Not As Good As I Think I Am
My history of barbel fishing on the Wye goes back to 1986, and my history of barbel catching to around 1989. Three...
Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #29
A Deadly Tactic For Chub
For many years now my summers have been spent wandering the riverbanks in...
Gone Fishing: The Consultant’s View – Burghley Bream
SERIES 4, EPISODE 2
Well, of course, bream were the species advertised, but they were a complete no-show, to...
A Norfolk Memory
I saw in yesterday’s Sunday Times (5th September 2021) that Lyng Mill, in Lyng, Norfolk, has come on the market, priced in excess of...
Edward Barder Bernard Venables Fly Rod
I see that Thomas Turner is selling an Edward Barder Ltd Edition Bernard Venables 8’6” bamboo fly rod. It was ordered on...
Passion for… A Cleaned Up Wye
As we have written before, simply because the hot weather has receded that does not mean that all is well with the...
Passion for… Carved Fish
The heyday of the carved fish, generally Atlantic salmon, ran from the later Victorian period until World War II. In part, this...
Dave Coster’s Fishing Diary – August
POPULAR PLACE
I’d arranged to fish with a couple of mates at Staunton Harold...
Lure Fishing with Robbie Northman #28
Sea Trout Shortcomings
A summer morning sat beside a misty lake in dappled sunrise targeting tench, with my...
Gone Fishing: The Consultant’s View – North Uist
SERIES 4, EPISODE 1
Some of you will love the programme, and will have watched BBC2 on Sunday 29th...
