Long time no speak – first frost this morning down my way – car was frozen and the central heating kicked in – the temp will drop to minus fifteen in no time … out for a walk with the family just now .. here are some pictures.. fishing tomorrow morning for salmon – the…
Category: Observations
There has been fishing…
Aye – there has been fishing – a fair few trips if the truth be told – I am split between Pike and Troot at the moment – every time there is a bit of rain I think about Salmon on the Kelvin and then get annoyed about all the pishy nonsense that appears to come because…
River Kelvin – Teenager drowns trying to save friend
I suppose I should comment on this – for those that do not know a thirteen year old boy drowned on Saturday evening while playing with friends. ITN News BBC News STV News Declan Shanley, from Summerston in Glasgow, was swept away by a strong current in the River Kelvin, near the West of Scotland Science Park…
A blog without links…
Every now and again I come across a really good fly fishing blog – great content, good photos and started fairly recently. By recently I mean maybe in the last 6 months – usually the blog is on blogger as that is where most people start out before moving on to a platform that you…
Alas Griff Rhys Jones
I never really found Griff Rhys Jones funny even when he was part of Alas Smith & Jones – the other guy was always funnier – the fat one. So I did not find it in the least bit funny when Jones asked canoeists and boaters to disrupt the enjoyment of anglers who are minding…
And Now For Some Great Scottish Muzic!
Ok – I am away on holidays for a bit – hopefully catching Bass, Mackeral and Sea Trout off the Cornish Coast or quite possibly catching Carp, Roach and Tench in a stocked pond. So, no posts for a bit however I thought I would push you to buy some Scottish bands which I think…
From the urban – to the not so!
It is sometimes easy to see why some people think the Kelvin is not an urban river – especially from the pictures that I post on this site. You see – there is a green corridor that cuts through Glasgow and down this passageway the Kelvin runs – the corridor has its own compliment of…
A post about fishing related “stuff”
You would be forgiven for thinking I have not done any fishing at all over the last week – as it is I have been chasing Pike on the Forth n’ Clyde canal and attempting evening sessions on the Kelvin – both did not amount to much mainly because I was half pished merry from…
Work has started on Stewart Memorial Fountain
Work is now progressing on the Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove park – rather than regurgitate what the Evening Times is saying I might as well point you towards the article. Evening Times Article People not from Gasgow might enjoy reading the comments to gain a great understanding of Glasgow humour! Posted by: openmind – …
Impartial?
So my 2 minute post (that is how long it too me to write it) about the recent closing of the Robbie Red Ball site caused a bit of a stir among the Internet forums, members and non members of the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement Association as well as other blogs (more on that in…