Trout in Dirty Places and Flyfishing for Coarse Fish: this season’s big double hook-up for your bookshelf!
When it comes to describing the current state of their sport – not to mention predicting its future – many fishermen seem to feel duty-bound…
The Wands Dinner 2012
The 9th Wandle Piscators annual dinner has been and gone, but certainly not forgotten. Memorable in that a very enjoyable evening was had by all,…
In Memoriam: Sidney Vines
The Wandle Piscators have been deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Club’s very first Patron, Major Sidney Vines. Sidney is probably best…
Pikey pics!
Although genuine predator-fishing opportunities on the Wandle are few and far between (read: some of us think we once saw a single hammer-handle pike, and…
Welcoming our new President: Peter Lapsley
Spend time scanning the shelves marked fishing in your local bookstore, or start interrogating your favourite search engine with (let’s say) river and fly-fishing, or…
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…