It is my birthday today (Easter Monday) and it is a nice chilled out day with the family. I plan to do some urban fishing tomorrow with Theo Pike and then some non urban stuff on Friday all going well. Reader numbers have jumped in the last month or so – probably due to the start of…
Weekly water photo – 16 of 52
I decided it was time my sun flowers were outside – the boy helped me dig the holes. I am hoping there will be no more frost. The next thing to go out in the garden is my tomato plants – I still need to buy a grow house though! I have actually been scouring…
A bloody great hole in my foot!
So just after I had sent my waders for a full hole repair job to Diver Dave I then spent a few nervous trips thinking I had a leak – turned out it was just the cold and not creeping water in my nether regions. Anyway, last time I was out I noticed a distinct…
Combined Trip Report
A very hit or miss couple of weeks on the Kelvin for me – I have not been able to fish anywhere else due to work and time commitments. You have got to be on the river at the right time and be in the right place as soon as a hatch starts. One guy…
Weekly water photo – 15 of 52
Walked through the Botanics – did not get near the river. Tell you something though it was only at around half four the temps started to rise to a measly 12 degrees. These are the only fish I seen today.
Check!
Spring Sun – Check! Decorating chores partly complete – Check! Water at a good height – Check! A full fly box – Check! Non leaky waders – Check Bank covered in empty cider bottles carried their in blue plastic bags – Check! Regaled with stories of monster hatches of olives – Check! Meet a guy…
Weekly water photo – 14 of 52
Where am I?
Weekly water photo – 13 of 52
Took the boy out for a walk beside the Kelvin – he insisted on carrying a net!
Spring Pike!
Firstly to the gent in the boat who I possibly destroyed his last ten minutes of fishing by attempting to sidle past his bobbing float – a apologise profusely. Why am I doing it here? Because I think the gent may be a reader – after I shouted an apology he called me by my name – it was only later…
Fish Kelvin Forum Gubbed + Virus Warning
(This is actually a post on the forum however I thought I would copy it as a post just in case) This is not going well – Ok – Paul K got in contact a while ago to say his Norton was playing up – saying that he got a warning when he tried…