Before I left the house I noticed that my felt sole was coming off my Orvis Wading boots – I think I have worn them a couple of dozen times and never in the salt so the fact the sole is hanging off is annoying. Not having any evostick I just used some glue I…
It is getting old..
Only one person agrees with me that the summer is old and weary – even on the hottest sunny days the sun feels lower and there is a sense of decay and coldness on its way. I hit the Kelvin for a few hours after work the other evening, it was dusk at just past…
Dark Conversations
We spent a lot more time gabbing than we did fishing. The plan was to hit the river at dusk by staking out a long pool and then fishing until it was properly dark, however there was already an angler who had got to the pool before us. The old timer was simply sitting and…
New tracks!
It has been a while that I have actually fished anywhere new or unknown, especially because the place was so close really. I found myself at a weird loose end mid morning, the family were staying home and I was allowed a free pass to head out fishing. I considered heading to the estuary after…
Kelvin – account opened.
OK, I do not actually have any photos of an actual fish so you are just going to have to take my word for it. My problem with taking photos of fish is that my camera is now my phone and it is fiddly opening the thing up to take a photo of a wriggling…
The Kelvin looked stunning today – no wonder Canal Scotland are stealing its water!
Seemingly Scottish Canals are having a spot of bother with a pipe somewhere – essentially a blocked pipe means that not enough water is getting into the Forth n’ Clyde canal. Paul Reid posted over on the facebook page: So two days ago I had a call from SEPA to say they identified the Kelvin…
Early Season Flies – Part Two
Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yes, flies and imitations. Well another three handy flies to have at this time of year also cover a variety of insects – and two of them are not dry flies they are emergers. Remember in part one we were talking about the Large Dark Olive – well…
Early Season Flies – Part One
Ok, I promised a kelvinator I would post the flies that I regularly use on the Kelvin . I pretty much use these same flies on the other rivers I fish as well. I have decided to split the series into three so watch out for the next sections over the coming weeks. Anyway, the…
Fool’s Paradise Review – John Gierach
I don’t like reading reviews of books where people say someone is “back on form” or the writer is retuning to their “classic style”. It gives the impression that the author’s last couple of books have been pretty shit and they have finally pulled their socks up and decided to write something decent instead of…
How to get Urban Fly Fisher in your inbox
As I said a couple of days ago the system that I use to deliver posts to your email is shutting down. I told you that I was going to spend some time working out how to fix it – that process took around 10 minutes. However, it means that you have got to sign…