It was a shock when I caught This 9lb.8oz Ghost. I was floating crust by some flotsome, then just about to reel in when a mouth came out of the water and took the crust.
The first session of the week there was a strong westerly wind blowing and as I walked across the dam I noticed a dramatic change had affected the lake. The weed, previously so thick and reaching the surface so it looked more like a golf course, had now sunk down so that the lake looked…
Sunbury lies at the start of the M3 motorway, from which you can actually see part of the school that I taught in for so long. Taking the Sunbury turn-off from the A3 or A316 takes you into the main roundabout at Sunbury Cross, take the sign for Lower Sunbury and the river. This is…
This picture is not really surprising since the river trout of Scotland have long been overshadowed by their apparently more glamorous counterparts, the salmon. In the glory days when migratory fish were prolific, trout were regarded as low status fish, at best a lesser substitute for the table should no salmon be caught, and at…
One of the best sets of tides for winter shore cod throughout England and Wales are the spring tides over the Christmas period. These tides and the next set in early January give the main cod shoals their last chance of a big feed before they start to think about making little cod and heading…
Days and Nights of Salmon & Sea trout – 5 by Alan Tomkins, Saturday 1st September, 2001 Articles related by topic: Anecdotal/Memoirs, Diary, Game/Fly Fishing Articles related by species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout The previous year we had gone to Ireland for our yearly salmon trip. In many ways it had been an enjoyable week,…
For many anglers like me, the thought of using livebaits is not appealing, and along with the ever-increasing legislation’s being imposed upon anglers by angling clubs, the opportunity of actually being allowed to use livebaits is ever decreasing. So what do you do if you feel the need to enhance that boring old deadbait sitting…