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Category: River Kelvin Fishing

An Eight Legged FREAK!!

5 September, 2005 by Alistair

Aplogies to people who live places where the spiders actually try and kill you, unlike ours that sit about and make webs and eat flies but today I found three of these pretty impressive spiders in my house. Last night I caught one, in glass, took it out to my back garden and let it…

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Back in Action!!

3 September, 2005 by Alistair

So I went along to the Kelvin for a few hours today, its funny I don’t think I ever know how lucky I am having good trout fishing within a fifteen minute walk from my front door. Anyway, I walked up to Dawsholm Park which I see now has a “Friends of Dawsholm Park” sign…

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Just one of those nights!!!

3 September, 2005 by Alistair

I realised almost instantly that I had made a wrong decision. Ordinarily it would not have mattered I would just give my better half a phone but this time it was different: I had lent her my mobile phone as she was going on a night out. I had arranged for my future mother in…

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Fantastic Small Stream Action! + some pretty good news!!

25 August, 2005 by Alistair

So I went along to one of the Kelvin tributaries for a little evening session, after that heavy rain it was up around a foot and a little dirty. There was fish rising so I knew it was worth a bash.. I was using my little Tea Stick rod which is absolutley perfect for this…

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I am GAGGING to go fishing!

25 August, 2005 by Alistair

Thats a weird expression isnt it, gagging to go fishing? Yes it is!! Anyway, it has now been raining pretty hard for a couple of days and the Kelvin is unfishable. There is a possibility that one of the tributories will be fishable as long as their is no more rain but I suppose it…

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Stung on the face with nettles whilst being rained on!

22 August, 2005 by Alistair

So after praying for rain for weeks it finally came, just as I and Alex arrived at the Kelvin. It was pissing it down and to make things even worse I had forgotton my lucky hat! We were doomed from the beginning. Alex even fell in but by this point it did not really make…

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Quote

20 August, 2005 by Alistair

“I got a new fly rod and reel for my wife…best trade I ever made.” – Thomas Horan

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I have won a competition….

15 August, 2005 by Alistair

So I managed to wangle an evening session yesterday on the Kelvin. I and another Kelvin fisher decided to head up the Kelvin valley closer to the West End. The trout were spooky and Alex had a new 4 weight that he wanted to christen. It was a nice evening and I managed to get…

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Communication Difficulties!

14 August, 2005 by Alistair

I want to discuss with you communication difficulties. Now the other day I got SHE WHO MUSY BE OBEYED to give me a lift up to the Glasgow Angling Centre to get some of that sealant stuff for my waders. On the way I mentioned that it would mean that I would be fishing on…

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Bloody Typical!! a hole in ma waders!!

11 August, 2005 by Alistair

So today, I got my gear together for a bit of a walk upstream to where the Kelvin is deep and slow. As I was getting my stuff together I was standing at the bridge in the Vet School under the main road….I heard a voice shout out YOUR SHITE AT FISHIN I looked around,…

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