It’s three-thirty in the morning and we just know that nothing will be caught before six but we just have to be there at this most perfect time of day. The swim was dragged and baited last night and fish were seen rolling in the vicinity, heightening our anticipation of the trip. There is no…

This picture is not really surprising since the river trout of Scotland have long been overshadowed by their apparently more glamorous counterparts, the salmon. In the glory days when migratory fish were prolific, trout were regarded as low status fish, at best a lesser substitute for the table should no salmon be caught, and at…

At that time some fisheries like Viaduct Fishery in Somerset were stocking with sebaco salmon. These are American land-locked salmon that originated from Sebaco lake in Maine. It is believed that during the ice age many salmon were trapped in the lake, as the rivers running from the lake to the sea became sealed off….

You see, tope are the UK boat anglers favourite summer fish alongside the bass. In the more noted tope fishing areas visiting anglers generate welcome income via the hiring of charter boats, guest house accommodation, bait, tackle and travel expenses, and inevitably in the pub for a post-mortem of the days sport. Take the tope…

But I do have several photo’ albums, and occasionally I glance through them and remember much of my lifetime of angling. Just one picture can bring back so many memories, as the brain’s ability to wander from thought to thought multiplies that one picture into many others. Flashbacks!For example, I found a picture of my…

Three hours later, and an education in flying and navigation procedure, we landed at Vilanculos. A bustling little harbour town, fast trying to recover from a lengthy civil war.Passing through, one sees the worn down splendour of old Portuguese colonialism. The architecture, desperately trying to heal itself and help recreate the paradise this place once…

There are no secrets in my life any more. When you have seen the elephant, so called secrets become irrelevant in the great scheme of things. So I tell these curious anglers precisely where to go, exactly where to park their car and the lures to use. Funny how when I go fishing at these…

In most of the network of channels of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire can be found innumerable zander. Although this is the best place to catch your first zander, fishing conditions during the winter months can be pretty inhospitable. Not only do you have to put up with poor access to many fisheries, but as the main…

First of all let me pay tribute to the team of anglers that I was leading. What a great bunch and how important this is when you’re going away to a far-flung destination. If there are guys with any hidden agendas they pretty well soon come to the surface. What you really want to have…

The press frenzy that occurred afterwards was interesting to say the least, but with their need for a sensational story came the downplay of what was actually an incredibly moving and wondrous experience for those on board.Many of you will, I am sure, remember the stories in the angling press from the 70’s and 80’s…