Destination Guides

    The Islands of The Bahamas - Diary As part of our celebration of visiting and angling in The Islands...

Heading to the Northern Territory is the angling adventure of a lifetime and although many guides and lodges will have tackle available, for peace of mind and consistency of approach, it does pay to have your own kit with you. This is particularly important in respect of fly fishing tackle where you will be accustomed to the balance of your own set up.

The Islands of The Bahamas are regarded as one of the premier destinations in the world for sport...

Angling in the NT can be broken down into two distinct categories: ‘Barramundi Fishing’ and ‘Blue Water Fishing’ and both offer unique and challenging opportunities to fish for some of the most impressive species on the planet in a mind-blowing range of habitats.

As much as we love to fish the sad fact (and sad it indeed is...) is that not...

For most Brits, fishing in Australia ‘started’ with Rex Hunt and the Seven Network’s enthralling ‘Rex Hunt’s Fishing Adventures’, which ran for an impressive 14 seasons and introduced us to the incredibly diverse and exciting range of angling opportunities offered by the country.

Throughout this series, I have tried to bring a glimpse of what is going on at the frontier of fly fishing for trout & grayling, though have not really explored other developments, such as fly fishing for other species and, notably, salt water. I do very little of the latter and there are far more experienced fly fishers in these areas to broadcast what is going on.

Regular readers know that I have been fishing a lot with what I term 'leader-to-hand' in recent years. Indeed, other than on small rivers, I very seldom use fly line at all any more.

As tempting as it is just to fish the many wonderful locations the NT offers, and to maximise your time targeting that magical Million Dollar Fish it would, perhaps, be folly to travel so far and miss out on the diverse landscapes, ancient culture and colourful characters of Australia's vast Northern Territory.

In several of the practice sessions for last year's European Championships in Norway, I spent quite a lot of time observing Iain Barr's presentation...