Jack Perks wants your help to uncover Britain’s hidden underwater world THE PROJECT Britain’s fish are often overlooked and under-appreciated,... Read More
What the book cover says: This book traces the history of salmon fishing on the river Thurso in Scotland from... Read More
Two new fish passes on a Northumberland stream are giving salmon and sea trout easier access to 22km of watercourse.... Read More
Source: Sportsmans Alliance 4 Alaska Pebble Mine recently lost its 4th major financial backer as First Quantum Minerals decided to... Read More
It’s a funny piece to write this one as I don’t want to sound starry, or celeb dominated. I’m not... Read More
Malcolm Dutchman – Smith I always enjoy reading Andrew Douglas – Hume’s weekly editorials on “Tweedbeats” (http://www.tweedbeats.com/news) as they are... Read More
The collaboration will see the two organisations work together on various projects to conserve wild fish and their waters, including... Read More
We were delighted to hear a little while ago from James Morrison who kindly shared some of his family history... Read More
As we all know, angling is special in part because of its vastly rich literary history. There is no other... Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesFly Fishing in the UK I love fishing for Salmon and Trout. The Tweed is my favourite Salmon river in the UK. I can’t make my mind up which is my favourite beat though? The Derwent at Chatsworth house is probably my favourite trout beat, it’s not just the fishing at Chatsworth… Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesHow to tie the Davy knot The Davy knot was created by Davy Wotton and boast an extreamly high breaking strength. It is used for tying the fly onto the leader and it is much smaller than most other knots so it does not impede the action of the fly as it… Read More
by Dylan Brown, E&E news reporter The company behind the Pebble mine project in Alaska and U.S. EPA yesterday told... Read More
A statement on the R.L. Winston Rod Co. website gives details of a devastating fire that hit their bamboo fly... 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
Atlantic salmon have been discovered on the River Ecclesbourne, a tributary of the River Derwent, Derbyshire for the first time... Read More
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... Read More
Illustrated by Marvin Huggins. First published 2020. Available from Amazon at around £9.50 pp164 A strange one this. It is... Read More
When I wrote about the grayling in the Lugg adjoining the Leominster B&Q car park, a couple of you wrote... Read More
American angler Julia Bell caught and released this beautiful 1.47 kg (3 lb 4 oz) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) on... Read More
The pressure on our natural resources is illustrated in the quiet death of a chalk-stream. And this year 2017, they... Read More
After the festive period has been and gone, I felt a quick return to the Alston letters would be of... Read More