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Angling Club of the month!
Picking up this month’s FF&FT magazine I was pleased to see and read Bruce Sandison’s article on the work that both we and our sister charity,…
Welcoming our new President: Dr Cyril Bennett MBE
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Cyril Bennett, a long time supporter of our work on the River Wandle and world renowned aquatic…
Silt Road: The Story of a Lost River
It’s strange but not surprising how a single river can grip a fishing writer. For many, or even most, it’s all about the idyll. For…
In Memoriam: John Goddard
(Photo: Neil Patterson) For the second time this year, the Wandle Piscators have been greatly saddened by the passing of another Patron of the Club:…
A few days before the latest Wandle pollution incident…
Jim Brown is the learned author of Fishing Reel Patents of the United States 1838 – 1940 (1985) and the American Museum of Fly Fishing’s…
Trout in Dirty Places and Flyfishing for Coarse Fish: this season’s big double hook-up for your bookshelf!
When it comes to describing the current state of their sport – not to mention predicting its future – many fishermen seem to feel duty-bound…
Welcoming our new President: Peter Lapsley
Spend time scanning the shelves marked fishing in your local bookstore, or start interrogating your favourite search engine with (let’s say) river and fly-fishing, or…
5 methods, 4 species: The Wandle in the Angling Times
At the end of November last year, angling writer Dominic Garnett visited the Wandle for the first time, recording his experiences in the urban badlands with typical…
The Wandle Piscators: now reading at 35,000 feet
It’s a matter of relative culture. If we were hotshot San Fran-based fishing-marketing bloggers we might modestly gloat and preen. We might even strut around…
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…