THE (ARISING OF THE) KLINKHAMER SPECIAL, by Hans van Klinken Hans van Klinken talking about the arising of the Klinkhamer special.
Sorting out tackle!
So the last time I went to a little stream I used my little 3 wt that I had not used before. One of the first things that I noticed was that the sections kept coming apart. It is a little custom made rod so all I had to do was put a little wax…
Ladies in red seek biggest fish
An interesting read. May 24 2005 Moc Morgan, Western Mail IT IS accepted that women are very, very good at catching big fish. So much so that some male anglers have tried hard to work out a reason for it. Read the full article
Small Stream Fun!
So yesterday I went fishing on one of the tributories of the Kelvin. It was great dry fly water with long pools with little riffles, lots of fly life with trout rising. I lost count of the fish that I caught and returned. It is not too popular with people bait fishing iether as it…
Brown Trout Habitat
Was browsing a forum when I came across a post about this report . It is all about trout conservation and really emphasises habitat over stocking. It gives and example of the three categories that can cause threats to populations of brown trout: harvest, stocking and Environmental degradation. Essentially the Kelvin has threats from all…
All set and then….
So I had worked my ass off the last few days so that I could get fishing today and guess what happened?? Yup it started to rain……pfft typical! Anyway, I spent a couple of hours today tying up some Klinkhammer specials, I have been finding that when a fish took my knlinkhammers they seem to…
Bright n Sunny!!
So I went down the Kelvin the other day with someone I have been mailing for a while. It was one of those days that it just goes to show you can actually go fishing for a good few hours in bright sunshine and pretty grim conditions while catching no fish and still have a…