MONDAY9th October 2000

St. Lawrence Experience Quite simply the carp fishing experience of a lifetime. Carp Fishing in North America Quite simply the carp fishing experience of a lifetime. You will be fishing the St Lawrence River, based at Waddington, New York State.This wide river with hundreds of islands, creeks, bays and backwaters is made accessible through the…

Ive fished all the Isles but, in the end, I guess it comes down to the Uist both north and south that get my vote as my own personal favourite. There are two ways to get there: you can be relaxed about things and take a day or two travelling and finally catch a ferry…

Salmon are scarce (aren’t they always?) the best of grayling is almost over and the brown trout season has not yet begun. Happily in my neck of the highland woods, it can still be classed as a good fishing month for February 12th sees the start of the sea trout season. On Orkney and Shetland,…

I no longer feel the need to keep secrets, a trait that resulted in me being refused admission to the Wimbledon PAC region. So during a recent lure fishing session on the Thames I babbled inanely at Neil Depledge. He listened to my tales without a whimper and resisted the temptation to jump out of…

Wop-wop-wop-wop-wop… As the Lieutenant completed his cast, his attention was drawn upwards. In the reflection of his mirrored sunglasses, the source of the noise became apparent. Three Hueys powered past low overhead, the sound of the rotors fading as they passed over the jungle tree-line, half a mile away. The Lieutenant watched them disappear, then…

You may recall last week that I predicted the Severn would fish well. Well, I was wrong! It fished really hard in parts, which was a disappointment after the way it had fished in the first couple of weeks of the season. On Saturday I was so close to good swims after drawing peg 12…