Personally I am glad I was nowhere near – instead I was receiving a face full of nettles at the Clyde – more on that hilarious story later!
Month: April 2011
Massive Rammy on the Banks of the Kelvin!(Warning bad language and violence)
While everyone else was either fishing or watching the Royal Wedding some folk decided to have a riot down in Kelvingrove Park on the banks of the Kelvin – the party was organised on facebook and ended with mounted police charging party goers. Of course the problem stems from our Grand Leader David Cameron telling folk to…
Urban fun with Theo
A while back a chap called Theo Pike contacted me as he is writing a book on fishing urban rivers for trout and grayling. He wanted to write a short section about the Kelvin so we agreed to meet up at some point in the future. Suddenly the day was fast approaching and after a…
Support your local Urban Fly Fisher!
It is my birthday today (Easter Monday) and it is a nice chilled out day with the family. I plan to do some urban fishing tomorrow with Theo Pike and then some non urban stuff on Friday all going well. Reader numbers have jumped in the last month or so – probably due to the start of…
Weekly water photo – 16 of 52
I decided it was time my sun flowers were outside – the boy helped me dig the holes. I am hoping there will be no more frost. The next thing to go out in the garden is my tomato plants – I still need to buy a grow house though! I have actually been scouring…
A bloody great hole in my foot!
So just after I had sent my waders for a full hole repair job to Diver Dave I then spent a few nervous trips thinking I had a leak – turned out it was just the cold and not creeping water in my nether regions. Anyway, last time I was out I noticed a distinct…
Combined Trip Report
A very hit or miss couple of weeks on the Kelvin for me – I have not been able to fish anywhere else due to work and time commitments. You have got to be on the river at the right time and be in the right place as soon as a hatch starts. One guy…
Weekly water photo – 15 of 52
Walked through the Botanics – did not get near the river. Tell you something though it was only at around half four the temps started to rise to a measly 12 degrees. These are the only fish I seen today.
Check!
Spring Sun – Check! Decorating chores partly complete – Check! Water at a good height – Check! A full fly box – Check! Non leaky waders – Check Bank covered in empty cider bottles carried their in blue plastic bags – Check! Regaled with stories of monster hatches of olives – Check! Meet a guy…
Weekly water photo – 14 of 52
Where am I?