Tivenys is a village of about one thousand people, some of whom commute to work in the towns of Tortosa and Tarragona, but most of whom make a living farming the fertile soil of the river valley. Alongside the river, the main crops are peaches, harvested in May and June and a wide range of…

I suppose if you have to compare an asp with any fish that youíre likely to know about immediately, it would be a chub. They are roughly the same shape, have approximately the same scale patterns and are blessed, also, with big bullish heads. However, itís here that these superficial likenesses end. The asp is…

In this country, I am not known for my love of beach fishing; I thrive on rock and rough ground fishing where I can cast into the rough stuff and have a nice, uneven platform from which to cast. Each to their own I suppose! But Namibia is one continuous beach: the Skeleton Coast. The…

Before we look at the fishing in these two areas I would like to offer a few tips on arranging a fishing holiday in the Ebro valley. There are several forms of accommodation available with a wide price range, but those readers who read the first of these articles will recall that I recommended that…

The Wessex rivers are miles wide; Oxford looks like the Lake District. Even if you knew where the river was it must be doubtful if the fish would feed, and anyway, searching for riverbanks in flooded meadows can be a very hazardous exercise. But I have been getting out. Fortunately M’s river does fish well…

Sunbury lies at the start of the M3 motorway, from which you can actually see part of the school that I taught in for so long. Taking the Sunbury turn-off from the A3 or A316 takes you into the main roundabout at Sunbury Cross, take the sign for Lower Sunbury and the river. This is…

The day was blistering as it can be on the plains of Eastern Mongolia in the very late summer. Johnny and I left the camp and walked across the endless flat flood plain of the Onon river for more than three hours, covering well over ten miles in the broiling heat. The terrain was wild…

It happened in a moment, but now I know the sort of extended passion that dwells on the edge of a scream. I’m going to break the news to my wife when the moment’s right. Honesty is the best policy when you’ve succumbed to a bit of naughty, naughty. She won’t be pleased, but she’ll…

Because of this we now spend some four months of each year fishing this wonderful river, and in consequence we have a spread of experiences that are far too great to cover in one article. Over the next three months I will endeavour to pass on to you some of the magic of the Ebro,…

I always used to wait until after the first hard frosts had hit and the weed growth had started to die back before embarking on my first trip. There’s some good piking to be had on most stretches of the Kennet and for a decade or so from the mid-eighties I enjoyed some great sport…