3rd Anniversary today

well today is mine and the dear wifes 3rd anniversary and im having family over so it is striktly no fishing today folks and to tell you the truth im not missing it today as today is for my wife i owe her that as she is the one who incuraged me back into the fishing and for that i owe her it big ,so this is just a wee message infront of the whole world

"I LOVE YOU ANGELA HONEY"
"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT BECOMES OF THIS WORLD , YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING THE ONE I NEED DAY AND NIGHT MY LIFE GIVING SOURCE ,MY SWEETHEART , MY WIFE FOREVER MY LOVE ,YOUR HUBBIE DEREK".

just a wee word of advice to all you fisherman out their that are lucky enough to have a wife left ,dont neglect always give time and remember who is their when you get home.

decorating and fishing dont mix

decorating the house at the moment so just when their is a chance of catching myself a nice fresh salmon on the kelvin the wife stands in and demands the wallpapering is done this morning so what do i do ,i tuck my tail bettween my legs and do it dont i or it will be daggers for the rest of the day ,well really its to be done for its our anniversary tommorow and family and freinds are coming so im wearing the ball and chain today ,well at least till ive finished the wall thats left to be done, so all you guys out their that are going to the river this fine day ,have a wee thought for me with pasting brush in hand sweating like mad in the heat of the day hanging wallpaper ,hopefully ill get it finished by this afternoon so i can get a couple of hours fishing done.
if you all want my address you could come along and demand my release or else.....please help me im begging you ,help me please.

see you all soon...........

well managed a couple of hours on the river ,water still coloured and high ,fished the worm to no avail ,but im sure by wedensday the river will be in great shape if the rain stays off ,oh well until then as they say ..

waiting for tourists

Hello ,well i was at the river today just after the torrential downpour which was like something from a Taiwan news report on the monsoon with small streams appearing in the street and people running for cover in every direction luckily i was on the bus for the worst of it which i was very glad of ,so after getting of the bus at kelvinhall i proceeded to walk down to the river along past the transport museum were i noticed a nice fish in the shallows which with a flick of its tail was gone under a tree on the far bank ,thinking the river will be on the rise very soon i made my Way to the falls at the old mill at yorkhill were i met a couple of kids fishing and a guy who was fishing under the bridge with the worm ,i ask if he had seen any sign of the grilse but their had been no sign of them so i made quick stuff of getting my gear set up and was soon fishing and almost straight away i had what looked more like a line bite with that sharp pull and release which i had a lot of last season. I stayed for another hour but soon noticed the river was rising fast and was becoming dangerous so i made my way from the falls and spent some time watching the falls for any sign of fish moving in with the rising water which i only seen one crashing across a section of water which was around 2 ft deep ,so I'm thinking that it might be worth a try tomorrow to see if any fish came into the river during the night time tide which is meant to be a high tide ,so i think i will take my camera and try to get some good pics of any fish i manage to see jumping the falls, so until then take care folk and good luck with the fishing..

my first go at a step by step

Paraloop Emerger

by D.Graham.





First wind thread down half way around bend of hook and then return to
around the half way mark in open turns .



next catch in some fine copper wire on top of the hook shank.



wind thread over wire to half way around bend of hook catching in copper wire.



now apply dubbing around thread with the pinch and twist method.



take the dubbing about two thirds the way up the hook in even turns trying
to keep the body slim.





now wind copper wire in open turns over the dubbing to aid strength and durability
whilst catching in some 2 or 4lb mono which i don't find any need to be in a loop.




now take a relative sized cock hackle and tie in at base of mono.



add pinch of dubbing and create a thorax to match fly.



wind hackle around mono which for ease should be held in a gallows tool which will make this process easier to master.



now take fiber and stroke towards the bend of the hook and pull mono forward
and tie down and finish with a whip finish and trim any stray hackle fibers
that point downward or effect the eye of the hook.


well that's my fist step by step which I'm hoping i will be showing much more of when i have a better set up for lighting picture ect! until then bye for now.

More bad news folks

just a short wee note that is going to be quite disturbing for the people who fish the upper Clyde as its now going to be the holder of Europe's biggest wind farm ,meaning large scale construction and damage to surrounding environment which is bad news for the area, will need to read up on it properly before i can give anymore details folks so here's hoping I'm totally wrong but i don't think so....