Urban Fly Fisher
Blog URL http://urbanflyfisher.com/
Located Glasgow, Lanarkshire United Kingdom
Tags fly fishing, river kelvin, river clyde, fishing, pike
Alistair Stewart's piscatorial adventures around Glasgow, Scotland
Latest Blog Posts
- Glasgow Casting Club on Nov 15, 2009 in Top Tips Fly Casting fulling mill rods are terrible Glasgow Casting Club North Glasgow Fly Dressers Orvis Helios
Last Sunday morning my wife decided she just had to go to local huge shopping centre to pick up a frock or something for a christening in the afternoon – I decided to take the boy for a walk and then had a moment of pure genius – we can go and fe...
- Nicolas Valentin – the Glasgow Angling Centre Dude! on Nov 8, 2009 in Forth N Clyde Canal Pike brownlining float tube Glasgow Angling Centre Nicolas Valentin pontoon
Nicolas Valentin is an employee of the Glasgow Angling Centre – I have got to admit he is one of the guys that actually changed my mind about the place – I used to stare at the rows of rods through surly eyes and complain at the lack of s...
- End of Season Musings… on Oct 24, 2009 in River Kelvin Fishing photees singlebarbed sixth finger
What a strange season all round – I am not saying it was a bad season – just a very strange one. Dave from Cork noted in the comments that having a child (or several) definitely cut down his fishing time however it made the times he went f...
- Autumn – there is no escape! on Oct 17, 2009 in River Kelvin Fishing brownlining
I went for a walk along the Kelvin today and was pretty shocked by two things. Firstly, it is bloody Autumn – sure I knew it was on the way however I appear to have missed the actual start of it – one moment I was looking out a pair of...
- 1001 Posts – Its a boring one! on Oct 8, 2009 in books
The trout season is over –that was a bit quick – I feel I have only been out a half dozen times (obviously a bit more) and I certainly have not fished a lot of my usual haunts on the Clyde. It was fun sticking closer to home – The Kelvin and th...
- Glasgow Angling Centre Open Day – Key of the Door Celebrations on Sep 25, 2009 in
Another weekend of fun is to be had at the Glasgow Angling Centre open day Paul Young – the only mortal to make a fishing programme that everyone actually likes will be cruising around giving autographs and buying pints (maybe not the buying...
- Urban Fly Fisher Competition on Sep 23, 2009 in brownlining urban fly fisher competition
Seeing as how stuff got all a bit serious there I thought we could run a humorous competition – a caption competition no less. Extra marks go to people that actually photoshop the picture – winner gets 10 of my enormous flies. Open to everyone fe...
