Hay on Wye is that charming town straddling the river and the England/Wales boundary. We all know it for its... Read More
For reasons some might guess, I’m on my way North on Sunday/Monday coming. I’m around the Eden first, and then... Read More
So, Monday, I caught trout, but a fraction of the basket I would have expected back in 1981 when I... Read More
This is going to be nip and tuck. My goal of catching a barbel every month of the winter hangs... Read More
Angling is hardly a world wherein woke attitudes have really taken root, but perhaps they should. Diversity is a concept... Read More
Mid-July, down here in Devon, on the Exe where temperatures hit 30 degrees plus most of yesterday afternoon. The whole... Read More
Monday, my first day back on the three mile beat of upper Bure that I rented forty years ago. It... Read More
It’s a cold, dank day, with a vicious Northerly wind blowing down the valley. Hardly what I’d expect for the... Read More
For a long time I have been brooding about a barbel technique I flirted with around 1998/1999. In short, to... Read More
The Wild Trout Trust annual fundraising auction takes place 18-27 March on the WTT’s own auction website. With 366 Lots,... Read More
Well, what a complete treat. Had it not been for the admirable John Stephenson of Thomas Turner, I wouldn’t even... Read More
Another bleak day in Norfolk, and hard to believe this is the start of July – though of old I... Read More
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not... Read More
For nigh on forty years I was a member of the truly excellent Norfolk Flyfishers’ Club (NFC), and it was... Read More
Well, the frost-rimed fields around my house suggest winter sure is back, and yesterday when the sun got up, I... Read More