Gwen Tackle & Bait

Catching Mackerel for bait is an enjoyable start to a days fishing. Thread up your rod and attach a set of feathers and within seconds you are fishing. If the mackerel are there in profusion it is not unusual to catch stringfull after stringfull of these vigorous little fish, soon filling a fishbox with enough…

I’ve been lucky really as my living quarters are above my garage area and as a consequence I’ve not had any water in my house. Yes it’s been inconvenient as I’ve needed waders to get out of my home but spare a thought for those poor soles that have had their homes flooded throughout. Many…

In late December 1999, armed with a couple of telescopic rods and various lures, I travelled with a friend from Goa through to Kathmandu then back to Delhi overland for 7 weeks. It was only while I was sitting on the bank of the Babai river in western Nepal, surrounded by rhino dung and young…

Doh! Frustration! You see, I just spent the best part of two hours (alright, ten minutes) writing this piece only to lose it in a hard disk crash. And no, actually, cleverdick, I had not yet gotten around to saving it, let alone backing it up. Besides, as everybody knows very well, back-ups are for…

It was about this time I decided I wasn’t fishing enough. A night in a bivvy in near hypothermic conditions was warmer than the frosty reception I could ever expect at home. Unfortunately the venue I had decided to concentrate my efforts on was not renowned for its summer captures and, anytime past October, you…

Apart from the odd reference to fly fishing and a few sub notes on some web pages it was obvious we would be flying blind. Even the hotel staff couldn’t really help much as most anglers fish the boats only.The beaches on the East Cape are generally steep too and fairly deep very close in….