The Urban Fly Fisher

Alistair Stewart’s piscatorial adventures around Glasgow, Scotland

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Under Bridges with DHE

April 19th, 2008 · 20 Comments · River Kelvin Fishing

Arrived at the river around 1130 - the day is windy with a few clouds in the sky - when the wind dies down it is warm. The Kelvin has a nice green tinge and is low; there has been no rain for a few days. I wangled a trout using the duo, the trout [...]

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Early Season Flies - Part Two

March 30th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Fly Tying, Observations

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 these [...]

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