March 2007 « The Urban Fly Fisher

Marriage Counseling

A husband and wife go to a counselor after 15 years of marriage. The counselor asks them what the problem is and the wife goes into a tirade listing every problem they have ever had in the 15 years they’ve been married. She goes on and on and on. Finally, the counselor gets up, goes [...]

That Friday Feeling

Another night at my fly tying class last night, very interesting.

On the way back home I got to discussing with Alex another river that we fish and just how special it actually is. The river is split with reeds and islands and weed beds making the currents form hundreds of small pools, riffles and [...]

The Complete Fisher

I see The Complete Fisher has had a new front end making it into a hub rather than simply a forum.

Looks nice

The Clyde – two weeks early

A short report.

Hit the Upper Clyde yesterday with a pal. It was bright sunshine with a chill in the air. There was a few Large Dark Olives coming off the water but did not see any trout rising at all.

As you can see, Allan is about as stealthy as Emanuelle when it [...]

Websites related to the Clyde

I always like finding fly fishing sites to do with the rivers off the River Clyde. When I started Urban Fly Fishing on the Kelvin all those years ago i was very lonely all by myself- now a quick run through gives us this little list..

Urban Fly Fishing on the Kelvin – sister site [...]

Original Genuine Chadwicks 477

Â There is some original genuine chadwicks 477 wool on ebay. This is the wool that is used to make Sawyer’s Killer Bug which is a simple maggot-like pattern, yet seemingly for those that can get a hold of this wool it lives up to its name “Killer Bug” every season.

Sawyer said, “The successful [...]

‘Best of Brit Blog Awards’

I recieved an email today telling me I have been nominated in the ‘Best of Brit Blog Awards’ in the Sports section.

‘The Best of Brit Blog Awards 2007™(BOBBs) launched on the 22nd February to find and reward the UKs most talented writers on the blogosphere. Ask.com, one of the UKs leading internet search engines, [...]

The Fly Line of Many Colors

Opax has gone all cosmic on us.

Fish Wild – April 2007 Online

The April edition of Fish Wild is now online.

I particulary like Mike Connors article on what makes somebody an angler.

What many people completely fail to understand is that the number or size of fish is basically irrelevant to a true angler. Indeed, a true angler will quite happily spend hours trying to catch [...]

A View From the Bridge – Moored?

Tom Jervis over at A View From the Bridge is calling it a day due to ship based work being commercially sensitive . Tom’s writing and most excellent sense of humour has kept me amused for a good few years now.

I will return with a different format at a later date so for the [...]