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I only had a couple of weeks in which to conduct some basic research before the trip was scheduled. Information coming from Richard Sheard (who will be organising future up river trips through his company World Sport Fishing) told me about catfish and the infamous tigerfish, but that was about it. We knew that sawfish…

Location-This fishery is only eight miles west along the A4 from Marble Arch.Address-Syon Park, Brentford, Middx. TW8 8JF Contact- Andrew AllenPhone number: 020 8568 6354Mobile: 07956 378138Web site-www.alburyestate.com e mail andysyonfishery@eggconnect.netSpecial contact feature – Andy edits a high quality newsletter called “The Windknot” that is really a magazine packed full of information about fishing and…

As we had the driest June on record, I thought I might start with a summertime gag; Sod all to do with fishing but when has that ever stopped me? Here goes then… A guy goes into his back garden to sunbathe but falls asleep in the midday sun, five hours later he wakes to…

At that time, as a boy of nine, I used to spend all my summer holidays with an Aunt and Uncle on a Shropshire farm mid-way between Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock. Almost fifty years on I cannot remember why, but I was given a fishing rod and reel and made plans to begin a new…

“Pet Rescue presenter Wendy Turner Webster is appealing to Boy Scouts to stop fishing. The animal lover has written to the Duke of Kent in his capacity of President of the Scout Association, asking him to ‘retire the Scouts’ Angler Proficiency badge’ on the grounds of cruelty. Writing on behalf of the organisation People for…

The road from the bone dry low-veldt rises slowly at first, then more urgently, through 180° alpine hairpin bends that would sore test the unsober. The thorn scrub is left behind as lowland deciduous woodland appears. At a stop to admire the view, an African relative of the blackbird chuckles away, giving the moment the…