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Entries Tagged as 'River Kelvin Fishing'

Wet Wading in the Kelvin

May 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

I decided to throw caution to the wind and head down to the river instead of pumping iron at the gym. Turns out I made the wrong decision….well, two actually. The first was that I should have gone to the gym, the second was that I have a sneaky suspicion I left to early. To [...]

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River Kelvin Wish List

April 28th, 2008 · 78 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

I know that my wish list may not be popular with all however please remember this is only my opinion. I would like to hear what others think.
Considering that over 1000 permits have been sold this year I think that the Kelvin as a vulnerable recovering river needs every bit of help to make sure [...]

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I Stand in Defiance of the East Wind Curse

April 22nd, 2008 · 10 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Well that was a turn up for the books. I decided to spend a few hours down at the Kelvin before I jet off on my holidays tomorrow. I was expecting things to be hard going however the fishing was pretty good - even better than the last time I was down. It was busy [...]

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Under Bridges with DHE

April 19th, 2008 · 20 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Arrived at the river around 1130 - the day is windy with a few clouds in the sky - when the wind dies down it is warm. The Kelvin has a nice green tinge and is low; there has been no rain for a few days. I wangled a trout using the duo, the trout [...]

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Conditions?

April 13th, 2008 · 27 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Not to sure where it all went wrong today - good temps (above 10), the water at a nice height and some olives floating around. Mike, Alex and I fished a city stretch and Mike was the only one who contacted a fish.

The water was looking brown rather than the classic green Kelvin tinge and [...]

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Attack Delta Force - ATTACK!

April 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

So the first wave was sent forth - first was a tributory of the Kelvin - which proved to be fruitless after a few casts. The company of soldiers was then transported to the Kelvin - first a dry and dropper combination which yielded nothing - and then I seen that which only the riff [...]

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The Kelvin - Safety Advice Re Rats Piss

April 3rd, 2008 · 7 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

I have heard about the Kelvin and its dodgy water for a while – mostly idle talk from passer-by’s and dark talk about rats piss from anglers. Well I was browsing around and came across this chaps site who likes to…..get this…..go near the water without a rod in hand and take a boat out on [...]

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