I have met hundreds of people fishing the Kelvin over the years. All different types of people and all from different backgrounds. I have met guys who are super intelligent and people I am surprised that they managed to negotiate their way on to a bus to get to the river. I have met arrogant guys…
Category: Observations
So I visited the Glasgow Angling Centre on its Open Weekend.
And I enjoyed it. Never let it be said that I am a moany bastard who never looks on the bright side of anything, today I spent a good couple of hours in the Glasgow Angling Centre and thoroughly enjoyed my time. Gary Wingate (Game fishing manager or something like that) had asked me if I was coming down…
Bleating on about the rain…..
I do not want to keep on bleating on about the rain however the weather appears to be a major talking and thinking point at the moment among river trout fishers. Seeing as how this blog was birthed during a spell of particularly wet weather when I was unable to fish you can imagine how productive I…
Tomorrow ( 28th March), 10:30 on BBC Radio Scotland
Angler Theo Pike talks about fishing for trout in city rivers, plus travel writer Alison Rice looks at fitness holidays, and hear from Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dtpjm Listen in for a special surprise!
IMAGES & COMMENTS REGARDING R.C.F………Eh?
You may remember a while ago I posted about forums and being banned from them, essentially I was banned from a forum that was allegedly set up by guys that had been banned from all the popular forums – it is called the River Clyde Forum. While I was a member there I witnessed people being bullied…
Consumer Lust…
I love gadgets and new “stuff” that I can use to get shit done. There are a few other things I am interested in apart from fishing and a few things I would like to get more interested in which I just do not seem to have time for. Now that the leaves are well…
Urban Fly Fisher – Banned from the River Clyde Forum!
As many of you know I visit a few forums on the net and occasionally make comment on interesting stuff that takes my fancy. One of the newest forums that I did not include in my list of UK based roundup was the River Clyde Forum as back then it did not exist. I was…
Hardy v Orvis Customer Care
I apologize to the original posters for ripping this thread word for word however as usual the unassuming and most excellent Wild Fishing Forum throws up an interesting little thread. Malcolm said: “For the third time I snapped a section of my 6 piece Hardy Gem. Not through aerialising 80 ft of competition line as I did with my…
More Kelvingrove Carnage Video – Royal Wedding London versus Glasgow
Personally I am glad I was nowhere near – instead I was receiving a face full of nettles at the Clyde – more on that hilarious story later!