I first caught one of the smaller species of Tiger Fish, (Hydrocyon Lineatus), on the Zambezi at a place called Chirundu. I was also fortunate enough to catch a 17 lb fish there, and from that moment, I began to wonder what it would be like to catch a Goliath Tiger Fish, (Hydrocyon Goliath). Since…

Articles by M. A. Roe M. A. Roe Age 40 odd Occupation Community Psychiatric Nurse Crisis Team Homebase Lytham St Annes Lancashire Angling Career Started fishing at the age of 8 in a farm pond in the out back of Suffolk then went on to develop as an all rounder who is just as happy…

A few weeks ago a PDF file dropped into my mailbox entitled ‘Cormorants; The Facts’. This was a report issued by the Moran Committee to “debunk myths about cormorants while setting out a way forward that is acceptable to both angling and conservation groups”. I had to re-read the document several times as I couldn’t…

Wreck fishing is always associated with the English Channel for pollack, cod, ling and coalfish, or maybe the Northeast off Whitby for big cod and ling. Welsh wrecking has always been the bridesmaid in the wrecking scene. Maybe its because the inshore fishing in Wales is so good that the wrecking takes a back seat,…

The days before Easter saw urgent consultation of Lefty Kreh’s book ‘Fly Fishing in Saltwater’, much thought, many adjustments to fishing tackle, and a rush to tie some new flies – all somewhat hampered by an urgent mission to Malawi, which meant I was not as prepared, once again, as I would have liked. The…

During my first four days back home I was kept very busy working on programmes and my new book. Come Tuesday I was back on the river Ribble with Stephen Ainscow to record some material for my At The Waters Edge programme – BBC Radio Lancashire Thursday evenings at 7-30pm Saturday mornings at 6-00 am…

Rods and ReelsMost of us, when we first start lure fishing, use the same rods and reels that we use for bait fishing. Nothing wrong with that. A twelve foot, three pound test curve pike rod and fixed spool reel will happily throw most small to medium size lures. It is only when we start…

The Spørring River is a small narrow river off of the Lilleå River and a subsidiary of the Guden River, one of the biggest producers of seatrout smolt in Europe. The Spørring River starts northwest of Aarhus, and continues towards the Lilleå River near Selling in the Hadsten community. The Lilleå River, in turn, joins…

Articles by Lesley Crawford Lesley Crawford Lesley Crawford has been fishing for wild trout in Scotland for over 40 years and her enthusiasm for the sport shows absolutely no signs of diminishing. She is a well established highly respected author with three major titles for Swan Hill, notably the highly acclaimed ‘Scotlands Classic Wild Trout…

Crayfish pick up the wrong signals Scientists are using the pulling power of pioneering ‘sex traps’ to lure invasive alien crayfish from British waters. In an innovative research project sponsored by the Environment Agency and English Nature, alien North American signal crayfish are being tricked into thinking they’ll be shown a good time if they…