WEDNESDAY10th May 2000

The river Aire is an excellent coarse and trout fishing water, in the upper reaches of the river from Skipton upstream its fly fishing for brown trout and grayling. Bradford City AA own some two miles of double bank fly fishing where grayling have been caught to 3lbs. The fishing starts from the A59 and…

You see, on some waters tench can become incredibly easy to catch, whilst on others they can really make you tear your hair out. There are a few factors which tend to give rise to easy tench fishing. A good head of fish is obviously important, but not always enough to make them feed on…

Articles by Rod Henton Rod Henton Born somewhere below the North pole during the love & peace era of the mid-sixties. Originally brought up by pack wolves before being released back into the wild at the age of seven to bring sanity back into a mad world; unfortunately he failed. An over indulgent personality with…

Swedish Travel & Tourism Council With its 96,000 lakes, countless streams and rivers, and a 5,000-mile coastline, Sweden is a prime catch for the dedicated angler. Every year its unpolluted crystal-clear waters yield giant-size fish, and whatever your favourite catch, or whichever type of fishing you prefer, you’re almost certain to find an angler’s luck….

One learns quite a lot that way. For example, one gets to recognise certain fishes and the way they travel a stretch, and I am sure that many anglers do not realise just how nomadic river fish can be. It is also difficult not to think of fishing even within the confines of home, surrounded…

My friend Russ Doig and I travelled down to the fishery on the last day of March. It was a very cold misty morning with no sign of any breeze which meant the lake would be flat calm. These were not ideal conditions to start our new series looking at individual trout fisheries.We checked in…