Retford Angling Centre

Traditionally it is fished as a point fly with a floating line and a greased up leader using a very slow retrieve. However there are many other methods of fishing this buzzer including having a dry or floating fly on the point with the buzzer fished on a short dropper. Another useful approach is to…

I suppose, personally, everybody views these disasters and their significance differently. Personally, well, I suppose I tend to go with the line of thought that says, when your time is up then theres little you can do about it. Okay, I, like everybody else wont take unnecessary risks but, if I think theyre justified then…

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…

All the excellent writers contributing to the fishing.co.uk website have their specialities and their own particular areas of interest. What they all have in common is that they are all anglers and passionate about the sport. If you want to find out about a particular author you can click on ‘view profile’ below or go…

Trophy Room for Andrew Rawlingson Specie: houndfish Location: Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoAlthough not the largest fish I have ever caught, this has to be my favourite picture. This houndfish was caught on the last morning of a month long backpacking/fishing trip to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. It took a free-lined chunk of tuna cast into its…

This sad lack of interest is often fuelled by the perception that our organisations, in particular the National Federation of Sea Anglers is impotent in the face of commercial pressure and high finance lobbying in the halls of power. As a professional observer of events and opinions concerning the ‘Sea Angling’ industry, it is not…