Which is this one http://www.postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence There are other websites which annoyingly rank higher in Google (I’m no SEO, but I assume they’ve paid Google handsomely to get there??) that charge you additional fees for ‘arranging’ your rod licence. F*ck…
News just in! Walton Hall open for business again
I’ve received the following update, which I’m sure will please many Yorkshire anglers. “Walton Hall is open again. Refurbished boats, new electric motors, seats with back rests. Over 1600 fish stocked weed management underway just need the weather to come…
About these new ads for FishSkeena…..
The eagle eyed among you may have noticed my awkward sized Google Ad Sense banner at the bottom of the page has been replaced by a sexy advert for FishSkeena Canadian Adventure Fishing. This isn’t random advertising, the company was…
Roundhay Fly Fishers Annual Dinner 2012
Another successful annual dinner was held last night at the Wharfedale Inn at Arthington. Once again I decided to keep my fishing skills hidden firmly under my bushel throughout the year so as to avoid the embarrassment of having to…
Lyme disease – Ray Mears, Neneh Cherry, Alec Baldwin, George Bush, Michael J Fox and me…
….we’ve all had it! Regular followers of my blog may recall I made a brief post concerning Lyme disease several weeks ago but I have decided to put together something a bit more substantial and push it out to a…
Lyme Disease
Well this is interesting blog material. 2 weeks ago I was out on a mountain bike ride. When I got back I noticed I was bleeding from the back of my leg, just above ankle, which was odd as I…
Back from Assynt
I face a wall of admin, followed by the crushing misery of returning to work. Ugh. Stark contrast to views like this, taken from top of Suilven. More to follow…much more…for it is only right and proper that at some…
Coniston Hall 5th May
“Gentlemen, this is trip 2, multiple anglers, multiple boats. Your training is half over. The competition for the RFF Trophies remains tight. First place, Iceman…” Anyway. The weather had been shit for the past week but on the day of our visit…
Big Beaver Dyke Browns!
As well as the brown trout in John O’ Gaunts, we know there are also some big naturalized browns in Beaver Dyke reservoir because one or two show up in the catch returns every year. To add to this, at…
Keep the updates/news coming in please!
I’m starting to get a steady flow of bits and pieces of news, updates, reports on recent fishing trips etc posted as comments on some of my reviews or blog posts. This is exactly the kind of thing I wanted,…