Passion for Barbel. 20/11/2021
Saturday evening, 20th November and I’m with Richard and Alan, watching them reel in as the first stars appear. It has been...
The Licence Fee… Keep, Modify, Abolish?
I am not here to praise Fishing Breaks or suggest that you book a day on a chalk stream with them, but...
Lifelines. An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes, and More…
£10.95 Available direct from the website of the publishers Arthur H Stockwell Ltd, Ilfracombe.
What’s not to like about...
Pole Perfection
CUTTING EDGE
Much of the science behind modern pole fishing was born on canal...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 3 – 11th January 1972
Edward Alston is now safely ensconced in Warminster, and on good enough terms...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 2 – October 1971
I spent a nostalgic Sunday assembling the Buller/Alston correspondence into some sort of order,...
Lost Treasures of the Tackle Shed
The most recent of the Thomas Turner newsletters really struck a chord with me. There advertised was a first edition of Drop Me...
Tackle Shed Treasures – Richard Masters
I have known Richard Masters for many years now, and have admired him as a man and as an angler. He was...
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,...
