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River Wye

John Bailey

Passion for the Wye… Bill Wiggin MP

I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all... Read More
John Bailey

Winter Water Walks

Well, the frost-rimed fields around my house suggest winter sure is back, and yesterday when the sun got up, I... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… A Question of Feeding

I enjoyed the privilege of fishing alongside Dave Coster a couple of days last week, just before rain drove the... Read More
John Bailey

Gone Fishing: The Consultant’s View – Welsh Wild Carp

First, all the blindingly obvious observations. The landscape in the Borders is staggering. The weather on day one was a... Read More
John Bailey

The Napoleon of the Wye

I am, of course, obsessed with the Wye now, like I was as a child in the very early Sixties.... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… On the Fly (Part 2)

I had promised more news on my adventure for more barbel on fly, picking up on my trials back in... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… On the Fly

On one of the forums recently interest was raised about the practice of catching barbel on the fly, and its... Read More
John Bailey

Lost Fishing Letters

It has long occurred to me that often when guiding, the anglers with me are more interested in hearing my... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… In Wild Waters

Yesterday, the 27th October, Enoka caught her first Wye double-figure barbel. She wouldn’t weigh it, but I’m guessing 11 pounds,... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for the Wye… ‘The State of our Rivers’

I’m gratified there is still interest in the Wye and all our rivers, but then again, how can there not... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… Tactics

I know I have been quiet for a while on this particular ‘Passion’ but I have been beavering away in... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for… A Cleaned Up Wye

As we have written before, simply because the hot weather has receded that does not mean that all is well... Read More
John Bailey

Plea For Help!

I’ve just had a dreadful night, and the dread of being woken in the early hours is being realised with... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Clean Rivers… Ranunculus (Part 2)

I’m sorry if I have appeared to lay the law down over my ranunculus observations, on the Wye and tributaries... Read More
John Bailey

What’s Happening to our Trout Lakes?

For nigh on forty years I was a member of the truly excellent Norfolk Flyfishers’ Club (NFC), and it was... Read More
Dave Coster

Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – October

OFF COURSE My friend Steve suggested checking out a golf course lake just outside Lincoln, telling me it can be... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… Flood Thoughts

Life eh? All summer we have have been bemoaning river levels too low then, in a trice, the Wye is... Read More
Robbie Northman

Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #30

Last of the Summer Chub Summer has drawn to a close, transitioning to autumn. Daylight hours shorten as the leaves... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… Random Thoughts

Quite a few musings here, so I hope you’ll forgive my scattered thoughts. In fact, so scattered are they that... Read More
Robbie Northman

Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #26

The End of the Road Trip It was time to leave the South coast and head home. Not directly! Instead,... Read More
John Bailey

Passion for Clean Rivers… Ranunculus

I was delighted to spend today on the Wye with James Buckley and dad, Rob. If there is a nicer... Read More
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