Articles relating to Stillwater/Lake/Pond

As we had the driest June on record, I thought I might start with a summertime gag; Sod all to do with fishing but when has that ever stopped me? Here goes then A guy goes into his back garden to sunbathe but falls asleep in the midday sun, five hours later he wakes to…

Well, I didn’t have a chance to evaluate the first three, but I’ve got my mind right about the last of them now. I learned, for instance, that last April, when we were freezing our tails off here in England, it was 30° in Sweden – that’s about 86° in proper Fahrenheit weights and measures….

As well as asking where to go and when, the other most common question people like to ask is what to take. A whole book could (and a few have !) been written about this subject, but I’ll try and outline a few guidelines below as best I can. Hopefully this will whet the appetites…

The Contemplative Man’s Recreation by Clive Gammon, Saturday 1st December, 2001 Articles related by topic: Abroad, Boat, Coarse, Exotic, Game/Fly Fishing, Holiday, Humour, Pleasure, River/Canal, Sea, Stillwater/Lake/Pond Articles related by species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Exotic “The Contemplative Man’s Recreation” is what Isaak Walton called angling, right? Misty dawns over the lake, the dew on…

The main event at Rutland Water last week was the autumn pairs held on Saturday. Fishery Manager Jon Marshall said “It was an excellent competition with plenty of fish in perfect condition, 36 anglers caught 111 trout. Rutland Water warden Nigel Savage took five fish for 15lb 4?oz, the two best fish (rainbows) weighed 3lb…

Thankfully the likes of Lefty Kreh, Pat O’Reilly, Jim Schollmeyer, Mark Bachman and other fly fishers, both in the UK and the United States, helped me to get rid of some bad casting habits. For a hundred years or so, fly fishing writers discussed casting with the aid of the hands of a clock, they…