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This picture is not really surprising since the river trout of Scotland have long been overshadowed by their apparently more glamorous counterparts, the salmon. In the glory days when migratory fish were prolific, trout were regarded as low status fish, at best a lesser substitute for the table should no salmon be caught, and at…

Billy Clarke Fishing Tackle Billy Clarke Fishing Tackle is one of the UK’s oldest and best known Fishing Tackle Dealers, having served customers in the UK, and around the world, for over 82 years. Stockists of Shimano, Daiwa, Fox, Shakespeare, Suppliers of Reels, Rods,

Although many game anglers tie their own flies, very few bother to make their own fly rods. I find this odd as it takes far more skill to tie a good fly than to make a fly rod. It is therefore my intention to show readers how easy it is to make a fly rod…

I had disgraced myself by casting a spoon into the rigging of one of these aquatic spacecraft and Jeff had gotten a little panic stricken as a result. He’d snuck aboard, freed the lure then swiftly bundled me into his truck and shot off home before we were spotted, and he was recognised. Once home,…

Besides the usual “buy me” stands and stalls from the big name tackle manufacturers, there were actually some very interesting items of fishing tackle from trendsetter companies which will cause the well established names to look to their laurels. On the other hand, maybe not, because many of us are acutely aware that most of…

Well, I’m going to turn the clocks back a few years, to a time when the England team went to Luxembourg to fish the World Championships. When we got to the river it was just breaking dawn. Stan Smith was the England team manager at the time and, considering the team that he’d pickedů Well….