What can I say about The Tay ? Wikipedia says: Â The River Tay is a river in the southern Highlands of Scotland; it was made somewhat famous (or infamous) by William McGonagall‘s The Tay Bridge Disaster. It is the longest river in Scotland and the sixth-longest in the UK. It is also the largest river…
Month: April 2007
BBC Faux Pax
Oh dear, oh dear – I see not many people are happy at the BBC for this little ditty encouraging disabled anglers to grab a concession: If you are of a mind to disable or kill some fish, you will be delighted to hear that your own disability may work in your favour when obtaining…
Runner up in the Sports Category
Yegads, I came runner up in the Metro Blog Awards Congratulations to Caught Offside who targets those who love football and indulging in everything that goes along with following it. I just knew posting about Toad Sex was a bad idea so close to the judging.
Camping Trip – Part 2
Written by Alex The Ericht is a tributary of the river Isla, and appeared to be considerably larger than the ‘main’ river. With its unusually clear pools and bone-white rocks, it would not surprise me to find a glacier hidden away in her headwaters. After we’d roughed the near-Arctic conditions the night before, it almost…
Camping Trip – Part 1
A few trusty Kelvintators (Alex, Allan and I) left Glasgow on Thursday morning to meet Mike to fish a few rivers that we had discussed about at great length – around 15mins. Little did we know we were driving towards a rather vicious cold front that swept in to pretty much put a stop to…
Navy sails in to clean up Kelvin
I came across this storywhen I got back from my trip(more on that later) – sounds positive ROYAL NAVY sailors are teaming up with a local environment charity to help clean up the River Kelvin. A 40-strong team from Clyde-built HMS Daring will be using special equipment including open-top canoes to clear hard-to-reach spots on…
Gone Fishing – Back in a Few Days
Plan plan plan a trip…
On Thursday morning some fishing buddies (Emanuele, Mike, Alex and Allan) and I will be leaving for a few days fishing up North. The plan was to fish The Don on Thursday or Friday and then hit other rivers on the way back down but seeing as there is a cold front sweeping in and…
An Orgy of Toads
So I hit on something that I have never actually witnessed before – wild toad sex. When I started fishing the river I noticed something swimming down the river towards me – it was a toad, happily swimming along. I added it to my memory as just one of those quirky things you see on…
Book Review – Philadelphia on the Fly – Tales of an Urban Angler by Ron. P. Swegman
How do you review a book that you like? I know what I don’t like in a fly fishing book these days- basic how to books, books that are stating the obvious, books on fishing that have very little actual fishing in them – do what so you look for in a book on fly…