*with added spoon hurling A couple of weeks ago myself and Stu managed to squeeze in a session at our perennial banker down in Northamptonshire. Pitsford is about 2 and a half hours down the motorway so it was a…
Interview with Angling Sav aka Urban Angler!
In what I consider to be something of a coup for Yorkshire Flyfishing I have managed to conduct an interview with the guy who’s suddenly appeared in everyone’s Facebook feed catching big barbel where there shouldn’t be big barbel! Read…
“Today was a good day”
It’s father’s day and we’ve spent the day family fishing at a commercial venue in North Yorkshire, our second visit to this place. I’ve been flyfishing for game fish, and pike, for about 30 years so this type of coarse…
A new generation
Last year we had a family trip to the Scottish Highlands and on a whim we bought our little boy an Abu Garcia telescopic fishing outfit and a few little Mepps and the like to fish the Rannoch Moor lochs.…
A new service for lonely anglers
Sat at home alone, greasing your reel? Do you like fish, and boats? Call our discrete chatline exclusively for men who like fish and boats. Calls charged at £5 a minute. Float tubers not welcome.
Deadbeats go deadbaiting
Let me give you some blog writing advice. Specifically…writing an angling blog post is very much like making love to a beautiful woman. First you have to get the creative juices flowing, then you need to open proceedings with a…
Mini Assynt Blog 2024
Back in May I was a-hankering for a solo fishing expedition but also keen to have a family holiday in Scotland so following the success of last year’s dual purpose mission we decided to use the same formula again. The…
Quick chuck on the Wharfe
Managed to squeeze in an hour or so fishing the Wharfe last night. Half an hour getting my fishing gear etc together, 25 minute drive, 10 minutes tackling up, 15 minute walk to river, in reality I’d say about 1…
A new dimension to Yorkshire Fly Fishing
In a moment of post Christmas madness I decided to buy myself a drone! A primary driver was the notion of filming myself out on my mountain bike up on the North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Lake District hills etc…
Assynt Blog 2023
It’s 7:30 in the evening, I’m holed up in a 1 man tent half way up a mountain and I’m defecating into an Asda tie handle freezer bag to the incessant sound of rain drumming against the fly sheet. Only,…