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…Yet because of its simplicity it is so often overlooked by the modern breed of anglers who seem to have fixation with complex rigs using all sorts of bent wire and plastic gizmos. Having said that, it is essentially a shallow water rig which can be spectacularly successful in water up to fifty feet deep….

It’s been a disappointing week for me this week as my team, West Brom finally saw their season come to an end at Bolton on Thursday night. I went to the match and I have to say our supporters were magnificent on the night. 5,100 packed the away end and roared the lads on. You…

The Bow is a shallow wide river which is why it’s a great dry fly river. It can be quite windy so I would advise a nine foot six weight rod. Even a seven weight rod might prove useful. This was the third fish in five drifts. Overhead, skeins of geese along with small flights…

Some behaviour is so clear that it is easy to pick up what the fish are doing, but often just trying to remember when and on what gear you caught what fish is impossible. I must admit that am not the best person in the world at keeping a diary – hell, I don’t even…

I still vividly remember being stirred in the middle of the night – being driven through the rolling countryside around Belfast to some mystical lake and arriving just as the first traces of dawn lit the sky – an enormous adventure for a three year old. A year later and I was sometime entrusted to…

The lake was still quiet, just me there, rain was forecast but the wind that had helped me on the session before had gone. I had seen carp roll consistently in an area of the lake opposite the swim I fished last time so I drove straight round there. In the swim in question the…