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Month: May 2005

Windy Day!

29 May, 2005 by Alistair

So for a little stress relief I went down to my little tributary for a couple of hours. It was at a good height but was a little cloudy. It was very windy so I was kind adaft using my 3wt but when I did manage to get a cast everything was fine. I did…

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Squirrel Fishing

29 May, 2005 by Alistair

Squirrel Fishing Dawsholm park has a good head of Squirrels…maybe I should try this on those dog days!!

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THE (ARISING OF THE) KLINKHAMER SPECIAL, by Hans van Klinken

29 May, 2005 by Alistair

THE (ARISING OF THE) KLINKHAMER SPECIAL, by Hans van Klinken Hans van Klinken talking about the arising of the Klinkhamer special.

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Sorting out tackle!

28 May, 2005 by Alistair

So the last time I went to a little stream I used my little 3 wt that I had not used before. One of the first things that I noticed was that the sections kept coming apart. It is a little custom made rod so all I had to do was put a little wax…

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Ladies in red seek biggest fish

25 May, 2005 by Alistair

An interesting read. May 24 2005 Moc Morgan, Western Mail IT IS accepted that women are very, very good at catching big fish. So much so that some male anglers have tried hard to work out a reason for it. Read the full article

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ThE RaIn

25 May, 2005 by Alistair

Great, prime time Dry Fly action is here and so is the rain. I wake up this morning to heavy rain which means the Kelvin will be out of action for another couple of days. Not that I have been getting my usually every day stints in as I am at University Placement full time…

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Blanked!!

22 May, 2005 by Alistair

It is funny how some days can go so well and other so bad. After my success yesterday I decided to head down to the Kelvin for some “keli” action. There was none. The water was at a good height but was a very dark chocolate colour. There was also a crowd of guys sitting…

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Small Stream Fun!

22 May, 2005 by Alistair

So yesterday I went fishing on one of the tributories of the Kelvin. It was great dry fly water with long pools with little riffles, lots of fly life with trout rising. I lost count of the fish that I caught and returned. It is not too popular with people bait fishing iether as it…

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6ft 3wt

20 May, 2005 by Alistair

So I have a little 6 foot 3 wt rod I had kinda forgotton about. I bought a 3wt line the other day and strung it up today. Did not put nearly enough backing on it but somehow that seems ok as I doubt I will be catching fish on it that will be taking…

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Brown Trout Habitat

19 May, 2005 by Alistair

Was browsing a forum when I came across a post about this report . It is all about trout conservation and really emphasises habitat over stocking. It gives and example of the three categories that can cause threats to populations of brown trout: harvest, stocking and Environmental degradation. Essentially the Kelvin has threats from all…

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