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Category: River Clyde

The last time…

5 January, 2025 by Alistair

So the last time I went fishing was in September – it was blazing sunshine and a totally flat calm. My last Wednesday on the river was a total burn out – that is to say it was in fact the last day of blinding sunshine. The temp must have topped 24 degrees and it…

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Contrasts!

2 July, 20222 July, 2022 by Alistair

Got to say, as I lay here next to a pool in Italy it was difficult to bring myself to write a post about my recent fishing exploit, however as some folk think I only fish when I write a post I decided anything is better than nothing. Plus, considering I keep bleating about the…

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Early Season Flies – Part One

6 June, 202120 June, 2021 by Alistair

Ok, I promised a kelvinator I would post the flies that I regularly use on the Kelvin . I pretty much use these same flies on the other rivers I fish as well. I have decided to split the series into three so watch out for the next sections over the coming weeks. Anyway, the…

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9 hours..

8 July, 2013 by Alistair

It has been some time since I last fished for a full 9 hours. Over the last couple of years my fishing time has been snatched evenings or a couple of hours after work. Its because of the kids, I want to spend time with them before they grow up. For this reason I have…

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Been fishing…

6 July, 2013 by Alistair

Caught some fish too! Heading out to the Clyde in an hour or so, will update later! See ya!

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Saturday Day Trip..

24 July, 201124 July, 2011 by Alistair

It was a hard day even with good conditions. By good conditions I mean the temp hovered around the 17c point with some cloud cover – sure it was bright however we did have spells where the sun was covered. We fished a big river which had just recovered from a spate and it was…

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Weekly Water Photo – 19 of 52 (inc. pro tip)

15 May, 2011 by Alistair

Pro Fucking Tip:  If your pregnant wife is 3 days over her due date and she gives you permission to go fishing no matter what the conditions you just go – no questions! Got that? Good! Let us continue… Cold and blustery – temps hovering around 12-14 degrees – I seen some Yellow Mays, Sedges…

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“Winds died down a tad” – BAM – Face first right in the nettles!!

6 May, 2011 by Alistair

Anyway – on the day of the royal wedding we ended up heading to the Clyde to get away from the madness. The forecast looked positive and we were full of hope on the journey down – it was overcast and it looked like it was going to heat up gradually. Even when we parked…

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Kids and the Kelvin kicks off!

27 February, 2011 by Alistair

Cleaning out our rivers and trying to make sure the fish are a happy bunch is quite a selfish act for anglers. We have a vested interest in making sure the river is clean and healthy because we want there to be more fish for us to catch. We also do not like wading through…

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2 trips for trout..

23 August, 2010 by Alistair

You would be forgiven with thinking that I have done pretty much no fishing over the last couple of weeks – you would in fact be wrong – I have had two trips after trout – one to my small shit pipe stream and one to the Clyde. The Shit Pipe Stream was weird –…

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