I have been writing now about urban rivers and the River Kelvin for nearly 18 years – Urban Fly Fisher was the first dedicated fly fishing blog to hit the internet and I have met a lot of new friends along the way. As much as this is a personal affair I sometimes get asked…
Category: Life!
Greys Rod Section Replacement
Got to say that in the past I have maybe been a bit unkind to Greys and their customer service. At least now they do not advertise as having a lifetime unconditional warranty. Also after my investigitive expose of how Hardy use subliminal advertising to sell fishing gear I guessed I was on a list…
Bamboozling
When we moved into my house I kept a cupboard specifically for my fishing gear – it was great for a couple of years as I had access to all my stuff. However, my wife then stuffed a bunch of toys into it and I could not access half my gear. Anyway, away at the…
Nae Comparaduns Left
It was a Wednesday I can tell you that much – because that is my fortnightly non working day. What that means is that while the kids are at school and my wife is at work I can actually go fishing for the day. What this also means is that I kinda need to go…
Get the wallets oot, it is the new season!
A week or so ago I posted over on the facebook page about how I wondered what the hell a bluetooth nano fly rod was all about? This happened because the Sportfish catalogue fell through the door and I took great delight in flicking through it at the stuff that I didn’t need. I am…
Zooming Fly Fishing
Anyway, so i was sitting on my sofa on Thursay night minding my own business watching a bit of telly when my mobile telephone rang – “Alberto Laidlaw” it said on the screen. Alberto is about the closest I get to angling legends apart from Paul Young and Kenny Sichi. Here he is wearing a…
Winter Isolation and Hibernation.
To my utter shame I have never been a big fan of winter fishing. There is something about winter that forces me to have some down time – maybe it is the cold or the limited opportunities however some switch off time to think about other stuff is needed. Over the last few years facebook…
Cowal Blunders & other havoc
After a blunder on the cowal peninsula in which I decided to not take any fishing gear with me on a day trip with the family despite being near some lovely rocks at high tide I was gagging for some action when I got home. I am on a week’s annual leave and the wife…
Like a Release!
Pretty much as soon as we were able to, I went fishing! During the whole lockdown my life pretty much did not change, it only got around 10 times harder. The family got up in the morning, got dressed – my wife went to work in the hospital and I dropped the kids off at…
Kaboom – 2020 Trout Season
I have been busying away at the vice tying up wee spiky things and have also been sorting out my gear. Thanfully river trout fishing tends to lend itself to isolation so at least we have got that going for us!