Comments on: Camping Trip – Part 4/Conclusion

By: Tamanawis — A Northern return

Tamanawis — A Northern return — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:09:48 +0000

[...] Alistair and I on a glorious highland river. They made a weekend of it (apparently without anything large and dark in colour) but I could only join them for a day, so bolted up the road one morning, arriving at the permit [...]

By: Hair of the fish — A Fly Fishing Season in Scotland

Hair of the fish — A Fly Fishing Season in Scotland — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:50:30 +0000

[...] This is a fishing/hillwalking blog. I’ve deliberately refrained from posting stuff about politics or my pet ant. So of course this post is about fishing… well, fly tying. One thing about having so much extra hair around the place is that it provides a whole new avenue of thought in fly tying material. I’m thinking nice, translucent nymph bodies. Perhaps if I use some really quality shampoo the end result will sparkle that little bit extra. I’m thinking something with papaya and powerbait extract. Only problem is I’m not a woman. That, however, is a whole other blog post. [...]

By: Hair of the fish : Tamanawis

Hair of the fish : Tamanawis — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:19:02 +0000

[...] and powerbait extract. Only problem is I’m not a woman. That, however, is a whole other blog post. July 6, 2007 | Filed Under fly tying, thoughts, wierd [...]

By: Alistair

Alistair — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:55:31 +0000

Ah well, the further away you travel to fish the worse it will be

By: Jim Burns

Jim Burns — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:17:13 +0000

Come lads April was a good month for me 59 fish most of them trout and a number of salmon parr. 9 trout between 1lb -1 1/2lb they are there just have to search them out. Enjoyed reading about your epic fishing trip. Rude story sounds interesting.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Tue, 08 May 2007 17:42:22 +0000

Not many people out at the beggining of April Scott, I doubt I would have had many trout at that time as well – now is the time for consistant action most of the day…….

By: alan atkins

alan atkins — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:13:36 +0000

Scott, good to hear you are still trying hard for the Kelvin trout. Alistair’s advice will serve you well and you know the stretch you have been fishing is full of fish. Keep at it and you will be rewarded. As for flies, i would agree with Alistair’s choice, but would not forget a couple of nymphs , especially the Mayfly nymph. In my experience, the Kelvin trout tend to ignore the duns and feed heavily on the nymphs even when there is a hatch of yellow mays. Dick Walkers mayfly mymph is easy to tie and deadly on the Kelvin, good luck, oh and get yourself a 4/5 weight !!

By: Scott M

Scott M — Tue, 08 May 2007 14:22:47 +0000

hi,

I’m fishing between the weir at the botanic gardens and Great western road, I haven’t been out since the middle of April, when I had the pleasure of meeting Allan. I’ve had to put it all aside until after my exams, after that I’m away to explore further upstream.

Smallest I’ve experimented with was a size 22 gnat up at the loch I fish, but I’ve yet to give anything a cast smaller than an 18 in the Kelvin. I’m gonna go crazy after the exams and order some hooks down to a 30, just for a laugh. I haven’t used an F Fly before (nor many dry flies), so thanks for the tip. My fly box is looking pretty bare so I’m looking forward to experimenting and filling it up.

Scott M

By: Alistair

Alistair — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:25:11 +0000

Hey Scott,

I would not be too worried about not catching a fish after 4 hours – The kelvin can be a hard mistress at times.
Where abouts are you fishing ?

My three key dry flies for the Kelvin are: F Fly, Olive Klinkhammer and a Grey Duster. Keep your flies small = the F fly is tiny – I think I use a size 16 Kamasan B100 but pretty much any tiny hook will do. With F flies make sure you tie up a good dozen or so as they are strictly a one fish fly – after a fish has taken it then it no longer floats.

Alistair

By: Scott M

Scott M — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:37:21 +0000

hi there, what sizes have you been tying up?

Of my 4 hours fishing on the Kelvin, I haven’t had a fish yet