The Urban Fly Fisher

16 Days to go and the broonie season will be upon us.
I mind it was like this last year …..and then suddenly we get snow.

I hope its not the same this year !
[tags]snow,spring,glasgow [/tags]

February 27th, 2007 | Category: A spot of Hiking perhaps!!, Life!, Observations, River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (10)

 I was at my fly tying class last week and I was asked the question that I just hate trying to answer. Before I tell you the question maybe I should say that I am being slightly hypocritical as I asked this question at the start of my forays on the river bank. To [...]

February 24th, 2007 | Category: River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (15)

I was thinking about last spring and how this year is shaping up to be the same. Last year Spring did not really happen, we had a winter until around the end of April and then we had a long hot summer. The true classic spring just did not happen. Last year it was April the [...]

February 23rd, 2007 | Category: Other River Fishing!!, River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (4)

So I have been getting a little envious of all the patter going down on some of the blogs and websites that I read. Tom Chandler over at Trout Underground has good patter and affectionately calls his readers “Undergrounders”. I like that; its a good ways of making people feel welcome and part of a [...]

February 7th, 2007 | Category: Life!, Links, River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (16)

Yes, ladies and gentleman – it is the event you have all been waiting for – it is the annual funtastic, arguemastic AGM of the River Kelvin Angling Association. It shall be featuring the usual mix of loveable miscreants from Glasgow’s underworld of fishing – full of opinions and ideas for the coming year or [...]

January 23rd, 2007 | Category: River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (2)

So more Salmon than ever are running the Kelvin – this means more fisherman will be going after them. With this news I am rubbing my hands in glee as Salmon are a fish I have no interest in catching. Well, when I say that, what I mean is I have no interest other than [...]

January 16th, 2007 | Category: Life!, River Kelvin Fishing | Comments (3)