One of the questions that folk ask an awful lot is what weight of fly rod you need to use for the Kelvin. Have I got to explain it? Ok – essentially the weight of a rod is irrelevant – it is the AFTM rating that you have got to look out for. Secretly fly…
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Low/High/Mid/Temp?
Glasgow is back in level three meaning that I cannot in good faith visit to have a cast on the Kelvin. My office near the Kelvin is not due to be opening anytime soon which means I am goosed for some early season trout action – I have heard up until now the season has…
Late Spring
You would be forgiven for thinking that I have not done much fishing over the last few weeks however the opposite is true. I have just not done any trout fishing – well, brown trout that is. I have mostly been out and about on the estuary chasing sea trout. I have been trying out…
Get the wallets oot, it is the new season!
A week or so ago I posted over on the facebook page about how I wondered what the hell a bluetooth nano fly rod was all about? This happened because the Sportfish catalogue fell through the door and I took great delight in flicking through it at the stuff that I didn’t need. I am…
Quick “stay local” trip
Temp – under 5 degrees – flat calm.
Signs of Life
It is April and that means that everything is now waking up – the birds are in the trees (I can now hear the woodpeckers) and I spotted my first olive on my wee burn yesterday. A fallen tree branch is across the main pool however this is literally a 25min fish – I may…
Blog Shout Outs!
Blogs I read: Bure Boy Blog Becks and Brown Trout Diary of a Riverkeeper on the River Test, Hampshire
Different Days
I managed to sneak away from work an hour early on Friday and was soon at the salt for the correct state of the tide. The wind was blowing hard on this side of the peninsula and the waves were fair crashing across the wee ledge I was standing on. It was fairly tough going…
Speculative casts
There is a bay that I know which I sometimes drive past. I decided that this might be a good place to go for a speculative cast. I took a note of the what state the tide was at and was there sharpish after getting a pass from the wife. There was a line of…