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There was a stage at the end of last year when I was starting to wonder whether we’d ever get the chance to get back on the rivers again before the March 14th deadline. Three lots of extreme floods brought the Severn over the banks with a peak in November of around twenty feet above…

But this time the quarry was about as far removed as it is possible to be from the princely salmon – this time I would be fishing in the sea, for skate. I had been invited up by my friend Davy to fish from his boat Catchalot, in the Sound of Mull. Reports were of…

Fishing Adventures Fishing Adventures in association with Drive & Survive offers you the opportunity to fish some of the best carp venues in France. Fishing Adventures ‘Maurepaire’ enjoys an enviable reputation for the quality of fishing it offers on a full service holiday basis.The lake is only fished for 18 weeks of the year, so…

Speak proper like what posh people do. Discuss Damien Hirst’s latest work over a peppered steak whilst savouring the ‘earthy dry fruitiness’ of a bottle Chateau neuf du pape ’84 before the port was brought around. But to me, stilton is a cheese that has gone off. And badminton is a game for Dalmatian owners…

The first session of the week came on a day of strong westerly winds that were cold to sit out in but in the shelter it was not too bad. I settled for the swim by the bush again as nothing could be seen in the murky margins and the pads were still yet to…

I have just finished dinner and sit at my desk with a glass of red wine. I have spent the morning chub fishing on the river Wye. It was real winters day with a leadened grey sky, falling rain mixed with sleet and hail was punched into my face by the strong upstream wind, which…