The Books that Defined our Angling Generation
Little by little the boxes of books are being unpacked and placed in their new Herefordshire bookshelves. Many are, of course, on...
Honesty? The Best Or Only Policy?
As a bit of a birder, I was fascinated by the recent spat over in New York over the snowy owl that...
Britain’s Hidden Fishes
Jack Perks wants your help to uncover Britain's hidden underwater world
THE PROJECT
Britain’s fish...
Rivers Well Travelled
Many of us were brought up in our fishing infancy by the wise words of Mr Crabtree, aka Bernard Venables. Yes, baits...
My Greatest Angler
So here we are again in the midst of Covid Crisis and all we can do here at Fishing Magic is hopefully...
Go, Get A Grayling This Winter
This is NOT another potboiler by a writer trying to sell an article. This is a plea from the heart that if...
Rod Sturdy: Return to the Kanektok
A cast across the current: the line began to swing round, gradually, with the help of a mend or two, taking on a lovely...
Alone on the River
Committing one’s self to print sometimes requires a bit of courage. Once it’s down there, it’s there for good, to be read and re-read...
Rod Sturdy: North to the Future.
The moment I’d waited for had arrived: the fly line twitched and moved strangely in the current. I raised the rod and found myself...
Fly Fishing for Kicks
Thrill seekers, adrenaline junkies, intrepid explorers and those of you just looking to try something a little bit different (or a lot), step right...
