So I have been tying up some flees in preparation for some hot evening action. Reluctantly I took the advice (you can substitute advice for pretty much constant ribbing) from pals regarding the size of my flies. You see in the past I fished a place where a big bushy fly was a essential as…
Category: brownlining
Friday Trout Trip – River of Shite!
So finally managed to get some fishing squeezed in amongst the madness of 2nd time fatherhood. With hindsight maybe I should have chosen a different river, I decided on the Shit Pipe River pretty much because it was far enough away to feel I was on a trip yet close enough to bolt home if…
Massive Rammy on the Banks of the Kelvin!(Warning bad language and violence)
While everyone else was either fishing or watching the Royal Wedding some folk decided to have a riot down in Kelvingrove Park on the banks of the Kelvin – the party was organised on facebook and ended with mounted police charging party goers. Of course the problem stems from our Grand Leader David Cameron telling folk to…
Urban fun with Theo
A while back a chap called Theo Pike contacted me as he is writing a book on fishing urban rivers for trout and grayling. He wanted to write a short section about the Kelvin so we agreed to meet up at some point in the future. Suddenly the day was fast approaching and after a…
Combined Trip Report
A very hit or miss couple of weeks on the Kelvin for me – I have not been able to fish anywhere else due to work and time commitments. You have got to be on the river at the right time and be in the right place as soon as a hatch starts. One guy…
Check!
Spring Sun – Check! Decorating chores partly complete – Check! Water at a good height – Check! A full fly box – Check! Non leaky waders – Check Bank covered in empty cider bottles carried their in blue plastic bags – Check! Regaled with stories of monster hatches of olives – Check! Meet a guy…
Did you know SEPA have a new river level data site?
Most anglers in Scotland have used Sepa’s pretty good river level site in the past and I reckon more folk will be using it even more in the future. There is a full update of the changes to the site here. For us on the Kelvin there are now three monitoring stations – the lowest down…
Kelvin Salmon Season Opening Ceremony
So Saturday was the opening ceremony for the River Kelvin – the actual opening day of the Salmon season was Friday however it was a kind of last minute decision to hold any kind of shindig. Anyway, a quick post was made on the Fishkelvin site and some members agreed to pop along at the…
A jaunt up the Kelvin…Video Nasty!
Kelvinator Alasdair P posted a nice wee video in my Kelvin Forum of several of the runs and pools at the lower end of the river – pretty much from the Clyde and then up a few miles. He has very handily named all the pools and areas – If you do not fish the Kelvin…
I need you to vote on something for me!
Do me a favour and vote on “circle of tyrants” to win a competition to play a gig in a club – it is a simple click no need to register or anything – promise I won’t ask again ….link below http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/evile-vote-for-your-favourite-band-to-support-in-glasgow/ Ta very much!