Ive bought one of those furled leaders over at Highlanders site. . They look mighty fine. They are hand-woven leaders & represent a vast improvement over nylon & braided types. For top water & sub surface fly fishing they are without equal. Construction…..Take over 90ft of premium nylon, twist & counter twist to form what…
Category: River Kelvin Fishing
Nice Roots!
Seen some nice roots as well. Some amazing trees. Alistair
The Park
Went for a walk yesterday down through Kelvingrove Park to scout it out for the new season. Its looking absolutelly lovely. There is a couple of weirs like this and there is some lovely fly water all around this area. Those rocks just look perfect for a litte wet fly. I had a mail today…
Was at the river today!
It was cold…very cold. The water was dark and there was no fly life. I did not see any fish. Even the trees looked annoyed. I was emailed by another fisher who had been down at the river the other day, there was a short hatch but caught nowt. Hopefully in another week or so…
The First Day!!
This has got to be the first day that I have actually looked out and thought that it may be worthwhile going fishing. There was a little sun around and it was a bit warmer. I reckon there should be a little fly life on the water. All i need is my new manly waders…
My little site!!
You know what I find strange? Nearly all the people that look at the site dont actually come from Glasgow! I look through my stats and I find that around 80% are people from all over the UK and the rest of the world. Most of the people are typing things like “river kelvin fishing”…
Fly Tying and Charles Jardine
Well, what a cracking night. The night was arranged by the West of Scotland Flydressers and Mr Jardine was damned good I must say. He was exactly what one would expect from a proffessional Fly Fisherman….ie better than you and he knows it. The patter was class:: Charles now this rafia …..has anyone used it?…
Love Song for the Kelvin
This is a song about a place where young lovers would meet on the banks of the kelvin Kelvin Grove Let us haste to Kelvin Grove, bonnie lassie, O, Through it’s mazes let us rove, bonnie lassie, O: Where the rose in all her pride, Paints the hollow dingle side, Where the midnight fairies glide,…
Imported old blog
I have managed to import the old posts!
First Day of the Season is upun us!!
Well here we are the first day of the season, It is still pouring down outside and I am totally and utterly unprepared. i do not have my new manly waders and i do not know when i shall be getting them. Once more i curse Glasgow fishing shops. I want to see what this…