Don’t expect those fish to be heavier though! The spring-stocked fish are generally much plumper and although shorter, weigh more. However, those fish that have survived the trials of a winter on the lake are much fitter and give a really good account of themselves when hooked. Look out for the cormorant marks on these…

When you actually stop and analyse all of the work that goes into such an event, it is not surprising to find that some aspects do not quite click into place as they ought to!The quality of fishing that the lakes provided was of the highest order. I spent a lot of time with the…

You see I spent a whole year in New Zealand as an exchange teacher in 1998 and to be honest I benefited greatly from the strength of the pound – I had real buying power. I made friends with a number of anglers out there and it so happens that a couple of them have…

Rutland Water fished as no other fishery in the country could possibly manage for the two day final held last weekend. On Friday, the first of the days, conditions looked hopeless as the sun blazed out of a cloudless sky and the wind grew in strength throughout the day – yet anglers caught fish consistently…

Hang on a minute though, we were hosts…. It was the kind of trout fishing that WE gave to the world…. The fishing was excellent as the trout fed all week on a variety of hatching midge pupae….everyone knew what the telling flies were!!!So what actually happened? On the lakes the fishing was good. There…

Firstly, two of last year’s team members are just not interested in fishing with the rest of us. Understandably, teams go their different ways from time to time. This is obviously Bristol’s time to “split”. Of those of us left at least two are simply not prepared to devote the time to go down to…

TROUTWEEK: A Strange Visitor to Chew – MARTIN COTTISThe birding world has been amazed at the first ever sighting of a booted eagle in this country, and we were lucky enough to be the chosen “holiday spot” for this valued visitor. It seems that he took a liking to the taste of our coots, and…

The 2001 show was held at Shuttleworth this past weekend and, in my role as an instructor, I attended on Friday and took part in two two-hour shifts of teaching. The Salmon and Trout Association take a particular pride in encouraging youngsters: thus it is quite natural that one of the stalls they run at…

I noticed that a couple of other angling websites had taken stands at the shows, good for them. The net is still a small place compared to what it will be in another ten years time. Anyone promoting angling on the net now has to be applauded, as every angling site that advertises with the…

The recent set of articles about the pike in Lough Mask has prompted a bit of mail. Some want to know more about the pike there, and others keep asking about the trout! As a balance to Mark Ackerley’s excellent pike series, which you can read elsewhere in fishing.co.uk, local fishing guide Brian Joyce informs…