well, some of the time anyway!

Now, I had two or three days holiday which I could take, and this would give me a few extra days fishing before the curtain came down, though I would be ski-ing at Glenshee for the penultimate weekend of the season and not fishing. In fact, in the last three weeks I managed just five…

Three hours later, and an education in flying and navigation procedure, we landed at Vilanculos. A bustling little harbour town, fast trying to recover from a lengthy civil war.Passing through, one sees the worn down splendour of old Portuguese colonialism. The architecture, desperately trying to heal itself and help recreate the paradise this place once…

For some reason, up until that time I had not really considered fishing for big bream, but this year everything clicked into place and I just HAD to have a little try. No extensive campaigns or anything like that you understand, just a few days out to try and break my duck. My good friend…

I did do one session but there were three members down for the day fishing various swims and making far too much noise and when they had finally had gone two more guys turned up for the night. I settled for a swim near the car for convenience, rather than anything else, and not surprisingly…

The fact that water temperatures have been high has encouraged weed growth much earlier than is usual. The weed acts as a filter to the sediment in the water, hence helping it to stay clear. The other great aspect of the warm water is that it has encouraged an enormous “bloom” in the daphnia population….

Rutland Water Best fish of the week, a superb rainbow weighing 7lb 8oz, was taken by Phil Hall from Maidenhead while boat fishing the main basin. Phil’s fish fell to a Diawl Bach on a floating line. Best brown of the week fell to Derek Edwards from Dolgellau in Wales. This fish also fell to…