More than twenty miles off the end of Cornwall lie the stunning Isles of Scilly, a chain of some two hundred islands, with most being uninhabited. St. Mary’s is the capital island with a population of only 2000 residents and other islands nearby such as Tresco and St. Agnes support small numbers of people who…

Last month my friends and I travelled to the river Ebro in Spain in search of just such a fish. Here’s what happened.This was about my tenth trip in search of a ton-up catfish. I honestly don’t know anyone else who has had to work so hard for one. Last year for instance one chap…

A country that can seem remote and very foreign indeed even though it is in the European Union and is a mere three hours flight away from any of our UK airports. One of Spain’s problems is that we only think of the Costas when the name is mentioned. But Spain is far more than…

In the 1960’s and 1970’s ABU were regarded as the absolute ‘business’ in tackle. When the Ambassadeur 6000 was launched it was regarded as the World’s best multiplier – by a wide margin. Salmon, pike and bass anglers bought thousands of the things, and I reckon most of them are still going strong. Then came…

So before I get into this, I’ll say in advance, to encourage further reading, that the hours I spent in the far north of South Africa were some of the most memorable of my life. Here I found fishing, but here too I found proof enough for me that there really is more to fishing…

The week started with my third teach in for juniors at Moorlands Farm. We had around twenty-five kids turn up and all the kids caught well as the day went on. Tangles were still much in evidence though and as quick as I could make rigs up there was someone else waiting with another destroyed…

How many of you have thought about taking a bit of fishing gear along and perhaps stealing a couple of hours here and there? Perhaps the thought of carting around loads of gear doesn’t appeal, or perhaps pangs of guilt get to you? Well, believe me, you can catch some good fish without the risk…

Wednesdays midweek Bewdley open saw me draw peg 31, a peg known to locals as “The feeder gobbler” and now I know why having lost eight swimfeeders and around fifteen hooks throughout the match! In between losing tackle I did manage to catch 14.4.0 of small barbel to win the section. On Saturday I had…

I’m not posing this question to knock the time and effort that went into unifying rod numbers as I do believe it was a fair and beneficial move, but how many more fish have you caught? Although you can use four rods, I don’t see many anglers making use of this in my part of…

So, this week, instead of being stuck under a brolly struggling for bites I’ve put the time to good use by getting my new MAP Matchtek pole ready for action. I’m really pleased with the final production model having worked on the pole for almost a year now. The poles have been in the shops…