Well, the frost-rimed fields around my house suggest winter sure is back, and yesterday when the sun got up, I... Read More
A very dear friend gave me a strange dish a few weeks back, something I guessed had once been used... Read More
I do not want to spin these out, and the following three letters are not perhaps of the utmost importance.... Read More
What’s not to like about this book? It has been conceived and brought to fruition by Rod Sturdy and Nathan... Read More
As a one-time professional historian, I had sympathy for Huw Edwards this week for being roundly censored by his employer,... Read More
Yesterday, the 27th October, Enoka caught her first Wye double-figure barbel. She wouldn’t weigh it, but I’m guessing 11 pounds,... Read More
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not... Read More
I’m delighted there has been some reaction to the pieces both I and John Stephenson have written on last week’s... Read More
I’ve already mentioned I came so very close to buying an Andrew Davis Avocet at the Redditch Tackle Show, and... Read More
It seems that we are back to the formality of “Mr Buller” once more, and the handwriting is even more... Read More
Edward Alston is now safely ensconced in Warminster, and on good enough terms to start the letter “Fred”. (Though he... Read More
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing tackle is imagining... Read More
Looking for a Christmas present for a fishing pal of taste and discretion? Or yourself, come to that? Well, I’ve... 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
Here at Thomas Turner we are looking forward to a meeting with Jonathan White in a few days. He is,... 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
I am not here to praise Fishing Breaks or suggest that you book a day on a chalk stream with... 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
On the 31st October The Sunday Times carried nigh on a full page review of the campaigning work carried out... 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 enjoyed the privilege of fishing alongside Dave Coster a couple of days last week, just before rain drove the... Read More