M H & C Johnson

May nineteen-seventy-eight. All arrangements had been made to leave work at 4pm and drive straight down the M4 to board the ferry at Swansea. We were off to fish Ireland’s river Blackwater for salmon. one of several perch caught on fly the river Blackwater from Fermoy Bridge Me wading the fast & slippery Lugg Pool…

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Here, over two days, a range of anglers with varying experience competed against each other in order to win a place in the final in September – to be held on the very same water!On Friday those anglers fishing had the better of the two days weather-wise, for although it was blustery, it was not…

It was darn cold the other morning, the first real chilly day of the this Winter. Much as I dislike the cold, the thought did occur that this is just what is needed to drive the crabs into deep water so that the Flounder can get to our baits before the bait robbing crabs!Locally, the…

Without doubt the very best winter roach fishing is when the river is high and coloured as long as this condition is not caused by snowmelt water. We need to start looking for the roach where we would expect to find them in summer and then look around to see where they would move to…

Basically, this is a lightweight fishing shelter which works in a similar way to a fan: it opens in just the same way, except that the two “edges” – aluminium tubes – come together, and are locked in place. (You might be able to make out these two “edges” in the picture). Then it’s a…