Fishing Stag – Day 2 – The North
After the fine start in Hampshire detailed on my previous blog the fishing stag cut its numbers by half – Theo returning to his desk…
Fishing Stag – Day 1 – The Chalkstreams
With my wedding looming I decided a few final days fishing as a free man were required. And where better to start this four day fishing…
Don’t eat the fish!
As anglers up and down the country prepare for the start of the coarse fishing season, the Wandle Piscators have an important message for anybody…
Fishing the Home Counties
While sitting at home in front of the computer trying to catch up with my studies, I get a text message. It’s R who is…
Northern rivers
After months of waiting, four of us find ourselves in a car heading north. Inside, the boot is packed to the rafters with tackle, while…
Ultralight in the Austrian Alps
Ah, winter… the prime time of year for cold-weather chub and grayling fishing, for restocking fly boxes before April, or just for leafing through photos…
Urban fishing: Korean carp
Via the Orvis news and Carpfly sites come these frankly mesmerising eight minutes of film about fly-fishing for carp amongst the highways and high-rises of…
Snow trout
It should go without saying that the Wandle is very far from Colorado… but during the last few weeks’ record-breaking cold you could easily have…
Fly Fishing in Slovenia – Day 3
Over a breakfast of fresh eggs, fruit and grappa Adrian and I mull over the opportunities set out before us. Yet more numbers present themselves….
Wander up the Wandle: Portrait of an urban angler
Just like last year and the year before, 2010’s third annual charitable Wander up the Wandle saw Andrew Farr take to the water outside the…