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Currently a huge spat going on in the Tay Ghillies Association Facebook page just now. It seems that 2 very ill informed anglers, suggested to come from England but maybe not have been fishing today on an unnamed beat. Police Scotland have been informed and allegedly the anglers claimed to be...

The latest post on Just One Week, Estimating the Weight of Salmon, looks at the methods used and offers some ideas to make the use of the Sturdy and General scales more accurate. it's certainly a subject that's raised some steam on the Forum over the years. As always the article is aimed more...

Opening day for trout fishing on the Upper Teifi today. Good luck to all Teifi anglers for the forthcoming season. Tight Lines Aled

In England and Wales all anglers are supposed to buy a rod licence for their fishing from the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales (the EA sell licences for Wales on behalf of NRW). Once upon a time I could have understood why Sea Trout and Salmon anglers paid more for the rod licence...

Bliadhna Mhath Ùr. Tight lines to all Earn anglers for 2020.

Surprised nobody else has mentioned this, another angler whose books and articles I read as a teenager has sadly passed away. His tackle innovation was good, personally I loved his 10ft Rutland fly rod, and that rod travelled all over the place with me catching trout, and occasionally sea trout...

Hi folks I live in Newcastle - can anyone please advise what clubs or associations are available in this area? I’ve had a google and have identified Haltwhistle Anglers Assn, and years ago I used to fish the Coquet with Northumbrian Anglers Fed (if memory serves). I’m newly returned to...

Fished it last Friday Very low water Few fish in the beat 1 caught by the ghillie, 4 paid anglers blanked Didn’t feel like a blue ribband day out

Just a little addition to our fishing for this year it Has been decided to add the Stirling Council Fishings on the rivers forth and teith once again A great chance for anglers who don't always want To fish the Tay to stop off in Stirling for a cast or Nip up to callander for a shot on the more...

Lets get the thread started!! 2018 was not a vintage year but with the in river nets off is 2019 going to see the Northie bounce back. Some great work done on Morphie, new ghillies in a couple of the beats and anglers like me fired up with renewed enthusiasm. Whats the betting for the first...

In response to the powers that be down here in England and Wales we all warned that if draconian restrictions are put on anglers they will move elsewhere so affecting the local economy and, with no anglers around, opening up the opportunity for poaching resulting in more fish kills rather than...

Bliadhna Mhath Ur to all Earn anglers. Hoping for better water and more fish this year.

Happy to announce that we're currently printing the 3rd edition of "Top Salmon Flies - stories and fly patterns from great anglers". Book is available for pre order which will start to ship on the first week of December. Top Salmon Flies - Spey Brothers "Top Salmon flies - stories and fly...

Another year over and another little update to see if i can attract a few more hardy souls into our throng of optimistic anglers. We finished a reasonable year with a total catch of 81 fish split between sea trout and salmon. I can go on and on about the great variety but rather than bore...

The Environment Agency has produced a report that states Freshwater anglers contribute an estimated 1.4 billion to the English economy and supports up to 27,000 full time jobs. The study found that coarse fishing was the most popular activity accounting for 19 million days of fishing. Game...

Afternoon.. Been out the game for a few years but I'm hoping to get out again from the start of next season. Just looking for opinions on the best spinning rods on the market these days or even opinions on what other anglers use. Either a 10ft or 11ft minimum as will be tackling beats on the...

Not much sympathy for anglers in this Independent article today especially the letters comments! Mike Anglers urging government to allow shooting of more cormorants to stop birds eating fish they catch for sport Exclusive: Move comes despite failure to reach allocated quota of 3,000 in past two...

Having a major clear out of my collection of books Amazing Fishing Stories by Paul Knight fishings strangest days by Tom Quinn The Anglers Retreat by Matt Crampton Salmon by Arthur Oglesby Glorious Gentlemen Lies damned lies and anglers Secret Lochs special places all by Bruce Sandison All...

Not for everybody but they do catch a lot of fish. Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland.