After nearly 50 years of trying to catch fish, I have left behind the stocked reservoirs of the Midlands and the manicured and stocked rivers or ponds of the South...

When big game fishing I have low expectations when it comes to catching fish. I have only done it twice before and on both occasions was wrung out by the...

Over decades of fishing I have always practised and encouraged catch and release with the best intentions to release fish as safely and humanely as possible. I fish with barbless...

I was on a business trip to Sydney, and sandwiched in the middle was a weekend free to enjoy an opportunity to go fishing. Australia isn’t known for its trout...

I lean over and watch the water. A thought crosses my mind, how embarrassing to fall in..regardless I press forward a little closer this time, my eyes deep into the...

To those that don’t fish the thought of standing waist deep in the freezing cold of a northern Scottish river must stretch credulity. Imagine the reaction when having driven to...

Tying the Aberdeen Angus was a stroke of luck. I am no great fly tyer, and nowadays tie only sporadically which compounds my lack of technique. Fly tying is all...

Shaped for attack, demonised and feared, the pike is written into the history of fishing as a savage cannibal of immense appetites. Medieval in appearance, with its marbled flank of...

I have always liked bridges, especially stone built arch bridges and in particular those that span rivers. I often wonder how much time and effort would have gone into their...

I have been very fortunate. Over the past eleven months I have spent 23 days fishing six different Scottish rivers for salmon. I like fishing blocks of three days on...