Rod Sturdy: North to the Future.
The moment I’d waited for had arrived: the fly line twitched and moved strangely in the current. I raised the rod and found myself...
Winter Water Walks
Well, the frost-rimed fields around my house suggest winter sure is back, and yesterday when the sun got up, I made my...
Passion for Barbel… On the Fly (Part 2)
I had promised more news on my adventure for more barbel on fly, picking up on my trials back in the Nineties,...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 1
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing...
Enoka’s First Grayling
On Monday just gone Enoka’s first grayling came from a tributary of the Wye and fell for a Squirmy Wormy, if that...
Back on Facebook
Well, my great friend Simon spent yesterday getting me in part conversant with my Facebook account that I had let collapse over...
My Greatest Angler
So here we are again in the midst of Covid Crisis and all we can do here at Fishing Magic is hopefully...
Rod Sturdy: Return to the Kanektok
A cast across the current: the line began to swing round, gradually, with the help of a mend or two, taking on a lovely...
Lifelines. An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes, and More…
£10.95 Available direct from the website of the publishers Arthur H Stockwell Ltd, Ilfracombe.
What’s not to like about...
Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #10
Lure fishing for Trout: Day 2
THE LURE DAY
In last week’s blog I wrote...
