at Gardening leave.

A little about myself, I started with Gardening leave sometime ago initially as the fishing volunteer. I have recently completed 26 years Army service myself and finally left the Army in Sept last year in order that I could take up the post at Gardening leave as the full time fishing co-ordinator/instructor.

At present I compile a weekly winter programme for the veterans, which include two days fly fishing to (Local Stillwaters) and two days fly tying conducted at Gardening leave.

Once the season starts we will be back to river fishing with a trip to a stillwater on occassions. The interest amongst the veterans is growing more and more, as Gardening Leave now have ten regular fly fisherman, we also have veterans from Hollybush that fish at Gardening leave on a daily basis.

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What goes around comes around.

Jamie

hi jamie,

great cause,and a great idea.

atb terry

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"It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this." - W.C. Prime, 1888

£20 on the dvd.

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All that glitters, will catch anglers.

DVD - £25
Buzzers - £20
Leaders - £20

Jack

£26 on the dvd

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All that glitters, will catch anglers.

£25 for the buzzers.

cheers,

Andy

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Wm. Salter & Grandson - Merchants
www.wmsalter.co.uk

Great bidding guys. Everything has a bid now except the £20 gift voucher from Toby.

I know it's early days still but keep up the great bidding guys Every single penny will be put to great use.

P.S. Sorry I've been quiet for a while but think I am back now

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http://www.gardeningleave.org

Glad your back , hows the moggie?

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