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Category: River Kelvin Fishing

Filming……on Location ;) trout n about

6 April, 2004 by Alistair

A while ago I recieved a very nice email from a bloke called Paul Campion from ac acoustics here he is …..the one with the cool glasses and the wings out his head Anyway, we met up in a pub and he told me all about making a new telly show all about fly fishing…………

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Trees

5 April, 2004 by Alistair

Here is a nice tree:: I dunno, there is something i LOVE about trees at this time of the year. Something kinda scary even. Its the way they look as if they are ready to just burst into life. There are more leaves around just now….Been raining a couple of days now so the river…

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Rain, worse this time!!

4 April, 2004 by Alistair

I look out the window. It is pouring with rain.It has been raining on and off the last couple of days….look at this bump.. There was a pic of the water level here It can only get higher!!

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Rain!!

3 April, 2004 by Alistair

Its raining……therefore there is a high probability of raging brown torrentness There was a pic of the water level here See that bump…..that could get worse that could!!….or better….you know what i mean!!

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Furled leader

3 April, 2004 by Alistair

Furled leader arrived yesterday, and im having a play about with it and reading the instructions. I have to apply a short lengh of line to the furled leader as an extender to attach the actual tippet to. Sounds fair enough! But I have been having a little problem here. I was having a little…

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A Walk!!

2 April, 2004 by Alistair

Went for a little walk today. Walked through the vet school and then up through Dawsholm Park…..it is incredible how close you actually are to city life… from that ….to this all in the space of around 15 mins walk. Ive never noticed this tree before.. I actually had to have it pointed out to…

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New waders!!

1 April, 2004 by Alistair

I got my new waders yesterday. unfortunetly they were exactly one size too big. It was hilarious……claire said i looked like a CLOWN!!! Sent them back and should have a new pair in a few days. Looking forward to it, the river is looking MIGHTY!!

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First outing…blanked!!

30 March, 2004 by Alistair

Woohoo, first day out this season and i blanked. There was not much fly life although I did see a couple of rises. Ironically just now as i sit typing this the sun is streaming through the window and this might have sparked some life into teh insects. It was not all bad however, I…

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OOhhhhh a picture I didnt post!!

28 March, 2004 by Alistair

Was this one here Looks nice eh. Today when Claire was in the garage i got i went out and had a look down at the river. Seen a trout rise for a fly. Thats like the first rise ive seen all year. Someone mailed me to tell me they got another fish yesterday…..obviously just…

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Site update!

28 March, 2004 by Alistair

Updated the site, like I said I went for a walk the other day. You can get it here….on this link

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