December 2008 « The Urban Fly Fisher

Winterfest Pike Fishing

The North Glasgow Fly Dressers decided to have a winterfest day out fishing for Pike on a trout loch not far from Glasgow. “Stuffed full of em’” Alberto said – I thought it may be too cold – “it is not about the fishing” he said – “it is about the company and chat – [...]

Happy Christmas!

Hey – you guys in the states!!

Hey – you guys, aye – you and you, and quite possibly you – you guys had better keep an eye on your outgoing man at the top – seems he is bringing in a pile of new laws on the quiet.

Some of them you are just not going to like:

After spending [...]

The River Kelvin – Future Looking Poor?

Was reading a forum solely dedicated to salmon fishing and they were talking about the Kelvin. One chap mentioned that over the last few years he has witnessed the tributaries full of spawning fish in December – this year nothing! He does have a picture of a diseased hen fish in one of the tributaries.

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A few hours on the Kelvin

I think last spring was one of my best on the Kelvin – I am looking forward to this spring already!

Updating Site

Hiya – I am in the process of updating the sites theme – some things are not working – comments being one – also the page the forum is on may look strange.

Do me a favour – can you reply to this post in the forum and tell me if you see anything [...]

An Urban Winter Walk

I love the fact that in Glasgow you can still be around nature within a few minutes walk of your house.

PETA and the new anti fishing campaign – fishing blog reactions!

While reading some other fishing blogs I could not help notice people are discussing the new ”People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” (PETA) anti fishing campaign.

In case you did not know PETA campaign for any kind of injustice against animals, for example: eating them, using their skin for clothes (wool & leather etc), [...]

Winter Flick Throughs

I am ill – consequently I am flicking through books I have on my shelf for a little glimmer of fly fishing hope. I received “The World of Fly Fishing” a few years ago when I graduated from University as a present. The photography is lovely and is certainly making me think about [...]