2010 – Mid August

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What a hectic time of year this is! Since returning from Cyprus I’ve appeared on Tight Lines, spent five days in the Wye Valley, miraculously met five magazine and newspaper article deadlines, dealt with a mountain of visitor emails to the site and as I write I’m making arrangements to visit the Angling Direct store [...]

2009 – Early March Blog

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Well, the end is nigh. Another week and it’ll all be over on the rivers for three whole months, unless of course you’re an Angling Times reader because they think that a complete non-newsworthy story and a puffed-up readers poll can change things.   According to the story a huge majority ‘of readers polled’ want [...]

Fancy A Weekend Away?

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I’ve been a regular guest at the Caer Beris Manor in Mid Wales ever since it hosted the Angling Writers Association Awards dinner nearly ten years ago. It’s a fabulous country hotel in a spectacular setting, nestling in a loop of the River Irfon just up from its confluence with the Wye.    Perhaps it’s easier, [...]