Greetings, people who have just read The Herald. I have not actually read the article regarding the Kelvin yet but just in case I came across like a trumpet I thought I would post this first.
Anyway,from some background, I have been fly fishing on the Kelvin for a number of years now and call it my “home” river. That is not to say I don’t fish other rivers because I do, however I consider The Kelvin overlooked by serious anglers as it is classed as “a shite hole” . It is in fact a very nice little stream, full of trout with increasing runs of Salmon and Sea Trout. Nevertheless, this resource is in threat. It is in threat every day due to possible pollution and overfishing. I for instance never actually kill trout out of the Kelvin but adhere to a catch and release policy. A famous angler once said that a trout is too nice to be caught just once and when I release a trout I reminded of David Seybold in “Waters Swift and Still”
The boy reached into the net and cleared the hook and leader from the trout and lowered the net back into the water. ” Thank you, said the boy.Thank you very much. I hope you live forever.”
I know people do kill trout from the Kelvin but I dont have to agree with it- always remember these are my own opinions 🙂
If this is your first time here go and make yourself a cup of tea and then come back and settle down for a wee read. This part of my website is called a blog, Wiki defines a blog as being:
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It might interest you to know that this is the oldest personal blog dedicated to fly fishing on the net. It is also the most visited part of my site with visitors from as far away as Japan and the US. I have been overcome by the amount of visitors that my blog receives and just a wee bit proud of it. I do get the odd criticism (my grammar is appalling seemingly) but enjoy the banter
On the right hand side of this page at the top of the sidebar you will see a way to access my archives- they are split into months. There are a couple of years of entries; however I have compiled a small selection for you, picked for no other reason than I liked the photographs.
Actions Stations: Dry Fly Attacks
Not so much an attack more a leisurely stroll
A Cracking Hour and a Half Fly Fishing!!
I hope that has whetted your appetite. Fly fishing is really quite easy; to fish a river like the Kelvin you will need a suitable rod. A typical river rod should be about 8 feet long rated for a 4/5 weight line….that might seem confusing and it is kind of. Essentially a lighter line is for smaller fish and smaller flies and a high number is for big flies and big fish. 4/5 is nice and in the middle. In my mind there is little point in chucking out a worm as all that is going to happen is juvenile trout will get killed (there are good skillful ways of fishing bait but I prefer the fly). Anyway, fly fishing is not elitist these days as you can pick up rods reels and line dirt cheap, all it takes is a little effort.
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More publicity I see Alistair? 😉
Doing well mate!
Gareth
Alistair,
Not sure whether you’ve seen it yet…but I noticed a link to the Herald article you’re in over on the Fly Forums website.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/64602.html
And don’t worry mate, you don’t sound like a trumpet!
Hope this helps!
Gareth