It is sometimes easy to see why some people think the Kelvin is not an urban river – especially from the pictures that I post on this site. You see – there is a green corridor that cuts through Glasgow and down this passageway the Kelvin runs – the corridor has its own [...]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxRpxwag71w I headed out with fishing buddy Alan Atkins for an evening session on Tuesday night – the conditions looked perfect: overcast, warm and flies on the water – sure the river was low however this exposed a lot of pocket water where I suspected the trout would be sitting. As it was it was strange [...] You would be forgiven for thinking I have not done any fishing at all over the last week – as it is I have been chasing Pike on the Forth n’ Clyde canal and attempting evening sessions on the Kelvin – both did not amount to much mainly because I was half pished [...] So I needed a new pair of Polaroid’s – in fact I needed two pairs – a pair with light lenses for low light conditions and a pair with dark lenses for…..you guessed it, bright light conditions. Usually I would just head off to my local boots and try and find a pair that will [...] Decided on fishing the Kelvins big sister/brother as a pass was given at the last minute – it looked like it was going to be good conditions – overcast and windy – so where did it all go wrong? Well for a start it was cold, and a north easterly wind [...] Another urban blog flits across my radar – Urban Fly Ventures Go check that bad boy out ! I was flicking through “Stream Thought” after the writer/photographer posted a comment here and noticed he had posted a a gem of a find ! It is a quote from a book on Sea Trout fishing: “Brown trout give themselves up to those with skill and salmon to those [...] I am all Topsy Turvy here – by this point I am usually fishing most evenings and have really got into the swing of things – instead I am having to pick and choose my fishing opportunities based on experience and knowledge – unfortunately the trout (and pike – see last post) have [...] |
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