Good to hear back on the grayling issue, and why rivers come and go with seemingly startling rapidity. Perhaps an... Read More
Submerged Treasures Mild weather, a little sunshine, and lightly stained water. Great conditions for a day afloat chasing perch. High... Read More
Back on the Yak Attack It’s been a while since I’ve fished from the kayak. In recent weeks, while on... Read More
Angling is hardly a world wherein woke attitudes have really taken root, but perhaps they should. Diversity is a concept... Read More
The facts are simple. The upper Wye has been in good grayling nick for a decent while, and four visits... Read More
Sweet Carolina Another busy week and one very interesting session, this time I decided to pay a visit to my... Read More
In nearly all ways this letter speaks for itself. Buller’s “The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike” was published first in... Read More
On Monday just gone Enoka’s first grayling came from a tributary of the Wye and fell for a Squirmy Wormy,... Read More
Well, my great friend Simon spent yesterday getting me in part conversant with my Facebook account that I had let... Read More
MURKY DAYS A feature this winter has been heavy frosts and several foggy days spent out on the bank, but... Read More
STRANGE NAMES I had driven over the North Level Main Drain at Tydd Gote many times, always too busy to... Read More
Interesting to see the Sunday Times magazine (January 9th 2022) covering the plight of the salmon netsmen of yore. The... Read More
I guess this time of the winter many of us will be thinking grayling, either on float or fly. (Personally,... Read More
After the festive period has been and gone, I felt a quick return to the Alston letters would be of... Read More
EARLY DAYS With temperatures barely hovering above freezing point and my local lakes shrouded in mist, it was a good... Read More
STILL THERE I’ve fished the Old River Nene at Benwick a couple of times since moving to the Midlands, also... Read More
Active Targeting Another session with difficult predator fishing conditions, high pressure, gin-clear water, and not a cloud in the sky.... Read More
Back to the Night Bites In amongst my perch fishing antics, I’ve been revisiting those tricky, toothy, critters that often... Read More
NEVER ENOUGH We might think we have ample fishing kit, but when something new is released, or someone is spotted... Read More
My nightly vigil on the middle Wye has provoked some comment, and there is much to add. Of course, the... Read More
EARLY DAYS A little used method that can be a smooth-running joy to use when you get it right, turning... Read More