Apologies to Thomas Hardy for nicking his title, but events have taken me back to Norfolk this week, not to... Read More
Yesterday was a lovely day. A short bike ride in the morning to get the legs buzzing, luncheon with family... 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
So, Sunday 26th saw my final hours on the Tyne, and in terms of fish, a fruitless session at Chollerton.... Read More
Santa is a fisherman! Why wouldn’t he be – surrounded as he is by acres and acres of fish-filled lakes and... Read More
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing tackle is imagining... Read More
Monday, my first day back on the three mile beat of upper Bure that I rented forty years ago. It... Read More
Shalom, Sukoon and Howdy Doo! And so to business. Maisie popped in last week with the dimensions of the logs... Read More
Well it’s all been a bit of a whirl and a whorl here of late dodging the odd insignificant shower... Read More
It seems that I cannot avoid Theo Pike. Yesterday I received an email from him, quite out of the blue.... Read More
When I wrote about the grayling in the Lugg adjoining the Leominster B&Q car park, a couple of you wrote... Read More
A benefit to membership of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is that you get access to the largest repository of... Read More
Hello Everybody and welcome to Ditch Watch. Still dry, although the river has crept up slowly following the retreat of... 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
A very short while back, I was asked by a couple of angling historians whether the photographs in my 1990... 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
Over the past year, I have frequently highlighted the artists of one sort or another operating around the angling scene.... Read More
A few days ago I returned from a recce down the M5 to Exmoor, and I’m off to the Exe... Read More
Fly fishing thrives just as much on pushing the boundaries of what is possible with new fly tying materials, technology... Read More
Some of you will love the programme, and will have watched BBC2 on Sunday 29th August at 8.00pm to see... Read More
A recent visit to the beautiful old town of Arundel in West Sussex, complete with its magnificent castle and nestled around the tidal upper reaches of the River Arun was the perfect chance to visit Chalk Springs Fishery for some clear water fly fishing for rainbow and brown trout. Read More