Matching and mis-matching a rod and line
Success for Tony off Old Hall Bay: the modern #7 (or could it be a #8?) long-belly weight-forward line combines well with the #7 (or ...
An unexpected trout
A slow start to trout fishing in April is transformed by a salmon fishing trip to the Tummel By Mark Bowler First of the season: ...
Why every bag needs an air-tag
Losing a bag full of fishing gear is the last thing a travelling angler needs By Mark Bowler It's always a sick-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach feeling. I know, ...
Drought does strange things: that’s why I was sedge fishing on an April night in Scotland
These dry, drought-threatening conditions were are experiencing are testing enough for fly fishers on rivers, but what, I wonder, happens to insect-life on a gradually ...
September’s fading light and evening buzzer rises
Always be prepared for the unexpected, rain or shine The rising fish seemed to get bigger and bigger as dusk drew on... ...
A perfect evening rise
Why sit at home watching TV, when you could be making the most of a warm sunset Brown trout spots and colours ...
When spring trout refuse to rise
Wet-fly and Nymph tactics for when trout refuse to show on the surface Trophy brown trout from a small tributary. ...
Three lessons from early season on the river
Casting Bead-heads into a gale; using tippet-rings, and a sure-fire cold-water Nymph Red on a bead-head Nymph often saves the day in ...
The stark news behind the demise of Draycote, Eyebrook and Thornton trout fisheries
High costs, Covid, austerity and dwindling numbers make reservoir trout fishery management a tough business Eyebrook was once kept as a recreational ...