Did You Know? Glasgow’s Coat of Arms Glasgow, like many cities, owes its existence to the river which flows through it and the fact that in historical times it was a convenient crossing point of that river. In those days the Clyde was not a deep navigable river up to Glasgow, but was the last…
Small Stream Adventure
So Im gagging to get out and do some river fishing. Today I talked my future mother in law in to stopping so I could have a gander at a tributory. It looked nice….and more to the point it looked not muddy…like the kellie just now.. It still looked kinda peaty but ok for the…
Crash, bang, boom…Kapow!!
Someone asked me the other day what was happening with my weather blog as that is all I talk about these days. Here is a view from my front window (please add thunder sound effects)
More rain!
Well I didnt have a day down at the kellie yesterday as you may have noticed. The water was looking distinctly dirty looking…not too bad but bad enough to make me do other more pressing things š Its started to rain again as well today.
Im going out for a run!
Right, Im gagging to get back to the kellie for a bit of dry fly action. I cant be bothered getting all my stuff together heading down there just to find that its all muddy so I have a cunning plan. Instead of heading down to the gym I am going to go for a…
First Bit of River Fishing in ages
So today was the first bit of proper river fishing ive done in ages. I did not go the the Kelvin but went to another river with a friend. When we got theire the river was still very high but we had travelled a fair old distance so stayed for a good few hours. Enough…
Matching the Hatch: Stillwater, River and Stream
I had a look through this book the other day when a friend bought it. It is now on my list for crimbo (massive hint to familly)Matching the Hatch: Stillwater, River… Synopsis A guide to help the angler choose the right artificial fly, including macro-photography of insect life combined with selections of the most lookalike…
The Canal!!
Jeepers. So I headed down to the canal today to have a bash at the Pike. I knew there was plenty of fish in their I just didnt think there was so many. There was massive shoals of Roach……and I seen a several shoals. My spoon was chased by little Perch…….To catch the Pike i…
Aah the memories!!
All this talk about Pike and the canal made me hunt through my old photos. Here is one of the first fish I ever caught in the canal. A little perch whilst spinning. I remmeber this photo getting taken, there was a thunder and lightening storm going down and as soon as it started the…
Im just kinda sorting through it…
Anyway, so I got my spinning stuff out today. Just to kind of look at it..you know. Still got some of those old spoons as well. Ive got two spinning rods actually. I doubt I will ever get rid of them……I cant remmember the last time I used them..probably on the Leven a good few…