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Kelvin – account opened.

17 June, 202119 June, 2021 by Alistair

OK, I do not actually have any photos of an actual fish so you are just going to have to take my word for it. My problem with taking photos of fish is that my camera is now my phone and it is fiddly opening the thing up to take a photo of a wriggling…

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Kelvin comes up trumps….

22 April, 2015 by Alistair

I was walking to the river when I realised that I had forgotten my new net. Luckily I dd not need it anyway however the Kelvin has been throwing up enough surprises to make me think about it as I walked down. I have not fished for trout at all this year and I was hoping…

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Life and Signs

16 May, 2013 by Alistair

Sometimes you see signs and portents in your fishing in which it imitates your life. I managed an hour after work down at the Kelvin and it was a much needed session to get away from the stress of real life shit. I had been knocked back from a job and was feeling a bit…

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Kelvin = HARDCORE!

15 May, 2013 by Alistair
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Rained Off.

4 September, 2012 by Alistair

I got to the river at around 6pm, it was up around a foot an running a dark color. There was some visibility in it as pointed out by John in the comments so I was kinda hopeful as I started. I wanted to try out the Tenkara rod that I had swapped for an ad in the…

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Being Watched…

21 July, 2012 by Alistair

Saturday evening was suppose to be a Clyde trip however at the last moment was changed to a good old Kelvin night out – pretty much because I realised that I was not going to get away early enough to justify the trip. I met up with the legendary Jim Burns who was already checking out…

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I Stand in Defiance of the East Wind Curse

22 April, 200822 April, 2008 by Alistair

Well that was a turn up for the books. I decided to spend a few hours down at the Kelvin before I jet off on my holidays tomorrow. I was expecting things to be hard going however the fishing was pretty good – even better than the last time I was down. It was busy…

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Attack Delta Force – ATTACK!

11 April, 200812 April, 2008 by Alistair

So the first wave was sent forth – first was a tributory of the Kelvin – which proved to be fruitless after a few casts. The company of soldiers was then transported to the Kelvin – first a dry and dropper combination which yielded nothing – and then I seen that which only the riff…

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  1. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    You will not get better for your money , looking back I received it in 2009 and it still works…

  2. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    I have used it for around 10 years ! Love it !

  3. espo74 on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    A year or so later, do you still love the jvice? I am considering purchasing one...

  4. Alex Laurie on So it looks like I am a friend to the sheep.6 April, 2024

    You did well to get out fishing at all in this weather and to get a trout in those conditions.…

  5. Richard huntley on Winter memories – summer bites?10 December, 2023

    I had plenty of evenings fishing the water of leith plus the river Avon , Edinburgh area . Caught a…

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