What is life about? Well that’s one question that Andy Shattock has asked himself once too often. After 35years working in Health Care and Universities as a Lecturer he has taken the plunge and gone fishing Big Time. As a part time Director of Ultimate Angling Ltd, Andy has been more fortunate than most and…
Rutland Water finished the season on a high with catch returns for the period 15 to 22 December showing that 222 anglers took advantage of the mild conditions and caught 682 fish. Giving an excellent rod average of over three. Fish had been seen moving in the surface all around the lake, close in, taking…
This is Lesley’s 5th book. It’s well written with lots of excellent photographs and is packed full of knowledge gained from her many years working as a trout-fishing guide in the wilds of the Caithness area of Scotland. Pick up the Trout Fishers Handbook and the first thing that strikes you is that it is…
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…
ComCom(c), the innovative compatible communications company, announces the launch of its hand-cranked mobile phone charger, the Wind-up, available at most branches of the Carphone Warehouse and from its online site, www.carphonewarehouse.com/windup priced at 9.99. The solution for many frustrated mobile phone users – the lightweight yet robust Wind-up enables users to recharge their phone by…
The bead-head Prince nymph landed in the slack water close to the far bank. I gave a small upstream mend and the fast water pushed the line downstream and across to my bank. As it did so I retrieved line, imparting some life in the nymph. As it bounced its way across the bottom I…
For more than a fortnight the wind has been from the northeast and this has had quite an amazing effect on the fish. From one day to the next it is impossible to predict whether they will be feeding during daylight hours. Much of this is really down to the buzzers: If they hatch in…
On my arrival in Tasmania I was warned by several anglers that I should have brought at least a seven-weight due to the incredibly strong winds that the state experiences. It took little time for me to realise why this warning had been sounded, but I found that the Trident was a good match for…
Fly Fishing The Saltwater Shoreline By Ed Mitchell published by Stackpole books, ISBN number 0-8117-0653-2 Many of you will no doubt remember his previous book ‘Fly Rodding The Coast’ by Stackpole books. With more and more of us flying across to the east coast of America for our holidays this latest book from Ed has…
Articles by Martin James Martin James Martin James. International salt and freshwater angler, consultant, writer, author, broadcaster and TV contributor was born in 1937 in Kent, at Canada House, a nursing home for Navy officer’s wives. Martin caught his first fish in 1941 during a German bomber raid on his home county of Kent. As…