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And now the end is near!

15 September, 20202 January, 2021 by Alistair

I’ve got to admit it was a lovely evening to be splashing around in a river. I guess I should have tried to find a trout to catch however by the looks of things all the rivers were too high. However, after being asked to fish the Garnock by Atkins and I was able to…

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Tale end of last summer…

24 January, 2018 by Alistair

Tale end of last summer I headed to a local Sea Loch with Alex and had a ball. We were fishing off a ledge into deep water and picking up wrasse and pollock. Later on we would move to an area that had thorn back rays however what sticks out in my mind is the…

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Season Blunders

22 October, 2014 by Alistair

Middle of the summer I went up to Ullapool for a few nights camping. The car was stuffed full of camping stuff and their was barely any room for my youngest. I had a split decision to make about what fishing gear to take and decided on my beachcaster. Of course now I realise if…

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Mushrooms…

26 September, 2014 by Alistair
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Commonwealth Games Flotilla

27 July, 2014 by Alistair

About 250 boats, including small ships, yachts and clippers sail up the River Clyde as part of the city’s Commonwealth Games celebrations. I headed down to Bowling on Saturday to catch them before they went under the Erskine Bridge. I was most impressed with the sight – boats hooting, pipers on the decks and people lining the…

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This made me smile…

9 April, 2013 by Alistair
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River Kelvin is not just for fishing #shock#

3 February, 2013 by Alistair

John Short (Volunteer Bailiff) posted a couple of pictures today on Twitter .. The last time anything like this was spotted on the river a full scale riot was taking place and some Royalty were busy being married.  I have seen guidance on paddling the Kelvin and thankfully serious  paddlers only go on it when it is…

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And now a holiday message from our sponsor – Lord Kelvin!

24 December, 2012 by Alistair
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Haunted by foxes!

17 December, 2012 by Alistair

I encountered it in a Bed and Breakfast in Pitlochry – the look of pure absolute evil. Its eyes were attached to a head that had been wrenched off its shoulders and then had a  hapless duck stuck between its jaws. I have never been freaked out by a stuffed animal so much in my…

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Desire Paths

27 November, 2012 by Alistair

Desire paths are…… What the hell, here is a weird video on the You Tube that describes them.. The Kelvin river bank has a ton of them and there is even a Flickr group dedicated to them. Did you even know that these tracks made by  rebellious first world  anarchists even had a name?

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