Eagle eyed readers who also spend time watching telly instead of doing something useful might have spotted the two rogues in the main picture. It’s on the trailer for the…

  Huge apologies to all out there in web site land who have been looking at the site and wondering where all the catch this updates have gone. Sorry, but…

Here we are in the last days of January. The winter drags on, cold wet and miserable with clouds trailing wet coat tails of mist across the fellsides. Under normal…

Well it is that festive time of year again when we all get together in the season of goodwill, peace and understanding. We pass on presents, words of love and…

I am writing this at the beginning of the second lock down in a very strange year. Can we still go fishing? “Yes” says the goverment and “Yes ” says…

I always assumed that when I reached a certain age (like now), that life and the world would be a better place but now I am not so sure…  …

First trout after lockdown. Heather  with a good perch from last year             The Glorious Sixteenth of June Covid 19 style   The 16 June is one of those dates…

It a New Close season…. And not just for the fish it would seem. These are very strange days indeed and here in the Lake District we are in hiding…