well, some of the time anyway!

Lack of weed cover plus an increase in flow pushing the fish into quieter and often more accessible swims are two obvious reasons for this, as is the fact that most barbel naturally attain their maximum body weight in the winter. But especially on the Hampshire Avon, where I do most of my barbel fishing,…

On their first day on the river Ebro they hammered the carp catching over a dozen fish to 32 lbs. The 32 lber shown here indicates the increasing size of fish now being caught from the river. Just recently another angler had several fish over 25lbs in one session. The River Ebro is renowned for…

Thanks for the question Edward. Although it is not the main argument put forward in favour of a close season, the issue of catching fish in spawn is one of the main tenets. To my mind other arguments, such as the disturbance of other wildlife, and damage to the bankside vegetation comes higher on my…

In my role as assistant to John Horsey in the Peregrine/Nomad International Flyfishing Competition I was unfortunately out of the country for the first round event at Rutland, but I had a full report from John. There were no great surprises as Dave Shipman’s Cormorant Fly Fishers team easily won the day with 37 trout….

Gudgeon [Species Menu] [Gudgeon articles] Common name: Gudgeon Latin name: Gobio gobio Record weight: 5 ounces caught by Mr D.H. Hull in 1990. Distribution: A common little fish in Europe, where it can be found from the Pyrenees right through to Scandinavia. Like so many coarse fish, gudgeon are only naturally found in the South…

Mike was 61 years old and without warning suffered an apparent aneurysm of the brain. Mike was a gentle person, and a good friend to all of us. Michael was a Life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF) after receiving the FFF Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award in 1996. Mike, with Christine as photographer,…