It is with much sadness that my time on the Thomas Turner websites has drawn to a close. For me... Read More
So… there you go… a barbel every month of the winter, though I accept March might officially be the first... Read More
Good to hear back on the grayling issue, and why rivers come and go with seemingly startling rapidity. Perhaps an... Read More
Angling is hardly a world wherein woke attitudes have really taken root, but perhaps they should. Diversity is a concept... Read More
After the festive period has been and gone, I felt a quick return to the Alston letters would be of... Read More
I have to admit that deciphering Alston’s handwriting does not get easier, and I hope that anyone interested will find... 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
The Wild Trout Trust annual fundraising auction takes place 18-27 March on the WTT’s own auction website. With 366 Lots,... Read More
This is going to be nip and tuck. My goal of catching a barbel every month of the winter hangs... 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
My nightly vigil on the middle Wye has provoked some comment, and there is much to add. Of course, the... Read More
I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all... 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
Well, what a complete treat. Had it not been for the admirable John Stephenson of Thomas Turner, I wouldn’t even... Read More
Over the past year, I have frequently highlighted the artists of one sort or another operating around the angling scene.... Read More
These pictures from Monday have raised eyebrows amongst my friends, and indeed are impressive in their biblical, dawn-of-time way. Of... Read More
Well, my great friend Simon spent yesterday getting me in part conversant with my Facebook account that I had let... 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
It has long occurred to me that often when guiding, the anglers with me are more interested in hearing my... 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 do not want to spin these out, and the following three letters are not perhaps of the utmost importance.... Read More