Trophy Room for Andy Shattock

If you haven’t located your chosen species you might just as well sit at home for all the fish you’ll catch. The most modern tackle, the sharpest of hooks and the very freshest bait will contribute nothing unless you find fish willing to feed. And yet, judged by the actions of many anglers at their…

Booze and birds, the mainstay of my formative years, that and fishing of course: Statistically I have spent more time, energy and money on these three simple pleasures than I care to own up to. Still, Id hate to lie on my deathbed regretting I hadnt done something constructive with my life. Statistics suck anyway;…

Boat fishing is something of a mystery to many anglers. Most would agree that the ability to get afloat can pay dividends and yet very few anglers actually take the plunge and give it a go. Those that do fall mainly into two categories; the experienced boater who’s learned the art of boat fishing the…

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,…

Although we all tend to hark back to the good old days, it is a fact that not only are rivers getting clearer, they are also suffering from more extreme flow patterns. Big floods are increasingly common, and when they aren’t over their banks they resemble canals! Just recently we had the equivalent of a…