“If Winter Comes … can spring be far behind?”
It’s obvious that Percy Bysshe Shelley, concluding his poem about the ‘wild west wind’, wasn’t one to long for the opportunities that winter fishing affords ...
Read MoreIt’s obvious that Percy Bysshe Shelley, concluding his poem about the ‘wild west wind’, wasn’t one to long for the opportunities that winter fishing affords ...
Read MoreIt must be hard for more recent generations to understand, but for much of the previous century when trout were caught, it was deeply engrained in our psyche to kill and eat them.
Read More“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” So wrote Heraclitus some 2500 years ago.
Read MoreThe sea-run Chinook salmon fishery in New Zealand is little more than a hundred years old.
Read MoreThe trout was lying exactly where my brother had hooked (and lost) it the previous month; but instead of lining it up himself, he generously directed me to a casting position downstream.
Read MoreThere was a piece of paper sitting by the photocopier. Under the heading ‘Boys’ were three questions: ...
Read MoreMost of us who hunt or fish can recall the names of those who’ve mentored us. In the same way that we’ve benefitted from their willingness to pass on ...
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