New forum for 2009

I have went to the trouble of setting up a new forum for people who fish the river kelvin .
I feel the new forum will be much better as far as quality goes ,and i also hope their are more registered users on this forum to keep it afloat , as i feel their is a real chance of this becoming a great place for advice on fishing on the river by different methods, and also so as the river gets more publicity ,thus getting it more protection from poachers etc!.
I intend to make a real go of this and do my best to keep people interested in the forum and what it has to offer,.
i also intend to make a real effort in making the tying section a good place to source fly patterns and how to tie them through step by step photos and written guides which is a great passion of mine and a few others who i know fish the river.
i hope these other people will also help in getting as many patterns up on the forum for people to view and hopefully also encourage some new people into fly tying.
i hope anyone interested in the river kelvin will join and help us to make this gem of a river in the middle of Glasgow to flourish ,,and also to help it get the protection it needs from the constant onslaught of fish being killed in the river, and i am not innocent here either, so i want to make changes to my thinking too,, and the forum will help me to do that if i can see people are making a real go to change.

no tickets for the start of the season

well now with the season near! and the rod hand itching,, I'm sorry to hear their are no tickets ready for the start of the season yet again!!! on the kelvin. i wonder when the club committee will ever get things ready in time or is their changes needing made ,although that's not to say the guys that are their just now haven't done a good job over the years . i just feel the kelvin needs new blood in the higher ranks to give renewed hope to the people who think it is all a scam and that we anglers are being hustled out our money ,,but for 15 quid i cant see were that is happening .i do feel better protection systems are needed for the river and most definitely their is need for a true crown bailiff on the water who has real powers to deal with the influx of non members on the river ,,which at times is unbelievable to say the least,, although I'm all for young ones getting into the fishing as i take my 2 boys along from time to time to see if they too will find that love that never fades when you become a true fisherman,,as we all know its brilliant.

in the search of cart grayling

well I'm off in the search of these elusive grayling that are said to be in the cart and in good numbers if you can find them ,also I've been hearing their are a few in the 2lb weight so that would be nice ,god a 4 inch grayling would be nice ,in fact i would be grateful to find the roach or the good old perch in abundance as it would give me something to fish for over the close season which seems to be never ever ending ,but as they say time goes on and ill be their on the first day of the new trout season with rod in hand and a great big smile on my face, even though i never catch anything on open day ,but that don't matter when your on the river you love the rod in hand and you manage that first good cast of line of a new season ,i cant wait I'm most definitely going to be on a quest for the seatrout this new season as their are some big boys coming up the kelvin and i want to get one at night although I'm not looking forward to meeting all the river kelvin inhabitants ,like the great water rat which I've seen as big as a small cat well it was probably actually a mink as their are quite a few around new and they are lovely animals and really good to watch and also very skilled hunters ,so I'm off up the cart float rod in hand and a tub of maggots to go and ill let you all know how i get on OK.

the wife

here is my most wonderful wife to whom i owe my return to the sport i love ,as she is the one who has encouraged me back into fly fishing a few years ago ,so here is my thanks to my beautiful ,caring ,loving wife ,i love you more than life itself and am eternaly greatful for every day we spend together and may their be many more ,

your most loving hubbie Derek....

fly tying club hillpark secondry

I have recently joined a fly tying club which i have wanted to do for a long time as I've heard that their is a great amount of knowledge to be had from people who have been tying for a number of years and i must say i am enjoying it to the full and the members all seem to be very nice people who are passionate in their tying as i am and are always willing to give advice and offer help so were is this great club ,well it is held in Hillpark secondary school every Friday from 7pm till 9.30 pm and costs a very reasonable 2 quid which is nothing is it and i am sure they would love more members along,so if you are interested just contact me via this site and i will pass anything you want to know onto you through an e-mail and i will see you their,
I feel i am coming on in leaps and bounds in my tying although i am in need of some new materials so as i can attempt more patterns which right now my main interest is winged wets and spider patterns with the latter being one that i seem to tie to a passable standard in fact I've even had people trying to but these from me but until i am sure i can manage a good line of flys in good supply then i wont be putting my tying name to the test until I'm totally sure and have tried and tested them out which is going to be my main objective for the season coming as i intend to fill a few boxes with different type patterns for trying out on my local as you all should know to be the kelvin, so until then i will be trying new patterns and new methods and if i manage to get them right i will be showing them off no worries on here and other places around the net and in fact with the net the great thing is you get to show them off around the world ,fantastic ain't it folk's well i just cant wait...