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…

Booze and birds, the mainstay of my formative years, that and fishing of course: Statistically I have spent more time, energy and money on these three simple pleasures than I care to own up to. Still, I’d hate to lie on my deathbed regretting I hadn’t done something constructive with my life. Statistics suck anyway;…

Well that’s the philosophy over with; let me now tell you about yesterday’s angling adventure, first some history though… I learnt to catch carp at a hungry little water called ‘Champs Fishery’ in Canterbury. A days fishing could result in thirty or more fish all between three and six pounds. Four pound mainline, a quarter…

We went to Malindi, and, of course, the reason that I’m writing about it, is because of the fishing. We were quite lucky with the weather because the rainy season has just begun, and as far as the fishing is concerned the monsoons have also begun, but although we had one or two showers, on…

On their first day on the river Ebro they hammered the carp catching over a dozen fish to 32 lbs. The 32 lber shown here indicates the increasing size of fish now being caught from the river. Just recently another angler had several fish over 25lbs in one session. The River Ebro is renowned for…

The Agency’s Regional Fisheries, Ecology & Recreation Advisory Committees (RFERACs) will be discussing the survey results at their meetings this month. Thirty five per cent of anglers who’d fished for coarse fish in 2002 favoured scrapping the close season but 50 per cent wanted it to stay. And there was even more support for keeping…

Rutland Water finished the season on a high with catch returns for the period 15 to 22 December showing that 222 anglers took advantage of the mild conditions and caught 682 fish. Giving an excellent rod average of over three. Fish had been seen moving in the surface all around the lake, close in, taking…

Canton NY – Hundreds or young people from around world are expected to join British teen actor Tom Felton in search of the biggest carp in the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce have announced the first ever St. Lawrence International Junior Carp Tournament and I Love NY Carp Fishing School…

My bank account was running on empty and I’d fallen out with my flexible friend. My job was on its last legs; I’d even lost sight of what work I was meant to be doing. I guessed my job title was sort of doormat cum acrobat cum diplomat as I seemed to spend my entire…

Rutland Water Rutland continues to fish well with a rod average of 2.65 for the week. Big fish showed on catch returns with Gary Mann of Belper in Derbyshire taking a splendid 8lb 2oz Rainbow. North Luffenham’s Mark Schofield also got in on the act with a 6lb 4oz Rainbow followed by another one of…