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,…
Lookin’ after the missus!
So there were two new mothers who wanted to go the Baby Show at the SECC and there were two new fathers who wanted to go fishing – simple solution – hook up the two mothers to keep company while the two guys go fishing – sometimes I think James Bond will come after me…
Tying Flees!
Ok – so winter was a washout when it came to tying up flies – if I had my head screwed on I would have tied up some at the end of last season however due to Pike Madness pretty much everything went by the wayside. I thought people who moaned about having no free…
Lessons learned with cold hands…
When I arrived at the “other” river the conditions seemed just right – as I was getting my permit I ran into Neil “Trout Machine” Sinclair of Double Decker fame (double deer hair wings allow the fly to be used in the heavy water where big fish like to sit) -“if he is here” I reasoned…
River Kelvin Forum
So the wee River Kelvin Forum is going from strength to strength with around 170 members already – we have a nice little community gathering together talking about ….well all kinds of things really! We are discussing naming pools and areas on the river as well as making a hatch chart – we have enlisted…