SATURDAY21st October 2000

As I write, I’m looking out of my office window down on a perfect looking river Severn that I can’t fish again until June 16th. The powers that be decided to keep with the traditional shut down, despite research that indicated there was no real reason to do so. In my opinion the three-month break…

Last season I was able to turn up in the afternoon and spend an hour walking round the lake baiting up four or five margin spots and see where the carp were willing to feed. Having the lake to myself meant I could take my time and any baited spot I did not fish would…

Imagine a fish similar in size to a sea-trout, living in shallow tropical seas, takeable on lures cast with reservoir fly tackle, and whose first unstoppable run could be not far short of two hundred yards. No need to imagine – such a fish exists. It’s the Bonefish (Albula vulpes), often called “the grey ghost…

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After the first few warm days they came become indifferent, spending their days sunbathing in the river. You can still enjoy good sport though even when the fish appear to be totally uninterested in feeding using a very simple and underrated method. I donít think that anyone ever showed me how to fish the lasher….

We do know a good deal about mahseer fishing because of both the past and the present. During the time that the British occupied India, the golden Raj, a great many English sportsmen in the army and civil service fished for mahseer in their vacation periods. Denied the salmon fishing of home, the Ďsahibsí travelled…