Yesterday was a balmy day for early October, and by 11.00am the air was alive with insects, the reed beds... Read More
They say you always remember where you were when hearing of calamitous events like 9/11, or for some of us... Read More
A very short while back, I was asked by a couple of angling historians whether the photographs in my 1990... Read More
I spent a nostalgic Sunday assembling the Buller/Alston correspondence into some sort of order, and being generally appalled by the... Read More
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... 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
A very dear friend gave me a strange dish a few weeks back, something I guessed had once been used... Read More
Well, of course, bream were the species advertised, but they were a complete no-show, to Bob’s relief. But first,... Read More
I’ve just had a dreadful night, and the dread of being woken in the early hours is being realised with... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
I’m fascinated by all the posts that come in, but the recent one mentioning Tenkara really caught my eye. Personally,... Read More
Partly because I was a teacher for many years, and partly because of my two TV series ‘Fishing In The... Read More
This is going to be nip and tuck. My goal of catching a barbel every month of the winter hangs... Read More
Since my recent piece on the Exe I’ve been made aware of RETA, and many thanks for that Godfrey! The... Read More
I enjoyed the privilege of fishing alongside Dave Coster a couple of days last week, just before rain drove the... Read More
As some of you may know, I returned to the River Garry after a gap of around twenty years. Now,... Read More
I had a dream. Three years ago, I managed a 97 acre wetland site in mid-Norfolk. I called it ‘Snow... Read More
Quite a few musings here, so I hope you’ll forgive my scattered thoughts. In fact, so scattered are they that... Read More
Once again, thank you indeed to those who have commented on my time on the Eden, and yesterday I made... Read More
Good to hear back on the grayling issue, and why rivers come and go with seemingly startling rapidity. Perhaps an... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More