Gerry’s of Morecombe

Articles by Alan Tomkins Alan Tomkins He’s been fishing longer than he cares to admit and writing about it since the mid-seventies, initially for Angling magazine. After the demise of Angling, Alan wrote for the various iterations of Coarse Fishing, and for several years was a regular contributor to Carp World magazine. Fishes, or has…

Most of them though seem to be moving towards a fairly labour intensive form of fishing, yet one which brings them huge rewards. Rather than just fishing, a good percentage of their time is spent introducing bait to their target waters. This can mean anything from giving the fish a couple of pounds of bait…

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…

This fly does not appear to be at its best when it is pulled fairly quickly; rather fish it static or slowly.The main problem is obtaining the distinctively marked silver pheasant flank feathers as they are not stocked by the majority of tackle shops. To obtain these you will need to approach a specialist fly…

So when the chance came to discover just what the jungle rivers of this huge country could offer the adventurous angler, I jumped at it. The deal allowed for two anglers, so I faxed that illustrious editor, Kevin Clifford, to see if he might be interested – Dear Kevin, is there any chance at all…

You’ll remember in the last article that after the first day’s fishing, myself, and a few others were a little disappointed. Not with Alaska itself, but with the fact that the silver salmon we had come to catch tended to be in the slower water, not the type of (fly) water so beloved of salmon…