M McCowan & Son

Unlike other agents we have based ourselves in Ireland to ensure that you receive a personal service and up to date information on the Top Angling Venues and other activities. The unspoilt pastures of rural Ireland is home to some of the world’s most exciting fishing. Ireland is equally famous for the magical atmosphere and…

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As I write, I am surrounded by 2000 or so fishing books, plus many others on wildlife and travel. Fishing titles going back to the 1700’s on big game fishing, coarse, sea, trout and salmon angling. Some are ‘How to do it’ titles, others author tales of travel, adventure and the fighting big fish from…

I am not too sure when this fly acquired its name, but I am indebted to my friend Lee Sennington for sharing it with me, and the rest of the Bristol Reservoirs team, back in the days when we used to fish the old “Benson and Hedges” competition on Wimbleball. Over the years this fly…

Articles by John Olliff-Cooper John Olliff-Cooper John started his writing career with Angling magazine in the late 1960’s, since when he has contributed to most of the better-known hard copy magazines. Flirted with modernity for a few years, then panicked at the shallow hype of it all, and fled through 180 degrees. Having been properly…

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,…