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WEST MIDLANDS
This tale is another example of how forums, or at least, Fly Fishing Forums, can work. After a number of attempts at identifying a likely stream in this industrial area, I connected with...
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HAMPSHIRE
May 2012 – The Test Ah! The frustrations of fishing, and in particular in the may fly season, which I have always considered to be misnamed, Duffers’ Fortnight. Chris Satterthwaite (aka Satts) has a...
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COUNTY DURHAM
When I asked Geoff Hodgson to help me in my quest to capture the three North East counties, he declared - “ we could do that in a day!” Geographically, he is probably right, but in reality….!? In...
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TYNE & WEAR
The Tyne Angling Passport was an early source of hope for capturing the three North Eastern counties. Cleveland having lost its singular identity at the end of the last Millennium, I was convinced that...
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Merseyside
The County of Merseyside has no streams containing trout. This is the view of no lesser an authority than Dr Malcolm Greenhalgh, and is based on research he conducted in preparation of a scientific...
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ISLE OF WIGHT
Why are anglers so daft? Last night the weather forecast said that rains would move from the South West and arrive and soak the South East by mid afternoon! On the A3 at 7am, the ‘Today’ programme said...
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Surrey
Surrey does not have many rivers, and has few trout streams! You may know of the Mole (a notable coarse fishing river), the Wey (ditto, but stocked with browns in parts, and including by Peper Harrow...
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ESSEX
Clive Gliddon, an official of the Billericay & District AC wrote to tell me that their section of the R Pant at Shalford had some trout in it which their, predominantly, coarse fishers would catch...
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NORTHUMBERLAND
My long overdue trip to fish with Geoff (Hodgson) with whom I have fished before down South on the Itchen, and on one of my rare salmon days, as his guest on the Countess water on the north branch of...
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STAFFORDSHIRE
Mareka’s dinner of Norfolk hake was delicious(lightly steamed over a bed of sliced red peppers and onions) as was David’s generous offering of an aged Cote Rotie, and a good night’s sleep in...
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CHESHIRE
Why did I think that Cheshire was going to be easy? I remember attending a conference in Macclesfield years ago, and thinking then that my road trip passed through what looked like, trouty terrain,...
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Walton…and now Cotton!
I was lucky enough to fish the hallowed water of the Temple Beat on the Dove, near Hartington in May, where Izaak and Charles spent time together, so long ago. What a privilege, and my efforts yielded...
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The Itchen
I was privileged to be invited to fish the Bishopstoke Club water at Twyford last weekend, by Richard Bernays. I caught a couple of fine browns…but this was secondary to be able to fish this most...
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The Wheelyboat Trust
My friends and contemporaries are lucky, for as young as we think we still are, (I am not prepared to reveal how old we are!) and in spite of the fact that minor injuries and hurts take a little longer...
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A trout from the sky…
I caught this little fella this week from the Gordolasque in the southern Alps, about an hour north of Nice. He came from the stream, at 2000m+ above sea level, thats 6500 feet, or nearly twice as high...
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Wales
Readers will know that my first experience of fly fishing was at school at Christ College in Brecon, which is probably why, and to this day, the river Usk remains my favourite trout stream. I have...
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I am still trying, but…
Defensive, negative…me? Me, he (I) responded indignantly ! Believe me, I have tried. I have sat in front of my MacBook Air and for hours, searching the internet in hope of a breakthrough find....
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WALES
Today, I launch a ‘new page’ entitled “Land of my Fathers” which will record my attempt to ‘net’ as many counties in Wales as I can! I have three in the bag…so just 19 to go. Roll on March 3rd.
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