The Urban Fly Fisher

I first saw the Kelvin through a gap in some trees. I was 16 at the time and it was a Saturday night. I know it was Saturday as on a Friday I went to the Boys Brigade (Now you understand how I know the words when I sing hymns to induce takes) so [...]

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Air pressure can do funny things to trout - all week it has been unsettled with gusty winds. Saying that it can do funny things to people as well, on Sunday I went on a trip to the Tay with a faithful Kelvinator and came home with a migraine. It was strange, the day was [...]

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Rob - a fine Kelvinator rose to the job of sending me a report with pictures of his trip to the Kelvin today:
Hi Alistair,
Just back from an afternoon on the Kelvin. The river is a surprisingly good height after all the rain, but still carrying a bit of colour. No real hatch [...]

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I walk to the river. I felt uncomfortable walking home last night in my waders. Not just because I felt self conscious but because I did not like the damage I might have been doing to my studs on my boots. I changed into my waders at the river, slipping my sandshoes into my haversack [...]

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I walked to the river, it was around 5pm, and my hands were trembling I was so exited - I had not felt this exited for a while - I was not even like this on opening day. There was trout rising in the pool in front of me, I strung up my rod keeping [...]

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So toninght I am driving down to Birmingham to see some family. I managed to wangle my way out of work early so instead of tidying up my house I decided to do what any normal fly fisher would do with mounting laundry responsibilities - I went fishing.
I would like to say I caught a [...]

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I decided to stick to my plan for the first day of the season yesterday and head up to a tributary of the Kelvin. My other pals decided to hit the main river full force - I decided a more leisurely few casts with my bamboo rod was more in the spirit of things, a [...]

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