In search of Toothy Critters
If you were to try fishing for pike in the Wandle, the chances are you’d be wasting your time. Its butch bigger sister the Thames…
5 things to do in the Wandle’s close season…
With dace-chasing and barbel-baiting suspended for the coarse-fishing close season on the Wandle, your tireless Wands committee has put together 5 top ideas for filling…
Roll out the Coir Rolls…
What on earth, you may well ask, is a coir roll? Effectively the environmentalist’s version of an instant noodle, it’s ready-to-go riverbank: just add water….
The Wands hit the Wandle
Well, it wasn’t the pike fishing on the Thames it was supposed to be – but this bunch of fishermen already had their fish passes…
The Wands meet Royalty
Obviously Royalty in this instance means the famous Royalty fishery, the very last fishery on the Hampshire Avon before Christchurch Harbour. September saw us finally hit…
Wands AGM and Trafalgar Drinks 2008
So… what do you do when you’ve finished the formal business of your second AGM in 9 months, in the friendly surroundings of the Duke’s…
The Wandle’s first flow deflector…
Normally when a tree falls in the Wandle it’s whipped out quick smart by the Environment Agency due to the flood risk it poses. In…
Roderick Haig-Brown: the centenary
At the start of the 21st century, we think most readers of this blog would agree, it’s pretty much a no-brainer to look after your…
CLA Game Fair
And the CLA Game Fair came around again…. 25th-27th July and one of the hottest weekends of the year. A loose arrangement was made by…
Ladies Day Coltsford Mill
The day dawned bright but breezy on the 25th June and I headed on my way down the M25 towards Oxted and the Salmon &…