River Kelvin Angling Association

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  • Arbour Works Phase 1

    Greetings chaps – here is a short slideshow of the arbour work that has been undertaken by the Association. This work was agreed at the 2011 AGM, we were slightly held up by the amount of paperwork and hoops that had to be jumped however the benefits for the 2012 season should be great. This…

  • Fly Tying / Christmas Drinks

    A few of us will be in the Islay Inn (Argyle Street, near Kelvingrove Art Gallery) on Thursday night from 7.30pm. We may well tie a few flies while we practice our drinking. All are welcome. Paul

  • Catch Returns 2011.

    Greetings Chaps, The 2011 season has now ended and we hope you have had a good one. Please send us your catch returns so that we may accurately record how well our river is improving. Please use this link – Catch Returns 2011 Additionally please send us any pictures of your fish to photos@fishkelvin_com (replace the…

  • Lost Key

    Hello Chaps – I hope you are all having an enjoyable season! One person is not as he has got in contact with us about a lost key – a black plastic card type, it could be on the riverside along the “Balmore road” stretch up to the junction pool. Anyone finds it get in…

  • Fly Tying Evening + Interesting Stuff!

    Greetings chaps – I am aware this is uber short notice however we are having our monthly fly tying session on Wednesday 27th July at the Islay Inn  on Argyle Street at 7.30pm. This time we also have Nick Underwood (Kelvin Catchment Officer) attending to talk to us about the anglers monitoring initiative. We are looking for…

  • Fly Tying and Anglers Monitoring Initiative

    Tomorrow evening (Wednesday 27th) we have the monthly fly tying night at the Islay Inn on Argyle Street, 7.30pm. This time we also have Nick Underwood (Kelvin Catchment Officer) attending to talk to us about the anglers monitoring initiative. We are looking for volunteers to take part in this project. If you are interested in…

  • Fly Tying Night

    On at the Islay Inn, Wednesday the 20th of April at 7.30pm. All abilities welcome. Come along and share some of your knowledge with others, or if you’re a beginner you can try your hand at a few patterns (equipment provided). There is a rumour that there might be some whisky tasting involved (for the…

  • Fish Kelvin Forum

    It is now back up and running – sorry about that!

  • Fly Tying Evening and Forum Issues

    Hello Chaps, Seeing as how Paul is away snowboarding or something I thought I should update you on something that was discussed at our last committee meeting. Essentially some members have asked us if it is possible to run some kind of fly tying evening. At roughly the same time a local owner of a…

  • AGM Summary

    Minutes to follow. Summary of the key points from the AGM Alan Atkins has been voted in as the new Chairman. Alan has been the Acting Chairman since Euan Greer stood down last year. Alistair Stewart was voted in as the new Vice Chairman, replacing Alan Atkins. Frank Cook was voted back in as a…

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