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RKAA Opening Day 2019

15 March, 201915 March, 2019 by Alistair

Saturday the 16th March we will be having our usual opening ceremony along in the Islay Inn. The arrival time is 11 with a 1130 kick off – a few drams and free food will be provided. See you there!

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Lamson Warranty Repair

20 February, 201920 February, 2019 by Alistair

Back in February 2007 I went to New York to celebrate my wife’s birthday and bought myself a Lamson LP2 reel to accompany a Sage SLT that I bought at the same time. Happy birthday wife I said to myself as I waggled it around in the hotel – this caused an entirely different issue…

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First Permit of 2019 bought

25 December, 201825 December, 2018 by Alistair

Well it was not actually bought by me as it was a very nice surprise – a Christmas gift. I always think you have got to be careful buying fishing gifts as they can be a hit or a very wide miss – this is definitely a hit. Long time readers will remember my Pike…

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Fly Tying Box – I wish mine was made in Scotland by Barr n’ Stroud!

16 September, 2018 by Alistair

Anyway, so I was in Decathlon and found a box that would be absolutely ideal for storing fly tying materials. The only downside was it was £40 and made of plastic. It is actually some kind of coarse fishing box, something about Carp apparently. It sparked off a whole host of memories about fly tying storage…

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Seeing them out – the demise of the fishing blog and the rise of the Facebook ignoramus keyboard warrior.

21 August, 2018 by Alistair

Last week saw a somewhat lively, but productive, Club meeting held during which certain memories touted as fact by some members were proved incorrect, and the misconceptions held by some others dispelled. Thank you to all who attended, it was good to clear the air, though unfortunate that some of those who were the most…

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K action!

23 May, 2018 by Alistair

Actually lack of action to be fair. I got to the river at around 5pm and even though it was hot and bright at around 15 degrees in the shade there was a real cool breeze. There was flies on the water but a lack of actual trout rising for them. I fished the botanics…

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Kelvin Opening Day (not opending) Photos!

26 March, 2017 by Alistair
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River Kelvin Opening Ceremony ! 18th March 1100 Islay Inn

15 March, 2017 by Alistair

This Saturday it is all happening down the Kelvin. It is the annual River Kelvin Angling Association opening ceremony. Here is a video from the past: And that video was from 4 years ago so it is even more mental now! We now have rolls n sausage or bacon in the Islay Inn with a…

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Two Kelvin Videos!

6 March, 2017 by Alistair

Kelvin videos are like buses, you wait for ages and then two excellent ones come along at once. The first is a video of some tree felling next to the river which at first I thought was going to be a bit of a bore however was actually very cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tAnq9CHCv4 The second is a…

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Good Times!

21 November, 2016 by Alistair
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