I always enjoy the annual trip to the Fishponds beat on the river Tay in April to meet up with good friends and like-minded people. A big thank you to Iain Kirk who looked after everyone who attended on the weekend and being in such nice surroundings it was a pleasure to be there again. […]
The first of the sand martins arrived on the river today, a little later than last year, also saw a couple of kingfishers which all makes for a nice day! On the river Eden the last couple of days with my good friend from Dorset Jeremy who also brought his friend Richard to the Eden […]
Good friend Steven and his son Bill came to the Eden for a couple of days fishing for brown trout this week. Always good to see Steven, to meet Bill and enjoy some warmer weather at last. The water levels were still a little high for ideal conditions but Bill managed a fish to a […]
Clive Mitchelhill and myself had the great pleasure of hosting a bi-annual AAPGAI instructor training weekend at Lazonby on the river Eden in Cumbria. Malcolm, Nick and Calum joined us for the two days on the water covering all aspects of the provisional salmon and trout syllabus along with teaching methods and improving fly casting […]
It reminded me a little of being back in Patagonia today, it certainly got a little draughty as the day wore on, more surfing kind of weather than for the delicate art of fly casting. Out with Mike today on the lower river, I have to say in all that wind he was putting some […]
