So my wedding invitations are away winging there way to people near and far. Of course the whole wedding was handily organised for the end of November! About the only other thing I got a say in was the choice of buffet food for the evening guests: mini pizzas!! I am getting hungry already! My…
Last fish caught?
You know, I might just have caught my last trout of the season today, well from the Kelvin anyway. I fished one of the tributaries and it was pretty dour, the water was at a good height but there was just no action at all, no fly life and no rises. I headed down to…
Last minute fishing!!!
Sometimes last minute fishing trips can be quite good, anything can happen, you can turn up and there is a lovely hatch or you are there just at that point when the trout just seem to want to eat just about any old fly (generally any old fly is the one I use anyway). The…
Fly fishing in Iraq!
You have got to hand it to this guy. Whilst working and fighting in Iraq fly fishing would not be in the forefront of most peoples minds, but hey… he packed a fly rod and it just so happened Saddam Hussein’s former palaces have lakes packed with fish so what are you going to do?…
Getting the willies whilst fishing!
So I decided to do a spot of loch fishing as The Kelvin and its tributaries are completely out of action. I took a walk (a hike?) up into the Old Kilpatrick hills where there is a loch not owned by any club but has some small trout in it. There was a small burn…
Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online
Fly Fishing Retailers Trade Show | Outside Online I do believe Tea Stick Rods were there as well!
Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye
Fishing Fly Stuck in Eye I am pretty sure most people have seen this link by now, a reason why people shoudl ensure they wear some kind of eye protection. The fly looks like a Pheasant Tail Nymph, which reminds me that I should rie up some for next season!
Glasgow Fly Tying Evening
The Fly Tying night is starting up again…the venue is:: the Yarrow Club at 223 Anniesland Road, Glasgow G13 1RP. The night will be a Wednesday and it starts on the 5th October at 6.30pm. I will be there, unless it stops raining, in which case I will be fishing….and then wander in late!
You CAN have too much of a good thing!!
Rain… Rain…. and even more pissing rain… Just goes to show that you can in fact get too much of a good thing. The river is like hot chocolate (although cold) and looks to stay like that untill the brown trout season ends. If we have two days respite one of the tributories may be…
Not long now!
A couple of weeks left trout fishing, the weather has grown cold and I will be starting a new job shortly as well. I would like to say that I will be fishing every day until the season closes but I doubt it as wedding plans are being made (and seemingly I have to do…