Articles relating to Game/Fly Fishing

Articles by Russ Symons Russ Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…

I tend to think of groundbait as if it were a very fine particle bait; fish will feast on the individual bits as it floats around creating preoccupied feeding. One of the advantages of groundbait is that it can be used to attract hordes of small fish, which in turn attract the bigger fish, keen…

On Monday I went to the Poole Hall complex on a feature for Match Angling Plus magazine. After discussing the venue at length with fishery owner Sid Matthews I settled in on peg 66 on the main match lake, Heron Pool. What followed was a fabulous days fishing with tench providing most of the action….

All I can tell you is what works for me. A big part of this comes down to confidence in each pattern, rather than any hard facts, so a good many of you may disagree with my findings. What are the general criteria I look for in all hooks? Well, the hook should be strong…

The “2001 Trout Fisherman European Open” will be officially launched in the next edition of “Trout Fisherman”, where entry forms will be available, along with full details of the venues that John has booked. However in an exclusive for www.fishing.co.uk I have attached a full list of venues and dates. Email me for entry forms…

Enthused by a wonderful couple of days in March at Kiwayu, of the coast of North Kenya, when we had had fine sport taking Koli-Koli (aka Golden Trevally) on the fly, as they in their turn preyed upon the shoals of sardines, I dared to suggest to Belinda that we once again ventured down to…