Duffy’s Fishing & Shooting

This years gathering of the gold almost didn’t happen (again!). The Venue chosen was the S_____ at E_____ and when he heard about this the old landlord naturally decided to sell up and move on. Luckily the villagers had a whip round, formed a trust and bought the pub, unaware that the G.S.C. were impending.However,…

Replacing trebles on plugs can cause all sorts of problems if you do not replace them with virtually the same style and weight of hook. The manufacturer of the lure will have finely balanced and tuned the plug to ensure that it “swims” correctly with the original hooks. So it makes a lot of sense…

The river Aire is an excellent coarse and trout fishing water, in the upper reaches of the river from Skipton upstream it’s fly fishing for brown trout and grayling. Bradford City AA own some two miles of double bank fly fishing where grayling have been caught to 3lbs. The fishing starts from the A59 and…

Not so very long ago I was told by the females of my family, that they really would not have minded if I had enjoyed a half day or even a whole day aboard one of the many charter boats that abound where ever the sun shines with any degree of regularity. Sometimes the logic…

Specie: Rainbow trout Weight: 10lbs Location: Coltsford Mill Fishery, Oxted, Surrey This Rainbow trout (10lbs) was taken on a “Goldhead Damsel Nymph” at Coltsford Mill Fishery, Oxted, Surrey. It gave a good fight on a no. 7 fly rod, floating no. 7 line and a 12 ft 4lb b.s. mono leader. Using the light tackle…

I have got to say that I am an avid Rex Hunt fan. I would willingly share a few beers with him and Bushy, Steve Starling and all the Aussy gang for bringing bright sunshine and superb sportfishing into my living room during our cold, dark winter days.Some of the tropical species that they catch…