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Gudgeon [Species Menu] [Gudgeon articles] Common name: Gudgeon Latin name: Gobio gobio Record weight: 5 ounces caught by Mr D.H. Hull in 1990. Distribution: A common little fish in Europe, where it can be found from the Pyrenees right through to Scandinavia. Like so many coarse fish, gudgeon are only naturally found in the South…

Wherever salmon fly-fishing is practised throughout the world there are constant reminders of its birth and development in Scotland. Many traditional patterns of salmon flies were developed on the banks of Scotland’s famous rivers – flies like ‘Dunkeld’ (named after the small county town in Perthshire on the banks of the mighty River Tay and…

www.fishooked.com AT LAST – THE ULTIMATE “WHERE TO FISH” GUIDE. Fishooked is an extensive, interactive database of information on more than 5000 Freshwater fisheries (Game, Coarse & Combination) throughout the UK and Ireland. If you’re looking to catch specimens of a certain weight, find a fishery with specific facilities, or even just locate the fishery…

Articles by John Olliff-Cooper John Olliff-Cooper John started his writing career with Angling magazine in the late 1960’s, since when he has contributed to most of the better-known hard copy magazines. Flirted with modernity for a few years, then panicked at the shallow hype of it all, and fled through 180 degrees. Having been properly…

But this time the quarry was about as far removed as it is possible to be from the princely salmon – this time I would be fishing in the sea, for skate. I had been invited up by my friend Davy to fish from his boat Catchalot, in the Sound of Mull. Reports were of…

As I write this on Wednesday morning 24th July the rivers Ribble Calder and Hodder are carrying extra water, in fact conditions couldn’t be better for coarse and game anglers. Fly fishers on the rivers Ribble and Hodder are catching some nice seatrout, most are being returned but I was saddened to see a five…