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Category: brownlining

Autumn – there is no escape!

17 October, 2009 by Alistair

I went for a walk along the Kelvin today and was pretty shocked by two things. Firstly, it is bloody Autumn – sure I knew it was on the way however I appear to have missed the actual start of it – one moment I was looking out a pair of shorts for what we laughingly call…

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Urban Fly Fisher Competition

23 September, 200923 September, 2009 by Alistair

Seeing as how stuff got all a bit serious there I thought we could run a humorous competition – a caption competition no less. Extra marks go to people that actually photoshop the picture – winner gets 10 of my enormous flies. Open to everyone feel free to leave any comments in the usual place…

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It is not about fecking rod rests!

19 September, 200920 September, 2009 by Alistair

(Preamble – The River Kelvin Angling Association Secretary (Paul Reid) has resigned – this started with Paul wanting anglers to cease set lining and using rod rests on the river. This was seen (I think) as a fly versus other methods vendetta (even though Paul is a metal flinging barbarian) and caused a great deal…

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A Good Days Fishing?

8 August, 2009 by Alistair

For some folk a good days fishing involves a look at some flowers, casting a dry to a rising trout or two  – maybe even a nip of whisky. Every inch of mono is safely put away in a pocket to be disposed of later so that the riverside is not polluted ! For others…

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Kelvinator Forum Meet and Greet (and fish obviously)

27 May, 200928 May, 2009 by Alistair

OK – I think it would be pretty neat if some of us could meet up for a wee evening session – we have got to come up with a place – this will obviously be based around numbers, for example if a few folk fancy it then we can meet up in the West…

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WTF – the skunk cabbage came back!

24 May, 200924 May, 2009 by Alistair

So I was planning on hitting the Clyde today however as my car had to return to the garage because of a bizarre squeaking sound (any of my readers mechanics?) I took my beloved wife’s motor and hit the Kelvin. Things went from bad to worse – the temp seemed to plummet and the wind…

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Updating Site

13 December, 200815 December, 2008 by Alistair

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…

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