Let me give you a bit of background because I genuinely need some help here. I began fishing the Wensum,... Read More
For nigh on forty years I was a member of the truly excellent Norfolk Flyfishers’ Club (NFC), and it was... Read More
In the few days since TT first talked about the Passion For Clean Rivers, things have moved on, especially... Read More
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... Read More
The last week of our Trout fishing season and as ever we finish with a flourish with two fish just... Read More
This week saw me successfully complete forty nine years on this earth and the twenty fifth anniversary of my employment... Read More
Well that’s it, trout fishing for 2017 done, and as ever bewilderment over the speeding up of time as wasn’t... 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
Over the past year, I have frequently highlighted the artists of one sort or another operating around the angling scene.... Read More
It seems that I cannot avoid Theo Pike. Yesterday I received an email from him, quite out of the blue.... Read More
A very short while back, I was asked by a couple of angling historians whether the photographs in my 1990... Read More
Hello Everybody and welcome to Ditch Watch. Still dry, although the river has crept up slowly following the retreat of... Read More
I don’t know if you have fished for asp, but if the chance arises, take it for sure. You ‘Aspers’... Read More
It was just last week that six of us, Geoff Maynard (above) Pete Henton, Stuart Tod, Brian Havell, Jason Lacny... Read More
Week one, Done. Hawthorn was early, heavy but brief and as always has served as the flicking of a switch... 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 couple of days back, I went for one of the more enlightening meetings of my life at the Wye... Read More
The 1st April saw the start of the fly fishing from boats season on South East Water’s lovely Arlington Reservoir... 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
I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all... Read More
I had promised more news on my adventure for more barbel on fly, picking up on my trials back in... Read More