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Alistair Stewart’s piscatorial adventures around Glasgow, Scotland

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Entries from July 2004

The Kelvins a bloody mess!!

July 30th, 2004 · No Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Someone left a messege on my guestbook..They were saying when its gone its gone talking about the river and the wildlife around it.
Even though the river has come on in leaps and bounds the river still looks like a shite hole. I got a mail from a guy who was visiting from Canada last week. [...]

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Strange day!

July 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Life!, Observations, River Kelvin Fishing

So I had a strange day at the river today. I left the house at around 4pm…it had been warm and muggy all day. Almost as soon as i got to the river it started to rain. I didnt bring a jacket….all i had on was my waistcoat and waders. No hat.
Anyway, I was sheltering [...]

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Yahoo! Search Results for

July 27th, 2004 · No Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Yahoo! Search Results for “i have a nice cock”
If you search for “I have a nice cock” on yahoo my blog is number 2.
I have finally reached the ultimate in blogingdom.
#bows#
Goodnight!

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I have Typhoid!!

July 27th, 2004 · No Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Nah, not really. But yesterday I got my combined typhoid and hep A jag. My other half had got hers last week and her arm got sore because of it so i wanted to go fishing before the pain hit.
Headed down to the River and using my fav little fly (if you dont know what [...]

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Urgent - river Kelvin under threat

July 24th, 2004 · 1 Comment · River Kelvin Fishing

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/07/294582.html
People needed asap to protect a reclaimed patch of the river Kelvin in Glasgow.
Tea and tree-loving people are urgently needed to help stop the destruction of one of the nicest parts of Glasgow. The garden round the back of Otago Lane (near the Tchai Ovna teahouse) is threatened by plans to build luxury flats on [...]

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Upstream Dry!

July 22nd, 2004 · No Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

To be honest Im not bothered about the actual size of the fish that i catch. I mean, when i do catch a big trout im happy….like very happy but usually I get a lot of enjoyment out of catching a tricky fish. I was fishing dry and was casting upstream when I seen a [...]

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Dirty water!

July 21st, 2004 · No Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

So Ive been gagging to get down to the river. Ive not been down in a good couple of weeks or so. I headed down today……the conditions were perfect…..the water was at a good level, their was a gentle breeze……….and unfortunetly the water was a tan colour. The problem is that the river flows through [...]

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