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…
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…
Northern rivers
After months of waiting, four of us find ourselves in a car heading north. Inside, the boot is packed to the rafters with tackle, while…
The Riverfly Conference 2011
At a time when words like Big Society, community empowerment and citizen science are on everyone’s lips, last week’s third Riverfly Conference ended up debating a…
River work: Culvers Island, Saturday 15 January 2011
Anyone for river work? In the grey dawn of January’s third Saturday, eight motivated Wandle Piscators grabbed their bow-saws and sledgehammers… and followed up last…
Wandle Piscators AGM 2010
October saw this year’s AGM held at one of our regular haunts right on the banks of the Wandle herself – the William Morris pub…
Land of fire, ice… and film
Yes, Iceland looks like where it’s happening. Despite early billing in the last years’ global economic meltdown, followed by slight delays to the world’s flight…
World Rivers Day 2010
Since we first joined the global celebrations in 2008, World Rivers Day has become a regular event for the Wandle Piscators: an occasion to break…
Wander up the Wandle: Portrait of an urban angler
Just like last year and the year before, 2010’s third annual charitable Wander up the Wandle saw Andrew Farr take to the water outside the…
The Wands Dinner 2010
Over the course of the past year, the William Morris at Merton Abbey Mills has steadily become the Wandle Piscators’ home from home on the…