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Month: May 2012

Cold Comfort!

31 May, 20121 June, 2012 by Alistair

The weather turned on Monday evening – during the day the temp was up around the high twenties and then in the evening they plummeted down to just into the teens. It was windy too and it was not a warm wind, it was an evil cold wind that thoroughly stopped the action. Well, if…

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Dusky Maidens!

27 May, 2012 by Alistair

Another dusk session which ended totally at ….well dusk really. I have heard of trout sessions that last well into dark however on the Kelvin the last few nights all action has ended with the bats being on the water. I fished up the city stretch and as usual found something in the river that…

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Kelvinator Requires “Likes” on Facebook!

27 May, 2012 by Alistair

Alasdair P – Kelvinator supreme has had his recent Salmon submitted to the “Fish of the Month” section of the Glasgow Angling Centre Facebook page The fish was caught just after some expert told him there were ” Nae fish in there ya fanny…” Alasdair has ditched his waders in place of Jeans and Jesus Sandals….

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Camped a night at loch Lomond – midge madness !

27 May, 2012 by Alistair

Two views , one of the view from the camp ….. And one of my leg in the morning when the evil little bastards descended on me as I was packing the camp up ! If you have never experienced the Scottish midges I assure you it is the quickest route to madness that one…

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A View from the Chair.. (The Ultimate Urban Fisher Accessory)

25 May, 201225 May, 2012 by Alistair

Oh the Kelvin fishers, I just love them. What makes this whole scene a lot more comedic is when you realise the bench is in fact in the middle of a weir… It takes the whole “Fuck You”approach to the step between casts rule – this area is actually quite heavily fished, I can only think that…

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Dusky Madness

24 May, 2012 by Alistair

So after a quick run after work and then a hectic few hours trying to put the boys to bed in this heat I found myself setting up at around half eight, I spoke to a couple of guys with spinning rods who did not have permits and then dived in the water. It was…

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Assholes spoil my day!

21 May, 2012 by Alistair

How do you deal with poaching? – not the serious big stuff involving nets and and stuff I am talking about the low level stuff involving a guys just fishing the river without a permit? I managed a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon and it was spoiled by having to talk to a few…

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I am running for Yorkhill Hospital!

17 May, 2012 by Alistair

Chaps, you may or not be aware that I have not exactly been the fittest of specimens over the last year or so. However, in February I decided to get myself a little fitter and started doing a spot of jogging, this then led on to having a goal of doing a 10k race (so…

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Stolen Gold

9 May, 20129 May, 2012 by Alistair

So I managed a couple of stolen golden hours after work to try and again tempt some Kelvin trout and to be quite honest I was almost going to be waxing lyrical about spooky trout and pricked lips. Not my lips, the trout I managed to prick. You see the first few trout that I…

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Basic Entomology – NSFW

7 May, 20127 May, 2012 by Alistair
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