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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.
Mounted police moved in to disperse revellers after organisers [...] 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 [...] 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. [...] Spring Sun – Check! Decorating chores partly complete – Check! Water at a good height – Check!
Water at a good height! A full fly box – Check! Non leaky waders – Check Bank covered in empty cider bottles carried their in blue plastic bags – Check!
Wanks – Check! Regaled with stories [...] Most anglers in Scotland have used Sepa’s pretty good river level site in the past and I reckon more folk will be using it even more in the future. There is a full update of the changes to the site here. For us on the Kelvin there are now three monitoring stations – the lowest [...] So Saturday was the opening ceremony for the River Kelvin – the actual opening day of the Salmon season was Friday however it was a kind of last minute decision to hold any kind of shindig. Anyway, a quick post was made on the Fishkelvin site and some members agreed to pop along at the [...] Kelvinator Alasdair P posted a nice wee video in my Kelvin Forum of several of the runs and pools at the lower end of the river – pretty much from the Clyde and then up a few miles. He has very handily named all the pools and areas – If you do not fish the [...] Do me a favour and vote on “circle of tyrants” to win a competition to play a gig in a club – it is a simple click no need to register or anything – promise I won’t ask again ….link below http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/evile-vote-for-your-favourite-band-to-support-in-glasgow/ Ta very much! River full of groo – no fishing! # The view from my office …. Only one left! |
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