Mine is quite frankly weird! I have been hellish problems with my Mazda, before Christmas I managed to spend a ton of cash on it and now it appears to have a recurring oil leak that the mechanic is unable to locate. Since it has been in and out the garage my access to fishing…
First Trout Trip!
Actually, looking at it this is my third trout trip. I had a session at Carbeth Fishery with a group of disabled guys that I help through work and had caught a few slobs in the fly only pool including what might actually be my biggest rainbow on the fly. It was in the teens, I…
River Kelvin Opening Ceremony ! 18th March 1100 Islay Inn
This Saturday it is all happening down the Kelvin. It is the annual River Kelvin Angling Association opening ceremony. Here is a video from the past: And that video was from 4 years ago so it is even more mental now! We now have rolls n sausage or bacon in the Islay Inn with a…
Two Kelvin Videos!
Kelvin videos are like buses, you wait for ages and then two excellent ones come along at once. The first is a video of some tree felling next to the river which at first I thought was going to be a bit of a bore however was actually very cool. The second is a drone…
Stocktaking
“April is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring” Not in this fishers life at the moment – the cruelest month happens to be February as that is the one that happens to come before March. March of course signifying the start of the trout season on…
Cortland Desire 10 foot 7 weight Review
So I was offered the Cortland Desire 10 foot for a 7 weight rod for review by Keen’s Tackle and Guns and it came kind of a surprise as I did not even know that Cortland make rods. The rod was the princely sum of around £50 which places it just above the budget conscious buyers…