W P Adams

The last couple of weeks have been odd ones for my personal ambitions in trout fishing; in two different competitions I drew Tony Baldwin, of whom I have talked a great deal in the past. This in itself sets certain hurdles as, in our case anyway, our approach to fishing is fairly different.

March 15th is a very special event in the calendar of the brown trout enthusiast. Those months of waiting and wondering, of tying up deadly patterns and of dreaming about big bends in the rod, suddenly come to an end with the opening of the new season. Up in my northern neck of the woods…

I took a flight from Baltimore’s International airport for Orlando Florida. One of the great things about flying in the United States is the cheap air fares, compared with rip-off Britain’s air fares, high airport taxes and of course the very high tax on fuel. My destination was the town of Titusville on the east…

My first stop was the fallen tree where I had fished the night before, I clambered in behind the tree but in the sunlit water there was not a fish to see. I walked up beyond the car park and looked into a spot that had produced a few fish to a mate over the…

As it is so much lighter and stiffer than traditional rod making material, most modern fly rods are made from some form of carbon fibre. These are also much thinner and lighter than the older alternatives. This, coupled with the fact that they have in real terms fallen in price, makes carbon fibre the ideal…

We travelled over to the island in a very small ‘island hopper’ type plane, flying from Eastleigh airport. The good aspect is it’s a quick flight but you are limited to the amount of weight you can carry and unless you hire a car you walk everywhere. It’s also daunting seeing the island as a…