Five go north again (or how West Yorkshire was won)
One from a rugby match, one from a wedding in Gloucestershire… on the last weekend of March, five fishing desperadoes converged on the Top House…
Fly Fishing the Julian Alps (Part 2)
Part 2 – Austria Leaving Slovenia, I found myself in the back of the Renault 5, laden with fishing tackle and surrounded by that all-too-familiar…
Fish on! Fighting Ferraris on the Edge of reason
Now that Christmas is over, and the New Year has arrived, many anglers head for the ski slopes (and sometimes the chance to bunk off…
The Wands in Wales: 2009
Fired with the fever of fish camps in the Wild West style of John Gierach, AK Best, Ed Engle et al (not to mention the…
I thought I was on a Skiing Holiday?
This year my annual skiing holiday took me to Park City, Utah. As with last year (Whistler, Canada) I decided to take a day off…
Here come the Brits…
(Image: Charles Rangeley-Wilson) From a recent reading of US-based Gray’s Sporting Journal, you’d have to be forgiven for thinking the Brits were taking over…
In an English Country Garden…
Yet again fortune smiled on this roving Piscator, as I was told by my host that he was shooting on the Saturday and whether I…
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…
A Wand in Austria
Over the last year or two it had become increasingly obvious to me that a number of fishing friends were changing their outlook on angling….
The Kennet at Denford
Early Sunday morning and John, Alex and myself are on the motorway towards Hungerford to fish some of the Kennet’s carrier streams. Andy Wren will…