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The offshore potential of the Seychelles has been an open secret for longer. The islands lie on a relatively shallow plateau that rises out of the great depths of the open ocean. The wide expanses of the Indian Ocean feed huge numbers of fish into the crystalline waters of the islands. Here swim marlin, sailfish,…

Let me start with some forthcoming dates: August 27th/28th Peregrine International Final Rutland September 4th England Loch-style National Bewl Water September 11th England Disabled Loch-style National Rutland Sept. 15th/16th/17th Hardy Final Rutland Nov27th –Dec5th World Fly-fishing Championships Australia Good luck to anyone who may be fishing in any of those events. I shall be at…

Dever Springs was the venue and here is home of the whoppers, despite what a certain burger chain advertise to the contrary. The day was a fundraiser for the Second Chance Charity, consequently almost everyone there was famous or well-heeled or both – though perhaps well-tyred is a better description after seeing some of the…

The Porbeagle Shark, Lamna Nasus, is Northern Europe’s ‘biggest big game fish’. It is thought to grow to about a thousand pounds, and the All-Tackle World Record is a fish of 507 pounds, caught by Christopher Bennet, off Caithness, Scotland in March 1993. It has a number of different names; which include, Salmon Shark, Herring…

Specie: Spanish Mackerel Weight: 55 lb Location: Great Barrier Reef 55 lb Spanish Mackerel caught on board ‘Orca’ off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, October 1999. At the time this was the biggest fish I had ever caught. I was a very happy man. We ate it raw

Maybe it has been so because there was nothing to buy or use to find fish except the anglers brain and his experience. Now it is true that you cannot put watercraft in a bottle but if you take a look at the overall fishing tackle there is such a product which can at least…