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. Catering for both boat and bank angler, the water is one of the first in the country to open after the winter shut-down, having a prestigious official opening day each February. This is always quite a ceremony, with pipers piping and whisky flowing and famous faces popping up all over. But this particular February…

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You know the bloke I mean. The one who turns up for an hour or two, knocks out more fish than you’ve had in a week and then buggers off! Every venue has one and they can be very annoying, particularly if they are cocky with it! Most of the time though there is no…

Donegal Highland Pursuits Top quality fishing, both inland and deep sea, is available in the vast and varied waters of rugged, unspoilt Donegal. The game angler will be spoilt for choice in the serene settings of the beautiful lakes and rivers, with salmon, brown trout, sea trout, grilse, and rainbow trout among the more interesting…

In response to emails asking me about the planer-board article in last months edition, here’s a piece about continental river-catting – including the standard method for it, the Bottle Rig. Dr Paul Garner with a 143lb cat taken on a wobbled dead-bait 89lbs – drifted livebait from a boat Gordy Howes with one of last…

I am often asked what on Earth possessed an ever busy mother of two to pursue fishing with such vigorous determination. Normally I reply that an all consuming passion from around the age of 8 is hard to ignore and that marriage, motherhood, various house moves and authorship of two major Scottish trout fishing books…