I woke early yesterday; bright July sun struck my eyes and urged me to get out of bed. Without thought I showered and dressed myself. Today was going to be a good day, so I even had a shave. Well, when the weather is paying you compliments it’s only fair to respond in kind and…

The tackle set-up is the same as that described in the previous piece, with a 9-weight outfit and floating line being my standard choice when targeting fish of double figures upwards. The leader makeup does however change, with my standard set-up being 18″ of 12lb mono, 24″ of 10lb mono 24″ of 8lb mono and…

The classic McNab, in case you didn’t know, is the term used to describe the bagging of a stag, a grouse and a salmon in a single day. The Grand Slam, to a saltwater flyfisher in the tropics involves the capture of a bonefish, a tarpon and a permit over the same period of time,…

The Falklands represent all that is good about fishing wild places and the lessons learnt there can be applied anywhere.I am a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force. I came to be there on a four month tour on a mountain radar site on the north west tip of the West Falklands at a place…

Another advantage going for huss is that, compared to many other fish, they grow sizeable. Few huss weigh less than 5lbs and there are good numbers to 10lbs. If you’re looking for a specimen, then think in terms of a 12lber as being a really good fish, but 15lb fish are not uncommon. Although huss…

Czech nymphing was introduced to the UK in the 1990 World Championships, when the Czech team thrashed the UK International teams on the Welsh Dee. The Czechs caught grayling in numbers from places that were previously thought impossibly fast or deep and sent shockwaves through the world of competition angling.Following the inevitable further development, the…

Back To The Waterside April can certainly be a month of change. This month will often start with very cold easterly or north easterly winds, clear night skies and frost, sometimes it even snows. A week later we can have some delightful spring weather with warm sunny days and light south westerly winds. Hopefully we…

Traces for Conger, Ling and Ray are often made up from heavy duty commercial grade monofilament between 200 and 400lb breaking strain.If you “roll your own” which truthfully is the only way that you are going to get traces which can be totally relied upon, then using the right crimps for the line diameter, the…

This is the time of year when the Charterboat skippers phone begins to ring and ring, with clubs and individual anglers booking boats and places on the best tides, crossing their fingers that the weather will be kind.This is also the time of year when the tackle comes out from the corner of the garage…

In late December 1999, armed with a couple of telescopic rods and various lures, I travelled with a friend from Goa through to Kathmandu then back to Delhi overland for 7 weeks. It was only while I was sitting on the bank of the Babai river in western Nepal, surrounded by rhino dung and young…