Fished a tiny stream on Sunday – the day was warm with a forecast of rain – it began to cloud over by midday – the rain never arrived. The stream was in a gorge and for once there was no burnt out cars (although strangely still an exhaust). I fished with Paul [...]
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Sunday – it had been raining for three days so pretty much knew the Kelvin would be out of action. I considered a few other possibilities and decided the “river of pipes” was a possibility, I called it that as it has an extraordinary number of pipes over it – most if em’ [...] I think this is great : More than £500,000 will be spent restoring the Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park. An underground water recycling system will be installed which will allow the fountain to operate in a sustainable way for the first time in its long history. Until now the fountain has been fed from the mains supply, [...] So there were two new mothers who wanted to go the Baby Show at the SECC and there were two new fathers who wanted to go fishing – simple solution – hook up the two mothers to keep company while the two guys go fishing – sometimes I think James Bond will come after me [...] Ok – so winter was a washout when it came to tying up flies – if I had my head screwed on I would have tied up some at the end of last season however due to Pike Madness pretty much everything went by the wayside. I thought people who moaned about having no free time [...] “I’m not calling to gloat” I said to Campbell – “I am just phoning to share the ……joy of catching the first trout of the season” You see, Campbell is a kindred spirit – we both thought if we had our child (like it was planned) in January that would give us a few months [...] What is it that tells you guys that Spring is finally here? For me it is when I finally see those first flowers of yellow as I travel up the Great Western Road. I watch them snake all the way along the central reservation – sadly they are only ever there for a few weeks and their [...] I have spent a lot of time looking at maps for new rivers to fish or even new spots on old rivers. I am ware that this season I will have a lot of added responsibilities which will drastically reduce my time on the water so waters reasonably close at hand have had to be [...] We drove down a track we had never been before on the hunt for something completely different.. #gallery-1 { We found more than we thought! |
 
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