Mr Discount Fishing Tackle

Articles by Russell Symons Russell Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…

Like a good mate Gary had been hard at the live bait catching and in the bucket he unloaded from the car were twelve fit and fat roach and five half pound perch, just what a pike female pike wants for her dinner. The trudge across the fields in the half-light was, as ever, a…

Articles by Russ Symons Russ Symons Russ Symons has been an angling Photographer/Writer for over thirty years, the last twelve of which, writing about and photographing the sea and its fish being his full time occupation. Progressing from a black and white darkroom in the attic of his Plymouth home, to the exacting colour requirements…

It proved to be a most unusual end to the season, especially for local star Dave Shipman and Bewl’s Ray Burt. The event as usual, was fished over two days. The second was to finish at 5.30pm. 53 of the 54 boats arrived back at the jetty at the correct time. But where was boat…

He had brought me to this stretch in the winter a couple of years ago, then we had fished the opposite bank. I thought it strange that we had to fight our way through tangled undergrowth when the other bank had a clear path and so asked him what the difference was. He told me…

Let’s start with the sums. While fishing plays a very minor part of the EA’s overall responsibilities, the amounts involved still look staggering. During the 99/2000 financial year, the Agency’s accounts show it spent £23 million on fisheries management. You could be forgiven for wondering where it all went.Two-thirds of this – we’re talking nearly…