M McCowan & Son
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That’s just one of the questions on the immigration paperwork that tourists to the USA have to cope with. Still, they let Ginger in, and if they let him in I was bound to get in. Ginger, you see, has emigrated to the Colonies. Having married Mary, his lovely American wife 20 odd years ago…
Any trout angler would be happy with fifteen trout on the fly and every pike angler would be equally happy with a 26 pound pike so, as you can imagine, Gordon Grace and I were both very impressed with our 30 trout up to 2 pounds AND a pike of 26 pounds ! The technique…
There is a school of thought that says this is a shame, especially for youngsters, but I will sit on the fence and accept the fact that carp angling is big business and throughout January I will describe some of the essentials needed to move down the carp fishing road. I will cover Tackle, Baits,…
However the weather plotted against me and as the rain fell in buckets, I stayed in the pub. As daylight began to fade I arrived at the lake in a drier patch of weather, enough time to ponder and then get round to a swim that I had done well from when all else was…
Sometime around 8-30 am on the old A5 I left the blue-black smoke pouring from a badly maintained lorry and a car towing a caravan for the peace and quiet of a Shropshire country lane. As I drove down this quiet leafy country lane my mind went back to my childhood days in the countryside;…
‘Back On The Stream’ An Oyster catcher flew screaming from the sandy pebbly shoreline with that lovely haunting call, then disappeared into the dusk. I was making my way back to the car after a delightful evening on the river Eden. I had hooked and released five nice brown trout between 13 and 16 inches,…