Fishermen of England

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…

As we crept slowly across the flat in about 15 inches of water, we could see tailing bones rooting about in the soft bottom or around the mangroves, for crabs, shrimps or any other food item they could find. After about eighty yards Chuck whispered “Good bone Martin at fifty feet 11 O’clock” However hard…

You ask why? Well, I know there are not many ladies that fish – but there could be! Yes, there are hundreds if not thousands of women all over the country who would like to fish, or to accompany their partners and sit and soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the beautiful surroundings on balmy…

Specie: pike Weight: 50lb Location: south of Ireland This pike was caught on a trolled Rapala Supershad and 50lb braided line towards the end of February 1998. The location was an undisclosed lake in the south of Ireland. It weighed in at 29lb 8oz and is my personal best.

As I drove past the lake I could see the swim was free but I had to drive a further half mile until I got to the gate and then negotiate the potholes and brambles before I was finally settled in there. The weather was very hot but a gentle southerly wind was blowing into…

I am sure that the Met Office deliberately give us pessimistic forecasts so that we are pleased when it turns out better than their multi-million pound state of the art computers have predicted. My pal Mike Concannon had spent months organising the Eagle Claw Dartmouth Plaice Festival, he was putting on a brave face, telling…