Wander up the Wandle: Happy dace are here again…
“Join urban fisherman-conservationist Theo Pike for a day’s wander up the Wandle in the footsteps of Nelson, Halford and the Accidental Angler” said my craftily-worded advertising…
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…
“Skateboard Dave”: Try it till it works!
During “Skateboard Dave” Egginton’s presentation to an eager gathering of Wandle Piscators on Thursday night, we didn’t think to ask him if he had a…
Flies for coarse fish: “Skateboard Dave”: Thursday 8 May
Dace on little black gnats, chub on big juicy daddies, barbel on heavy bugs… here at the Wandle Piscators, we reckoned we had a pretty…
The Wands Dinner 2008
Morden Hall once again provided the venue for the Wands annual dinner, as club members and guests gathered to celebrate another year’s work and play…
Welcoming our new Patron: Charles Rangeley-Wilson
To millions of telly addicts and armchair fishers, he’s known simply as The Accidental Angler. But it’s no accident at all that we’ve just asked Charles…
Wands Dinner date ’08: Thursday 24 April
Roll up, roll up. If you’ve not already bagged your seat at the Wandle’s most prestigious angling event of the year, here’s all you’ll need to…
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…