Safe Bolt-Rigging for the Beginner

In the best nutshell I am able to form: we used to fish for carp with the simplest of methods – either free-line or...

The London Fly-Fishing Fair 2018 – Rod Sturdy.

Imagine an event taking place in a building with flexible exhibition space of six thousand square metres which can accommodate conferences attended by up...

The Beasts of Twixmere

The Nutstown Angling Association had decided to go against the grain by retaining the traditional close-season in order to give everything – anglers, fish...

Drop-shotting – a welcome diversion!

Drop-Shotting Apart from anything else we can thank the perch’s design for the tremendous sport it can give us when drop-shotting: the perch doesn’t muck...

THREE VIEWS ON THE RIVER CLOSE SEASON

Looking out at the unseasonably heavy snowfalls on the first Sunday of the river close season has made me almost grateful that I am...

Kev Perkins: ‘Lured’

This should probably be posted under the HDYDG? thread, but once I start a ramble..... I actually got out to do some fishing the other...

Checks and Balances: Apex Predators and the Balance of Nature

There is currently on facebook a discussion about otters. This was precipitated by the discovery by Geoff Maynard and I of a comprehensively 'ottered'...

Trout at Altitude – with Attitude!

TROUT AT ALTITUDE, WITH ATTITUDE - Rod Sturdy. Without a doubt, I am developing a taste for wilderness fishing. There is a massive attraction in...