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1984 was probably the last year that my enthusiasm for angling could be labelled 'fanatical'; the all‑consuming desire to grab the best swim in search of another biggie began to wane at the tail‑end of that celebrated year – the consequence, maybe, of the conscience I'd developed for fishing so often during my daughter's...
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Sharing Knowledge – New Video Series from Thomas Turner Fishing Antiques
Thomas Turner Fishing Antiques, part of the Fish and Fly Group of popular international fishing website and community forums, has launched a brand-new online...
Rod Sturdy: WANTED – AN EFFECTIVE WATER POLICY
Persuading politicians to form any kind of coherent, long-term policy is not exactly easy. One issue which needs tackling – and badly – is...
Let’s have some cartoons!
With so little to report from the fishing front in my part of the world, perhaps a few funnies can fill the gap left...
BBC News: Foam pollution causes River Great Ouse ‘bubble bath’
Pollution along a 10-mile stretch of river has left it looking like a bubble bath and hundreds of fish dead.
The River Great Ouse between...
The Method
If you are an experienced angler or even someone fairly new to the sport ‘The Method’ will be known to you if only in...
Safe Bolt-Rigging for the Beginner
In the best nutshell I am able to form: we used to fish for carp with the simplest of methods – either free-line or...
The London Fly-Fishing Fair 2018 – Rod Sturdy.
Imagine an event taking place in a building with flexible exhibition space of six thousand square metres which can accommodate conferences attended by up...
The Beasts of Twixmere
The Nutstown Angling Association had decided to go against the grain by retaining the traditional close-season in order to give everything – anglers, fish...