Was reading a forum solely dedicated to salmon fishing and they were talking about the Kelvin. One chap mentioned that over the last few years he has witnessed the tributaries full of spawning fish in December – this year nothing! He does have a picture of a diseased hen fish in one of the tributaries….
Category: River Kelvin Fishing
Random Spring Memories
I had a fantastic day fishing with a dry fly early in the season – on the Kelvin.
River Kelvin Wishlist – take two
Ok – so the last time I posted the wish list everyone went bonkers – I thought about what everyone said and so have now ammended my list. Now, maybe I am being mean posting about Salmon fishing on the Kelvin seeing as how I do not do it, however considering the increasing runs of…
(Help Needed) Do you want to know if Kelvin Trout are safe to eat?
I have recieved an email from Craig Robinson Environmental Impacts Group – Fisheries Research Services I am writing having seen your River Kelvin website, and I have a request to make, but first I will give some background to it. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has a remit to ensure that food is not hazardous to consumers….
A repost…
For some reason the last few posts have become mixed up – I will summarize the last one here and rewrite the giant hogweed post – all the comments have been lost unfortunately 🙁 Kelvin Wednesday Warm and muggy – I managed a few hours on the river. Driving there was hell, I seemed to…
Kelvin Calling
After work I needed to fish – Initially decided the Clyde however at the point in the road where I had to make the final decision I made a sharp left turn and headed to the Kelvin. Mostly because it would mean I would get more time to fish but also because I have been…
Parr a Plenty and then BANG
The water is warmer than the air – I kept telling myself that as I was catching juvenile trout and parr aplenty on the Kelvin. I knew there was big trout here – I had seen them in the past and a recent conversation with someone had made me decide to try this spot for…
Muddy Water
I got to the Kelvin around 5pm. I thought the rain we had would have freshened the river up a bit. I had noticed on the SEPA site it had risen a few inches. It was the colour of mud…perfect I thought; I love it like this… Wait, no – I hate it like this…
Wet Wading in the Kelvin
I decided to throw caution to the wind and head down to the river instead of pumping iron at the gym. Turns out I made the wrong decision….well, two actually. The first was that I should have gone to the gym, the second was that I have a sneaky suspicion I left to early. To…
River Kelvin Wish List
I know that my wish list may not be popular with all however please remember this is only my opinion. I would like to hear what others think. Considering that over 1000 permits have been sold this year I think that the Kelvin as a vulnerable recovering river needs every bit of help to make…