My nightly vigil on the middle Wye has provoked some comment, and there is much to add. Of course, the... Read More
Interesting to see the Sunday Times magazine (January 9th 2022) covering the plight of the salmon netsmen of yore. The... Read More
Angling is hardly a world wherein woke attitudes have really taken root, but perhaps they should. Diversity is a concept... Read More
Well, my great friend Simon spent yesterday getting me in part conversant with my Facebook account that I had let... Read More
Good to hear back on the grayling issue, and why rivers come and go with seemingly startling rapidity. Perhaps an... Read More
I’m glad that my piece on stocked trout yesterday raised an eyebrow or two. In many ways, as was hinted... Read More
This is going to be nip and tuck. My goal of catching a barbel every month of the winter hangs... Read More
I guess this time of the winter many of us will be thinking grayling, either on float or fly. (Personally,... Read More
The facts are simple. The upper Wye has been in good grayling nick for a decent while, and four visits... Read More
MURKY DAYS A feature this winter has been heavy frosts and several foggy days spent out on the bank, but... Read More
EARLY DAYS With temperatures barely hovering above freezing point and my local lakes shrouded in mist, it was a good... Read More
THE MYSTERY FACTOR Recent discussions, regarding tiny running water venues on the Fishing Magic forums, reminded me that I’ve always... 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
TOUGH CUT After the first tricky match on the Grantham Canal back in January, I wasn’t expecting anything different early... Read More
NEVER ENOUGH We might think we have ample fishing kit, but when something new is released, or someone is spotted... Read More
STRANGE NAMES I had driven over the North Level Main Drain at Tydd Gote many times, always too busy to... Read More
STILL THERE I’ve fished the Old River Nene at Benwick a couple of times since moving to the Midlands, also... 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
I relish chalk stream fishing when I can get it, though with reservations. Stocked fish of size rarely interest me... Read More
COLD IN TIMBERLAND When a mate invited me on an outing to an old clay pit, a picture of a... Read More
So… there you go… a barbel every month of the winter, though I accept March might officially be the first... Read More