Proof at last: trout are breeding again in the Wandle!
For the last couple of winters we’ve watched Wandle trout cutting redds and spawning, electrofished year-old trout from places where little Trout in the Classroom…
Riverfly monitoring walks Tall on the Wandle
Since October 2007, the Wandle Piscators have been running the Wandle’s cell of the national Riverfly Partnership‘s Anglers’ Monitoring Initiative, checking the river’s water quality…
Wandle Riverfly Monitoring
‘O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist; Stare, stare into the basin And wonder what you’ve missed’ Unfortunately,…
Welcoming our new Patron: John Goddard
Globe-trotting fisherman, writer, technician, entomologist, fly-designer, micro-photographer… the more you try to list John Goddard’s gifts to the world of angling, the more you realise…
Riverfly Monitoring on the River Wandle
Bug hunting and number crunching! If you are under the impression that bug hunters are an odd bunch… well, you’re absolutely right! Picture a Sunday…
The Wands & National Insect Week
There we were, Zigi and I, standing by the White Bridge in the National Trust’s Morden Hall Park wondering how to introduce bug hunting to…
Wandle Valley Festival 2008
Here at the Wandle Piscators, we know that Wandle fishing isn’t just about fishing the Wandle. It’s also about showing the public that, yes, this…
All that glitters: Goldfish and Wandle gold
Every cleanup day brings its surprises, and this month’s was no exception. In February it was a gun in Croydon, in March we were rewarded…
Bugs for breakfast: Riverfly hatches on the Wandle
As every angler and ecologist knows, a river without the bugs that form its lower food web is really no river at all. Which might…
Hello fishing world!
So here it is, people… the first blogging post on the first website of the first fishing club formed on the Wandle for more than…