Up early and what do I find.. It is a few feet deep in places. Funny how we never seem to get snow like this anymore. I am sure it has got somethhing to do with global warming!
The darkest hour is just before dawn!
So it has been threatening snow for weeks now. It has finally happened, just a few days before the season starts, ah yes the darkest hour before spring is upon us all. I was lying in my bed unable to sleep so thought I would get up for a wee while and browse the net….
Just a few days till its here!
Yup, season starts on the 15th. The forecast is for cold and miserable. My first trip will probably be in two weeks ! Today was supposed to be for Grayling but seeing as how snow was forecast (but not materialised) we decided to just go for a little shopping trip instead 
Holy Moly- Its a troot with two mouths!
I know there are genetically modified rainbows out there but this is just getting plain silly! Picture and story at JournalStar.com
Let me be your Agony Fly Fishing Uncle anytime!
So I get a lot of emails from people. Especially now that the new season is approaching and people are thinking fishy thoughts. My visitor numbers have doubled as usual at this time and so have the emails. Usually they are the usual what flies, what rod variety with the possibility of meeting new people…
In Memorial
Ah yes, a happy Monday morning to you all! I was looking through my photographs when I came across this. It says: In memory of Julie Nybo & “Titch” who loved the estate. March 2003 I often take photos of random objects thinking that I will post and blog about them and then forget, and…
Matching the Hatch
So this year I am determined to actually identify the flies on the water. Last year at the start of the season the trout were going crazy for the large dark olives, so I have been tying up many patterns. I suppose fly identification and fly fishing go hand in hand! Therefore I have been…
Small Stream Fishing
Here is a book I highly recommend to all new fishers of rivers. Or for that matter those just wanting to brush up
BBC NEWS | UK | Extra fish planned for UK rivers
BBC NEWS | UK | Extra fish planned for UK rivers I am a firm believer that young people should have a hobby and this just proves it. It is allso good to see they are highlinghting fishing as being one of the most popular leisure pursuits, helping sustain 20,000 jobs in the industry and…
Sorry about the everything going wonky!
If you have been using IE you may have noticed that the sidebar went a bit wonkey around a week ago. The sidebar ended up away down on the page. This is because of a wonky bit of code somewhere that jiggered everything up. As I use firefox I did not notice, it was just…