Weighing It All Up
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not named personally,...
Passion for the Wye… ‘The State of our Rivers’
I’m gratified there is still interest in the Wye and all our rivers, but then again, how can there not be? I...
‘The Concentration that comes with Age’
I noticed these words in a recent post, and they got me thinking hard. Is it too far a leap to suggest...
Return of the Native Angler
Apologies to Thomas Hardy for nicking his title, but events have taken me back to Norfolk this week, not to mid-Norfolk, around...
Ranunculus… The Truth
A couple of days back, I went for one of the more enlightening meetings of my life at the Wye & Usk...
Gone Fishing: The Consultant’s View – Welsh Wild Carp
SERIES 4, EPISODE 5
First, all the blindingly obvious observations. The landscape in the Borders is staggering. The weather...
Gone Fishing: The Consultant’s View – The Lake District
SERIES 4, EPISODE 3
Can I thank “iainmortimer” (Fly Fishing Forum) for his lovely comments on the episode last night? (September...
A Norfolk Memory
I saw in yesterday’s Sunday Times (5th September 2021) that Lyng Mill, in Lyng, Norfolk, has come on the market, priced in excess of...
Edward Barder Bernard Venables Fly Rod
I see that Thomas Turner is selling an Edward Barder Ltd Edition Bernard Venables 8’6” bamboo fly rod. It was ordered on...
Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #28
Sea Trout Shortcomings
A summer morning sat beside a misty lake in dappled sunrise targeting tench, with my...
