So I was browsing around and found this article. This little section caught my eye… Creekmore recalled meeting Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea in 1994 and father of the current North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He reflected that he thought the elder Kim was “quite enlightening†and said that the dictator…
5 Lessons Learned
1.Try a rod before buying it; those that know me are aware of the rod I bought on a whim. I even got a discount after mailing the owner of Fulling Mill. It is a Fulling Mill Ti4 Fly Rod 9ft 4 Piece #5 rod. Looks lovely, I fished with it once and did not…
End of Season thoughts 2
I am trying to blank the whole end of seson situation, as such I have not updated in a while. On Monday I shall be giving Grayling a bash so will see yo then ….
Brown trout fakes orgasms
I have no idea of the purpose (or for that matter just how they found this one out) Female brown trout (Salmo trutta) fake orgasms to encourage males to ejaculate prematurely. By doing so, they dupe their partner into thinking it has successfully mated, before the female fish moves on to find a better male…
Womens Hour – Fly Fishing
An interview with Mandy Shelvey-Veness – a women fly tyer. Its on the radio, all very hight tech BBC radio 4 [tags]podcast,fishing,women,radio [/tags]
Tracking Blogs
When I started this blog about my exploits down the Kelvin and the other rivers that I fish this was the only dedicated fly fishing blog on the net. Sure there were updated regularly news sites but no actual personal fishing experience blogs. Now there are lots of fly fishing blogs out there, kinda makes…
End of season thoughts 1
As usual at this time of year I am on the lookout for some good books to read over the winter- that whet my appetite for the coming year. I was discussing the end of the season with Mike on our last trout session together; we both agreed that we did in fact enjoy the…
Baws tae that…
So Alex and I had some serious small stream action at the weekend, coupled of course with a hefty dose of big river action. The small burn is part of the Kelvin system and had a nice amount of water in it due to there being a spot of rain a couple of days before….
Glasgow fined for polluting the Kelvin
Here is one I missed earlier….. Landfill activities cause problems for the environment 9 Jun 2006 – Ext01-D01 Landfill less. Recycle more. Protect the environment. This was the message from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) this week, after one of Scotland’s largest Councils was fined for polluting a major Glasgow river. Glasgow City Council…
The Kelvin alas….
The Kelvin, alas, is still out of action after all that rain. So last Sunday was a bit of a non starter when it came to trout rising and flies hatching. I mean the water had settled from the day before- a little lower and clearer but there was very little action. I just took…