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Ok – so the last time I posted the wish list everyone went bonkers – I thought about what everyone said and so have now ammended my list. Now, maybe I am being mean posting about Salmon fishing on the Kelvin seeing as how I do not do it, however considering the increasing runs of [...] I have recieved an email from Craig Robinson Environmental Impacts Group – Fisheries Research Services
I am writing having seen your River Kelvin website, and I have a request to make, but first I will give some background to it. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has a remit to [...] So I have now used my Orvis Troutbum 8 foot 4 weight for the best part of a season – I had been looking for a nice four weight for lazy days on the Kelvin as well as something for low water conditions on the Clyde. It must be said that I am no expert [...] I thought it was perfect conditions for Pike today – it was cloudy, warm and a slight breeze. Turns out the conditions don’t matter if the Pike are not in the mood – turns out you have got to go hunting and change all your tactics. If the first rule of pike fishing is “First, [...] Check out the Jurassic Lake short film on the Loop site – Check it out Loop are running guided trips to this place – I love their blurb: This is the only place we have heard of where guests have fainted due to catching too many fish! Some visits to the gym [...] That Friday feeling is great – you wake up in the morning and you just know you only have a few hours to go before you are the longest time period away from being back at work on the Monday – between those two points you must fill in as much time as possible fishing [...] Dropped my wife off at the hospital and then drove straight for the spot. A much better day all round – sun on the water and baitfish moving in the margins.
Before you pass by that picture above can I just point out how difficult it is to hold your rod in [...] Fished for Pike all day, cast maybe a thousand times, caught nothing. It rained on and off and was cold and windy. At the end of the day the felt sole was sucked off my orvis boots by a bog. …and some you lose! Where is this obsession going to end – it started out with a hankering for some Summer Pike around a month ago (that was when I last went after trout if you remember). Then after catching a couple of nice Pike I wanted to get a double figure fish…now I feel my old [...] This post was prompted by a thread in the forum. Every now and again people get in contact with me about what rod they should buy for the Kelvin or about tactics they should use. Well from now on I will direct them to this post as I say the same thing pretty much every [...] |
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