The Angling Club Ltd

The Tufton Arms Hotel The Tufton Arms is situated in Appleby; a medieval market town set in the heart of the beautiful Eden Valley, which lies in a great loop of the River Eden. The area offers some of the best salmon & trout fishing in the north of England. A former 16th century coaching…

The Right Rod, The Right Reel Playing a fish demands a slightly different approach when you are fishing from a boat. There is one fundamental difference in that it is possible for the fish to literally get right under your feet – a situation which rarely applies when bank fishing. This means that in general,…

Specie: Zander 14lb 04oz Weight: 14lb 04oz Location: Old Bury Hill Fishery, Dorking, Surrey. I was fishing a short morning session before work and landed this brace 14lb 04oz & 13lb 06oz within 30min of each other on ledgered dead bait to 12lb main line.

I once had an evening on a Southern chalk stream at the end of June. There were still the odd mayfly hatching but the legendary ‘duffers fortnight’ was over leaving the fish fairly full. However, some fish could still be seen taking the odd mayfly.As I walked around before setting up, I could not fail…

shark [Species Menu] [shark articles] Common name: Blue shark, Porbeagle shark, Mako shark Latin name: Prionace glauca, Lamna nasus, Isurus oxyrinchus Record weight: Sharks are the largest fish commonly encountered in the inshore waters of the British Isles, and this is reflected in their record weights. Blue sharks are the smallest and commonest of our…

It’s curious then, that no-one that I can bring to mind, has developed his assertion that to catch the right fish, you need to offer them the right music. Well, what a load of kibosh, you might think. But just hang on a minute, we’re talking here about Walker – THE Walker. He wasn’t often…