The photos say it all really. How to create a weight for river barbel and chub (and stillwater fish come... Read More
A couple of days back, I went for one of the more enlightening meetings of my life at the Wye... Read More
Apologies to Thomas Hardy for nicking his title, but events have taken me back to Norfolk this week, not to... Read More
As I’m a part of the Thomas Turner group, I wonder if I can prevail on my great pal John... Read More
Suppose you want to put two pals on an English salmon this coming autumn, where would you advise? The South... Read More
Over the past year, I have frequently highlighted the artists of one sort or another operating around the angling scene.... Read More
Edward Alston is now safely ensconced in Warminster, and on good enough terms to start the letter “Fred”. (Though he... Read More
We all know that fishing is not necessarily about what we catch. We might collect PBs and fine waterside memories,... 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
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables.... 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
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle... Read More
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing tackle is imagining... Read More
It seems that we are back to the formality of “Mr Buller” once more, and the handwriting is even more... 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
Yesterday was a balmy day for early October, and by 11.00am the air was alive with insects, the reed beds... Read More
A very dear friend gave me a strange dish a few weeks back, something I guessed had once been used... 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
I spent a nostalgic Sunday assembling the Buller/Alston correspondence into some sort of order, and being generally appalled by the... Read More
I do not want to spin these out, and the following three letters are not perhaps of the utmost importance.... Read More