The bite was familiar; bump, bump, pulllll !!!A few swift turns on the reel to take up the slack line, the weight of the fish pulled the rod over into a carbon cracking curve as I piled on the pressure to get the fish away from the red rusted hulk that had been sheltering the…
You don’t have to charter a fast offshore cruiser to get the best from Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. Most if not all the fishing camps and hotels running the length of the East Cape of Baja have their own boat fleets, swelled by hired privately owned boats. Needlefish Roosterfish Macfly These fleets include Pangas. These…
The close season has been a frustrating one. The continuing Foot and Mouth crisis has kept most rivers out of bounds denying access for my traditional reconnaissance trips. I love to stomp the banks of the Kennet in the spring looking out for new swims and seeing the changes the winter floods have wrought on…
Unfolding, from a backdrop of hostile lunar landscapes and tropical swaying palm groves to where rainbows flicker and dance in the salty mist, floating above the relentless surf, creating an aura of mystery sure to rouse the spirit of adventure.Squadrons of patrolling pelicans glide the contours of the foaming surf and wheeling seabirds wait to…
I have talked a fair amount about various kinds of fishing and have not given that much time to the cogs of the wheel so to speak; to catch fish from the shore you are going to need a rod and reel and various bits of tackle! the SLOSH 30 reel rough ground fishing! FX3…
Kay and I have just been over to Canada for our ‘fix’. That Thames carp on 2lb line 32lb A wet day and Kay with something out there They are beautiful fish Bud. He copped this 44lber early this year The hostess with the mostess. Tessa with one of her 40’s. 40lb 8ozs Tony Head…
As the setting sun hits it, you could be excused for believing that the paintwork of the canary-yellow catamaran tied up to the pontoon is responsible. But – it goes a little deeper than that.The catamaran Top Cat is owned by the Wrightsons Trust and is skippered by Steve Golden. So, with a name like…
For me, 2000 AD was the year of the bluefin tuna – you can read all about that in this sites archives. 2001, though, will be, I hope, the year in which I’ll take the first tentative steps toward catching the first broadbill by angling in the waters around these islands. If you’re an angler…
May nineteen-seventy-eight. All arrangements had been made to leave work at 4pm and drive straight down the M4 to board the ferry at Swansea. We were off to fish Ireland’s river Blackwater for salmon. one of several perch caught on fly the river Blackwater from Fermoy Bridge Me wading the fast & slippery Lugg Pool…
Address: Pickering Trout Lake Newbridge Road Pickering Yorkshire Y018 8JJ Phone number: 01751 474219 Directions: From York take the A64 to Malton and then the A169 to Pickering. The fishery is well sign-posted in Pickering and is next to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Fishery details: One fairly clear spring-fed trout lake of approaching 4…