Angling is hardly a world wherein woke attitudes have really taken root, but perhaps they should. Diversity is a concept... Read More
Interesting to see the Sunday Times magazine (January 9th 2022) covering the plight of the salmon netsmen of yore. The... Read More
My nightly vigil on the middle Wye has provoked some comment, and there is much to add. Of course, the... Read More
EARLY DAYS A little used method that can be a smooth-running joy to use when you get it right, turning... Read More
It seems that I cannot avoid Theo Pike. Yesterday I received an email from him, quite out of the blue.... Read More
I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all... Read More
BY THE WALL I had been working for Hardy and Greys for several years, the only problem being they are... Read More
STRANGE NAMES I had driven over the North Level Main Drain at Tydd Gote many times, always too busy to... Read More
NEVER ENOUGH We might think we have ample fishing kit, but when something new is released, or someone is spotted... Read More
In nearly all ways this letter speaks for itself. Buller’s “The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike” was published first in... Read More
RED LIONS I had arranged to meet the Fishing Magic and Thomas Turner teams at the Red Lion in Bredwardine... Read More
NAME GAMES Most people probably think of ponds as being small, and term larger bodies of water as lakes, but... Read More
It has long occurred to me that often when guiding, the anglers with me are more interested in hearing my... Read More
As I’m a part of the Thomas Turner group, I wonder if I can prevail on my great pal John... Read More
The facts are simple. The upper Wye has been in good grayling nick for a decent while, and four visits... Read More
I guess this time of the winter many of us will be thinking grayling, either on float or fly. (Personally,... Read More
After the festive period has been and gone, I felt a quick return to the Alston letters would be of... Read More
I wonder what you made of Boxing Day’s Paul and Bob offering? Perhaps coarse anglers didn’t relate to salmon, and... Read More
QUIVER REST I liked the concept of a soft EVA foam rod rest, because with shallow multi-position quivertip designs, line... Read More
For nigh on forty years I was a member of the truly excellent Norfolk Flyfishers’ Club (NFC), and it was... Read More
I have to admit that deciphering Alston’s handwriting does not get easier, and I hope that anyone interested will find... Read More