Passion for… Wensum Roach
How strange. After some of the best, gruelling months on the Wye I have known, with some extraordinary barbel for that river,...
Packham and his Platform
As a one-time professional historian, I had sympathy for Huw Edwards this week for being roundly censored by his employer, the BBC....
Weighing It All Up
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not named personally,...
Remembering Wilson
They say you always remember where you were when hearing of calamitous events like 9/11, or for some of us oldies, the...
Is Angling going to the Dogs?
My piece on ‘Concentration, Patience and Acceptance’ drew howls (there might be more puns coming) of laughter from those close to me...
‘The Concentration that comes with Age’
I noticed these words in a recent post, and they got me thinking hard. Is it too far a leap to suggest...
Conservation Corner: Petition Madness
I’m like very many anglers I speak to who agree that Fishing Breaks send the one and only newsletter that isn’t binned...
Bailey & Coster – Our Way with… Angling Myths
Dave Coster – My Way with Angling Myths
BREAKING BREAD
The Angling Trust? Are you In or Out?
Over the years I have found that there are some columns that write themselves, and others that are a struggle from beginning...
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...