Chalk Streams – It's Time for Action
The plight of the English chalk streams has been in the media a lot recently (and quite rightly so), now Rod Sturdy has a say in his own inimitable fashion.
Opinion Piece – Barbed Comment
Mark Williams asks if hook manufacturers have properly researched the most essential item in our armoury - the hook
Alternative Angler – MagicFishing.com Launches
Well it would except that it is just another marvelous figment of Kevin Perkins' colourful imagination.
Cormorant Predation – United We Stand…
Rod Sturdy offers his usual forthright opinion on the latest news from the Angling Trust.
Nearly There – and some disgraceful elitist ranting
"I believe the close season to be an honourable institution that everyone should applaud. It is the anglers' Lent, and in its advantages a lifeline back to the sanity this lovely pursuit once was."
Stealth Bombers and Smart Hooks revisited.
The smell/taste forum thread prompted a re-run of this archive piece...
Beavers – Coming to a River Near You Soon?
Rod Sturdy has his say on the recent announcement that Natural England will issue a licence to Devon Wildlife Trust for the managed release of beavers into the wild on the River Otter in Devon.
A Million Voices for Angling
Rod Sturdy is back with another hard-hitting opinion piece in which he throws down the gauntlet to FishingMagic readers to respond to his conclusion that, as things stand, angling 'has no future'.
The Close Season Debate – 2011
The argument rages every year, but for once we can publish two viewpoints. Christian is a supporter of the close season and Jeff is an abolitionist. Both have published their brief arguments of similar length hereunder.
Otters, Angling and the BBC – No Right of Reply
Mark 'The Spark' Williams responds Rod Sturdy's opinion piece on the recent BBC 'Springwatch' programme and finds himself in broad agreement...but...
