Just when our lakes were hitting top form they let us down! The last few weeks has seen some excellent fishing – in all sorts of conditions. True, we have experienced some hard days, but by and large, good angling has been rewarded. Then without warning things turned tough!
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…
They were made very popular by Bristol match ace “Topper” Haskins who has used these floats to dominate matches on the Bristol Avon. However, Topper has moved on to using polystyrene bodies with his crow quill avons whilst I have stuck to the more traditional balsa wood bodies. Unlike Topper I have not yet mastered…
Journey to Northwest Fishing Guides, British Columbia, holders of the current world record catch and release Chinook Salmon of 99 _ lb, and home to the greatest salmon and steelhead runs in the world! Steve Crowther , competitor and manager of the Great Britain lure angling team won individual and team medals representing his country,…
Each morning is greeted by a freshness in the air which stings the face and makes you feel good to be alive. The banks are green again after months of gloom and the margins are alive with life. The days are warm and the evenings long, giving plenty of time for a few hours by…
The classic McNab, in case you didn’t know, is the term used to describe the bagging of a stag, a grouse and a salmon in a single day. The Grand Slam, to a saltwater flyfisher in the tropics involves the capture of a bonefish, a tarpon and a permit over the same period of time,…
Maybe it has been so because there was nothing to buy or use to find fish except the anglers brain and his experience. Now it is true that you cannot put watercraft in a bottle but if you take a look at the overall fishing tackle there is such a product which can at least…