I have been writing now about urban rivers and the River Kelvin for nearly 18 years – Urban Fly Fisher was the first dedicated fly fishing blog to hit the internet and I have met a lot of new friends along the way. As much as this is a personal affair I sometimes get asked…
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Time to think about “Matching the Hatch”
Feel like some folk are talking a foreign language when they are talking about insects? Do you want to look cool because you can tell the difference between a Large Dark Olive and a Blue Winged Olive? For those of us that are starting to think about a little entomology now is the time to…
Cortland Desire 10 foot 7 weight Review
So I was offered the Cortland Desire 10 foot for a 7 weight rod for review by Keen’s Tackle and Guns and it came kind of a surprise as I did not even know that Cortland make rods. The rod was the princely sum of around £50 which places it just above the budget conscious buyers…
I bought a weird net!
I bought a weird net off Ebay – I have no idea what I am doing ! I keep thinking about Wrasse! I may be having some kind of breakdown!
Another book from my bookshelf!
This one is all about dry fly fishing – I bought mine second hand without a cover in a wee bookshop on Otago lane . (the picture is an affiliate link to Amazon) I see you can now buy it for the princely sum of 1p plus a couple of bucks postage. Good thing about…
Italian Style Casting
Long time sufferers readers will remember my first proper fishing buddy Emanuele who I used to fish the Clyde with around 10 years ago. He buggered off to Hull and has been casting his micro drys on chalk streams to willing huge trout unlike our belligerent Scottish trout. He has emailed me a few times about…
At least someone might get some fishing…
I was heading out for an evening session and then turned back due to the road being closed. I am at home now as quite frankly it was the last sign I needed that I should just stay home. I had asked everyone I knew today if they fancied joining me however between football and…
Tilley Hats?
I cannot believe it is that time of year again that I am looking at hats. For around 10 years I used the same baseball cap, my lucky hat, however finally it is looking too tatty for it to be wearable – the peak is slowly easing out the stitching. In the middle of last…
Kelvin Badges?
I like the idea of the new start we have had on the Kelvin and thought it would be nice to commemorate it in some way. I keep hearing about these mythical “Gold Cards” that some guys got years ago when the association was formed and obviously it would be good to have done something on…
Video Nasty!
Midway through the season I bought myself a wee handheld video cam – this wee thing here: [amazon_image id=”B004MMF7RI” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Kodak PlaySport Zx5 Full HD 1080P, Waterproof, Dustproof and Shockproof – Aqua[/amazon_image] I had grand designs of taking some videos throughout the season however this is all I managed!