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I love seeing the mushrooms.

14 November, 20192 January, 2021 by Alistair
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Awright mate!

30 November, 2018 by Alistair
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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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T(r)ying Time!

16 January, 2018 by Alistair

I am a member of a few fishing groups on Facebook and I look on with envious eyes at their permanent fly tying stations they have in their houses. I look at great wee cabinets that could be converted into a permanent tying station and placed somewhere so that if the fancy takes me I…

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Yawn!

14 January, 2018 by Alistair

I appear to be collecting an ever-growing list of fishing related activities that I am unable to take part in due to having to sustain an equilibrium between  work, family and fishing commitments. As you can imagine the fishing part is probably the lightest out of the three. It does not help after moving to…

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People make Glasgow..

30 September, 2017 by Alistair

People Make Glasgow

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Kelvin fun for some…

18 July, 2017 by Alistair
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How is your Season?

20 May, 2017 by Alistair

Mine is quite frankly weird! I have been hellish problems with my Mazda, before Christmas I managed to spend a ton of cash on it and now it appears to have a recurring oil leak that the mechanic is unable to locate. Since it has been in and out the garage my access to fishing…

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Well, that was the season that was!

6 November, 2015 by Alistair

Where did it end eh? I know for some of you guys it was awesome! I know for some of you guys it was shite! For me it must have been the most varied, shortest and most frantic in the history of this old creaky blog. Instead of being highs and lows it was almost…

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Outraged in Kirkintilloch

8 September, 2015 by Alistair

Someone who I will call Mr. Outraged made a complaint on the official Kelvin Facebook page the other day and I thought I would share it with you as quite frankly it made me splutter over my coffee that someone had the audacity to not share my views on the internet roll my eyes that…

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  1. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    You will not get better for your money , looking back I received it in 2009 and it still works…

  2. Alistair on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    I have used it for around 10 years ! Love it !

  3. espo74 on JVice – one of my favourite things!21 November, 2024

    A year or so later, do you still love the jvice? I am considering purchasing one...

  4. Alex Laurie on So it looks like I am a friend to the sheep.6 April, 2024

    You did well to get out fishing at all in this weather and to get a trout in those conditions.…

  5. Richard huntley on Winter memories – summer bites?10 December, 2023

    I had plenty of evenings fishing the water of leith plus the river Avon , Edinburgh area . Caught a…

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