well, some of the time anyway!

. 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…

We all know that barbel are very much the dish of the day over here in Britain and we also realise that there are probably more barbel anglers than there are fish at present! This means that most British barbel fishing tends to be pressured or very exclusive. Thereís precious little scope for anybody who…

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For many British boat anglers, there is no greater thrill than to go afloat on their own boats. To be master of your own destiny, to decide when and where to fish and to enjoy the sense of satisfaction and solitude that comes from being out on the ocean on a small vessel is, for…

I spent a while going through my fishing diary in which I record each trout caught and the successful fly used in its capture. I thought that I knew what I needed to tie to refill my box, but I was wrong! It is amazing how time dulls the brain – though maybe the red…

Strange how the soft plastic “muppets” attract and catch fish. Go to tropical waters and see them trolled at 7 or 8 knots for big game species, fish them with or without bait for cod and pollack over wrecks and reefs. It really is uncanny why fish are suicidally attracted to these lures with a…