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I believe more firmly than ever that flies need to be sparsely dressed. I have for many years fished sparse nymphs – even before the advent of modern “anorexic” ones. But I believe that my dry flies are about as skinny as any others around, and so I think I had better pass on some…

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It was the second session of the week. The first session I had got a result landing a 21lb 12oz common on a single hookbait. If you recall on the next session I fished from the other side of the lake but still put a bait on the spot from where the common had fallen….

.The water levels across the country, but especially it seemed in the Thames valley, dropped very fast over the space of just three or four days, dropping by as much as two feet. When I arrived at the lake I found parts of it had emerged from beneath the water that had been under water…

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…

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