This is going to be nip and tuck. My goal of catching a barbel every month of the winter hangs... Read More
The photos say it all really. How to create a weight for river barbel and chub (and stillwater fish come... 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’m sorry if I have appeared to lay the law down over my ranunculus observations, on the Wye and tributaries... Read More
Can I thank “iainmortimer” (Fly Fishing Forum) for his lovely comments on the episode last night? (September 12th)... Read More
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... Read More
On one of the forums recently interest was raised about the practice of catching barbel on the fly, and its... Read More
Kirsty Hewitt of Fish & Fly, and Keith Elliott of Classic Angling, met up with Jeremy Wade to hear about... 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
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing tackle is imagining... 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
They say you always remember where you were when hearing of calamitous events like 9/11, or for some of us... Read More
It seems that we are back to the formality of “Mr Buller” once more, and the handwriting is even more... 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
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not... Read More
Life eh? All summer we have have been bemoaning river levels too low then, in a trice, the Wye is... Read More
I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all... Read More
I was delighted to spend today on the Wye with James Buckley and dad, Rob. If there is a nicer... Read More
I do not want to spin these out, and the following three letters are not perhaps of the utmost importance.... Read More
This is NOT another potboiler by a writer trying to sell an article. This is a plea from the heart... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More