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...

It has been a long long wait but we finally managed to get back to fish the River Helmsdale. The timing was perfect with the Scottish Government permitting travel and...

It’s easy to get stuck within a single method of fishing. We become lazy about experimenting with different techniques because we lack the knowledge and the confidence that trying something...

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...

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...

It is still very early into the new season and the River Wylie is still half asleep and not yet disturbed by the clumsy footfall of anglers, clowning dogs and...