SATURDAY21st October 2000

www.fishooked.com AT LAST – THE ULTIMATE “WHERE TO FISH” GUIDE. Fishooked is an extensive, interactive database of information on more than 5000 Freshwater fisheries (Game, Coarse & Combination) throughout the UK and Ireland. If you’re looking to catch specimens of a certain weight, find a fishery with specific facilities, or even just locate the fishery…

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s get back to Ulan Bator, where I’d arrived after a hellish 28 hours on a train from Beijing, and where I met the man who’d set up my trip who now informed me that the river was a 12-hour ride away aboard a UAZ, a Soviet-built jeep, over…

EA presss release: MALE FISH FERTILITY AFFECTED BY ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING SUBSTANCES Oestrogenic hormones are affecting the reproductive ability of male fish, which could put the sustainability of fish populations in rivers in the North West of England at risk, the Environment Agency said today. Publishing the most recent scientific research on hormone disruption in fish…

Articles by John Olliff-Cooper John Olliff-Cooper John started his writing career with Angling magazine in the late 1960’s, since when he has contributed to most of the better-known hard copy magazines. Flirted with modernity for a few years, then panicked at the shallow hype of it all, and fled through 180 degrees. Having been properly…

River Ribble despite the rain and sometimes coloured water some good fish are being caught sea and brown trout this month is the last for both species the season ends on September 30th Balderston area producing good chub catches, three roach averaging about 12 ounces caught on float fished gentles, is this a sign of…

Basically, this is a lightweight fishing shelter which works in a similar way to a fan: it opens in just the same way, except that the two “edges” – aluminium tubes – come together, and are locked in place. (You might be able to make out these two “edges” in the picture). Then it’s a…