I wish I had my wee sample bottle today – I am pretty sure I witnessed a hatch of Grannom in the Kelvin – I kid ye not! In spring, the first sedge fly of real importance to river fishers is the grannom, and it causes great excitement both on chalk streams and on rain-fed rivers….
The Kelvin has been stocked
The Kelvin was stocked the other night – check it out
Impartial?
So my 2 minute post (that is how long it too me to write it) about the recent closing of the Robbie Red Ball site caused a bit of a stir among the Internet forums, members and non members of the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association as well as other blogs (more on that in…
Shit Pipe River..
Sunday – it had been raining for three days so pretty much knew the Kelvin would be out of action. I considered a few other possibilities and decided the “river of pipes” was a possibility, I called it that as it has an extraordinary number of pipes over it – most if em’ shite pipes…
Robbieredball.net – Netted!
A site run by a fly fishing anarchist intent on exposing what he perceived as being the incompetent running of his local club the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association has been instructed to close its doors by his web hosts. The site started simply enough – one mans dream of sharing his passion for a river he…
Wild Weather!
Pouring rain, howling gales, hailstones , snow on the hills – ah yes, the Scottish summer is almost upon us. It looks set to continue over the next couple of days which means the Kelvin will be messed up for the weekend (probably) – I will be hunting on Sunday for a clearing burn somewhere…
£500,000 project to restore historic fountain in the park
I think this is great : More than £500,000 will be spent restoring the Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park. An underground water recycling system will be installed which will allow the fountain to operate in a sustainable way for the first time in its long history. Until now the fountain has been fed from…
Murky Water = Nil Pike
What I wanted to do was get the boy and wife in the car and head for the hills for a couple of hours – I could have a cast at trout in a burn and the family could watch at a respectable distance – no doubt impressed not only by my fish catching ability…
Anglers urged to put back salmon – Lord Kelvin senses trouble!
So anglers in Scotland are being urged to put back all spring salmon caught due to the runs collapsing – tragic – to be fair I think all Salmon in the Kelvin should be returned – the fact yer granny likes a bit of salmon is not good enough an excuse in my book to…
Urban Blogs – tons of em’
There was a time that I felt all alone fishing an urban river – dirty smelly places where no “real” angler would venture (at least that was the impression I was given). However these days urban fishing appears to be all the rage and everyone wants in on the act – Singlebarbed (no introduction needed)loves it,…