SATURDAY21st October 2000

After last year’s all-time record season on the Gaula, the new 2001 season opened on the water of the Norwegian Flyfishers Club with high hopes. The winter in the Trndelag area was extremely dry with very little rain and only a little snow. Therefore we did not expect a spring flood caused by the snow…

I thought that I would spend the next few weeks looking at the flies that we use on the Bristol Reservoirs through the first few weeks of the season. I will go into the details of tying techniques while I am at it. Of course I will not claim that this is in any way…

Throughout this past week teams from all over the world have been taking over the Chew Valley guesthouses, pubs and Bed & Breakfast spots. The lakes have been an amazing mixture of languages, but trout fishing – the common link, has been to the fore. The match itself starts on Wednesday this week, but Monday…

Specie: Pike Weight: 22lb Location: Big reservoir outside Oldham, Lancashire. (Sept. 2000) Can you believe this was my first ever fish after pike fishing for nearly two years. Believe me it was well worth the wait!

Trout fisheries, it seems, have finally woken up to the fact that pike anglers are prepared to pay big money for good quality pike fishing and more and more of them are taking advantage of it. Sure, some of these places have a rather one sided view of the situation and only use pike anglers…

It seems like this year is going to see quite a few changes at the fishery. I will outline some of them below. First, however, I want to ask readers to get involved in a club in their area. In Bristol, our association is pretty strong, but it still could do with more members. All…