5 methods, 4 species: The Wandle in the Angling Times
At the end of November last year, angling writer Dominic Garnett visited the Wandle for the first time, recording his experiences in the urban badlands with typical…
The Wandle Piscators AGM and Tackle Auction 2011
A little later in the year than some of our previous AGMs, this year’s Wands’ AGM took place as usual in the upper room of…
Wands AGM and Tackle Auction 2011
A few weeks later than our usual Trafalgar Day date, the Wands’ AGM for 2011 will take place on Monday 5 December in the upper…
Trout in the Classroom: Nurturing the next generation
Earlier this year the Wandle Piscators made a major contribution to the success of the Wandle Trust’s annual Trout in the Classroom programme by supporting…
Fishing Stag – Day 3 – The Driffield Beck
Finally the day we’d both been waiting for dawned. The Driffield Beck day! Saddleworth lies on the furthest western boundary of Yorkshire, and Driffield pretty…
Wander up the Wandle: World Rivers Day
In the four years since a guided Wander up the Wandle became a fixture in the Wild Trout Trust’s annual charity auction, the river’s trout…
Fishing Stag – Day 2 – The North
After the fine start in Hampshire detailed on my previous blog the fishing stag cut its numbers by half – Theo returning to his desk…
Fishing Stag – Day 1 – The Chalkstreams
With my wedding looming I decided a few final days fishing as a free man were required. And where better to start this four day fishing…
Don’t eat the fish!
As anglers up and down the country prepare for the start of the coarse fishing season, the Wandle Piscators have an important message for anybody…
The Wands Dinner 2011
By our calculations, this was the 8th Wandle Piscators’ Annual Dinner… a tradition which started in 2004 at London’s Savile Club before moving to the…