Book Extract – Along The Margins by Mick Hanson
Angling wouldn’t be described as a passion if it wasn’t for passionate people and Mick Hanson is as passionate as any. After years of contributing to the angling press his first book Along the Margins tells the angling story that has been a lifetime in the making. Its fifteen chapters are filled with tales of [...]
Book Extract – Targets Set And Achieved – Phil Smith
Targets Set And Achieved Targets Set And Achieved is Phil Smith’s latest offering. Around one third of the book relates his attempt to catch double figure barbel from ten different rivers. It charts two seasons of failure followed by one of astonishing success. He then goes on to bring the reader up to date with further [...]
Smoke and Mirrors – Lee Swords
Oh well, I guess we’ve not had a rant from old Swordsey in a while so grab the tin hat and fasten your seat belts because you’re in for a rocky ride…! Smoke and Mirrors By Lee Swords The start of the river season has been ok for the most part, as I type this I [...]
Book Extract – Stillwater Angling – Dave Tipping and Tim Ridge
I am proud to announce that Tom Oreilly at Little Egret Press has kindly offered to let me publish an extract from the forthcoming book, Stillwater Angling, by Dave Tipping and Tim Ridge. It is a book that I am really looking forward to reading, but for now, here’s a sneak preview: Roach Fishing – [...]
Book Extract – Magic in the Water – By Alan Tomkins
Magic in the Water by Alan Tomkins You almost have a heart attack when you get the run, the fight almost brings on another one, then after netting the fish you are frantic with worry about it until it has been returned and has safely swum away. If you sack it up, you sit there [...]
Book Extract – Why Men Fish – Jon Wood
Book Extract – Why Men Fish by Jon Wood Overview At first it sounds a simple question to answer, but the reasons why a man stands by water and tries his luck to catch a creature of lower intelligence are at the same time both complex and primeval. In Why Men Fish, the author unravels [...]
‘Dream Pike’ – Stephen Harper – An Extract
DREAM PIKE by Stephen Harper Dream Pike is a stunning collection of previously unpublished stories of very big pike, each in excess of 30 pounds, captured by a wide cross-section of anglers, some famous, some not so well-known, but all with a tale to tell. From waters across the length and breadth of the British [...]
Fishing In Ireland 2011
Lough Derg, Ireland, 2011 “What would it take to tempt you to come over and fish Lough Derg?” Said the email. “I suppose an invitation would be a good starting point!” Was my reply. Lorraine Tully rents out three fabulous properties on the shores of Lough Derg, near Whitegates, in Ireland’s Shannon Region, a location [...]
‘Lost In A Quiet World’ – By Paul Cook – An Extract
Once again Stephen Harper of Harper Fine Angling Books has come up trumps and I’m genuinely greatful for the opportunity to feature an extract from another current book, LOST IN A QUIET WORLD by Paul Cook. Born in 1964 at Bushey in Hertfordshire, Paul Cook first came to angling as a young boy under the [...]
Standards In Angling Today – an essay
I’ve been hanging back on this article for a day or two, partly because it keeps growing as incidents happen and partly because I was wondering whether I was completely out of step with the rest of the angling world. Then I read a post on Fatwa World by Jon Frisby called, ‘Bad Angling, Muppets [...]
