SATURDAY21st October 2000

So when the chance came to discover just what the jungle rivers of this huge country could offer the adventurous angler, I jumped at it. The deal allowed for two anglers, so I faxed that illustrious editor, Kevin Clifford, to see if he might be interested – Dear Kevin, is there any chance at all…

BV was quite simply, the best angling writer of the twentieth century. No other angling writer has approached his genius for capturing the distilled essence of what is angling. His books were written in a glorious, almost florid style; never with facile turn of phrase, to a dumbed-down Sun-reader market, but up to a faithful…

The Tufton Arms Hotel The Tufton Arms is situated in Appleby; a medieval market town set in the heart of the beautiful Eden Valley, which lies in a great loop of the River Eden. The area offers some of the best salmon & trout fishing in the north of England. A former 16th century coaching…

If you have ever rummaged in the bottom of a tackle bag and come away with several old and rusted Mackerel feathers stuck in your fingers you will appreciate this simple method of keeping a set of feathers tidy, as well as ready for immediate use. Another benefit is that you do not have to…

Theyíve been fact finding rather more than intensive fishing and Iíve notched up something like eight or nine thousand miles travelling in my search for really good waters. Iíve travelled with two Spanish friends and theyíve shown me all their secrets, built up painstakingly over many years. This being the case, I know youíll pardon…

Articles by John Young John Young John Young has been fishing since 1972. He started by drowning maggots for anything that came along but soon donned a floppy green hat and joined the specimen hunting scene. In the late 1970s he started pursuing carp and soon caught his first 20lber on diced potato. Years later,…