Articles by Rod Henton Rod Henton Born somewhere below the North pole during the love & peace era of the mid-sixties. Originally brought up by pack wolves before being released back into the wild at the age of seven to bring sanity back into a mad world; unfortunately he failed. An over indulgent personality with…
At Christmas time I usually get a few books from my friends, this Christmas was no different from other years. I was lucky to get several books on travel, photography, birds and fishing which included books on saltwater fly fishing and trout fishing, the latter a very interesting book all about midge fishing. Page 2…
You know the score, The weekend comes round, and by the time you have done that little list of jobs that the good lady has compiled for you during the week, youre lucky if you get half a days fishing in before it’s Monday morning and you are crawling in snail-like traffic, breathing in the…
Enthused by a wonderful couple of days in March at Kiwayu, of the coast of North Kenya, when we had had fine sport taking Koli-Koli (aka Golden Trevally) on the fly, as they in their turn preyed upon the shoals of sardines, I dared to suggest to Belinda that we once again ventured down to…
We have a calendar at work that gives you a thought for the day on each page, some witty, some poignant, mostly naff. Todays message warranted repeating though I thought, it read, Give someone a fish and it will feed them for a day, give someone the knowledge to fish and you will feed them…
Articles by Martin James Martin James Martin James. International salt and freshwater angler, consultant, writer, author, broadcaster and TV contributor was born in 1937 in Kent, at Canada House, a nursing home for Navy officer’s wives. Martin caught his first fish in 1941 during a German bomber raid on his home county of Kent. As…
Address: Blackwool Farm, Colhook Common, Northchapel, Petworth, Sussex.Phone; Bruce Savage on 01428 707258Location; Take the A3 from London to past Guildford. Turn off at Milford and take the A283 towards Petworth. After passing through Northchapel, travel for another 2 miles. The fishery is signposted on your left-hand side. If you reach the petrol station on…
Although many game anglers tie their own flies, very few bother to make their own fly rods. I find this odd as it takes far more skill to tie a good fly than to make a fly rod. It is therefore my intention to show readers how easy it is to make a fly rod…
In the relative cool of the early morning Arno and I waded silently across the glassy shallows of the lagoon, eyes peeled for sting rays under our feet, and bones shadowing into range. Away from the surf on the outer reef, it was deathly quiet. Anything more than a whisper would have been quite out…
A sure sign that Winter has beaten a welcome retreat is when the soft Spring sunshine spotlights the first Plaice of the season rising toward an eagerly extended landing net. It is a certain omen, if you like, that Spring has finally banished the gloom of winter, the uplift in spirits brought by the start…