Some of you will have heard of the Barbel Society’s recent petition to remove otters from this country’s protected species... Read More
I see that Thomas Turner is selling an Edward Barder Ltd Edition Bernard Venables 8’6” bamboo fly rod. It was... Read More
Tommy Makinson is a god. I don’t care if you are into Rugby League or not (and I wasn’t), Google... Read More
Can I thank “iainmortimer” (Fly Fishing Forum) for his lovely comments on the episode last night? (September 12th)... Read More
First, all the blindingly obvious observations. The landscape in the Borders is staggering. The weather on day one was a... Read More
Good to hear back on the grayling issue, and why rivers come and go with seemingly startling rapidity. Perhaps an... Read More
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy... Read More
Easter Sunday was so mellow I spent it discovering hidden rivers around the new house and planting a seven foot... 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
Some of you will love the programme, and will have watched BBC2 on Sunday 29th August at 8.00pm to see... Read More
I was never enthralled by the concept of the Broads, perhaps because familiarity breeds contempt. Because... Read More
I wonder what you made of Boxing Day’s Paul and Bob offering? Perhaps coarse anglers didn’t relate to salmon, and... Read More
A very short while back, I was asked by a couple of angling historians whether the photographs in my 1990... Read More
I have written here that a few pals and I have both rented a stretch of Wye and begun renovation... Read More
Perhaps this is shameful publicity for the upcoming series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing that’s on its way to... Read More
We all think we know Marina Gibson from her TV appearances, her social media presence and her written words, but... Read More
Well, of course, bream were the species advertised, but they were a complete no-show, to Bob’s relief. But first,... Read More
So, the last ep in Series 4 aired last night, Sunday 3rd October. There’s a general weeping and wailing on... Read More
The facts are simple. The upper Wye has been in good grayling nick for a decent while, and four visits... 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
It seems that I cannot avoid Theo Pike. Yesterday I received an email from him, quite out of the blue.... Read More