I am always amazed at the UK game angling paper magazines around the fact they have not embraced the internet. There are only three main game angling magazines in the UK: Trout and Salmon Trout Fisherman Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Who has a Site? “Trout & Salmon” pretty much concentrates on Salmon with a sprinkling…
A New Sergeant Major…
The squadrons were depleted in last year’s campaign of trout hunting by various means. Lost in action they were – up trees, on boulders, very occasionally in fish, sometimes on shopping trolleys and on one memorable occasion on the back of my jacket. Brings a tear to a glass eye that would – those little lads…
Deadly salmon infection detected
From BBC news An infectious disease which can devastate farmed Atlantic salmon stocks has been detected on Shetland, the Scottish government has confirmed. Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) was discovered at one salmon farm site, which has been empty of fish since 21 December, in the Burra area. The disease is also suspected at a further…
Winterfest Pike Fishing
The North Glasgow Fly Dressers decided to have a winterfest day out fishing for Pike on a trout loch not far from Glasgow. “Stuffed full of em’” Alberto said – I thought it may be too cold – “it is not about the fishing” he said – “it is about the company and chat –…
Hey – you guys in the states!!
Hey – you guys, aye – you and you, and quite possibly you – you guys had better keep an eye on your outgoing man at the top – seems he is bringing in a pile of new laws on the quiet. Some of them you are just not going to like: After spending eight years at…
The River Kelvin – Future Looking Poor?
Was reading a forum solely dedicated to salmon fishing and they were talking about the Kelvin. One chap mentioned that over the last few years he has witnessed the tributaries full of spawning fish in December – this year nothing! He does have a picture of a diseased hen fish in one of the tributaries….
A few hours on the Kelvin
I think last spring was one of my best on the Kelvin – I am looking forward to this spring already!
Updating Site
Hiya – I am in the process of updating the sites theme – some things are not working – comments being one – also the page the forum is on may look strange. Do me a favour – can you reply to this post in the forum and tell me if you see anything strange…
An Urban Winter Walk
I love the fact that in Glasgow you can still be around nature within a few minutes walk of your house.