Carp on the fly
Carp don’t just take baits. They eat artificials, too. Andy Ford joins angler David Bazen at Holme Grange Fishery in Berkshire to find out more
Carp don’t just take baits. They eat artificials, too. Andy Ford joins angler David Bazen at Holme Grange Fishery in Berkshire to find out more
21 teams of six anglers battle it out on Rutland Water for the prestigious Airflo Spring Invitational, one of the biggest flyfishing competitions in Europe.
Charlie Jacoby has more trout rods than he could use in a month of Sundays. Time to grit his teeth and have a clearout –
When one fishing-mad lad moved from the UK to Florida, he set about getting to grips with local angling opportunities. Fifteen-year-old Massimo Schneider says how
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOwiHhkHhvU Some anglers can’t wait until it’s warm. Andy Ford is a flyfisherman who needs his fix, so he is off to Manningford fishery in
Charlie joins spearfishing enthusiasts in Cornwall for the big annual celebration of their thrilling and growing sport. The Spearfishing Cartel Rodeo 2024 is a three-day
It is one of the highlights of the flyfishing calendar: the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2024 brings together enthusiasts to see who can catch
The Flyfishers’ Club has been men-only since its foundation in 1884. A chance remark by Marina Gibson at the Hay Festival sparked a media storm
Fieldsports member Nick Edwards is flyfishing for trout on the river Itchen with Fieldsports Channel’s news editor Andy Ford, who also happens to be an
It’s all the action from the 2024 Sea Angling Classic, an international fishing event combining a major sea angling competition, conservation, and environmental initiatives, education, and research, while introducing a whole new generation to the sport of angling. It took place from Wednesday to Sunday, 20-23 June 2024, out of Premier Marina Port Solent, and offered the largest prize table of any event of its kind in the UK – worth in excess of £100,000 including a fabulous fully rigged Extreme 646 Game King boat and SBS trailer. Find out who won it…
Twenty-one teams of six battle it out at Rutland Water, in a traditional loch-style fly fishing competition. After a fantastic first day with 995 fish
Fishing livebait for snook off Marco Island in the Gulf of Mexico takes rare skill. Captain Chris Broome has that skill. He shows how to
Andy Ford is off to Rutland Water where the country’s top reservoir trout specialists are battling it out over two days for the title of
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwE3scAJNY4 Ollie Williams enjoys a bucket list experience on the hunt for getting a bite from a sea legend. He’s hunted and fished all over
youtu.be/dgN7VT0i5vQ The Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival 2023 took place from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 September 2023 in Chichester Harbour and Hayling Island. Andy
youtu.be/viFTqHSRcJs by Deborah Hadfield Sportfishing for bluefin tuna is back. Skippers say landing the English CHART 2023, catch-and-release program, was a monster fight. Delays and
Charlie is flyfishing for catfish in the Northern Cape of South Africa, where every angler’s new favourite predator can grow up to 50lbs. They’re not
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cULIbN6QDu8 We’re out after the grand-daddy of Florida fish, the Goliath grouper – and we will take any other grouper that comes along. Charlie joins
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGRtNccwrjQ Charlie is fishing for carp on the fly in South Africa. He is on the Vanderkloof Dam, one of the biggest bodies of water
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMfkCemLIeo The River Kalix is one of Swedish Lapland’s premier salmon rivers – and that’s where Niall Rowantree goes to try for a fish. Unlike
youtu.be/Qv4lLopkJmw Landing a giant bluefin tuna is a challenge – not least because anglers around the UK have only been allowed to do it for
by Deborah Hadfield Anglers are spotting huge numbers of bluefin tuna off the coast of Britain. The magnificent fish swim thousands of miles to British
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg73ZsLmMgY Nigel Farage may be passionate about Europe but he is fundamentalist about bluefin tuna fishing. He says that, thanks to Brexit, the UK is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eREsBKDjbv8 Angling is a gentle sport. In Nottinghamshire fishers are showing they can also be tough when their sport is threatened. The threat? Their new
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMgNUYbE5M The River Windrush is a tourist attraction. But so many tourists are now coming to the river and staying in pretty Bourton-on-the-Water in the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJqIXVjCHc Charlie Jacoby tries out dollaghan fishing in Northern Ireland. The dollaghan is the native brown trout of Lough Neagh that runs up local rivers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBY6cjAqWs Tom Davies wants to check that the fish in his dad’s fishing lakes are all in the right lakes. Armed with sunglasses, a rod,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyxInmL0Iz0 “When I first came I was eight. My son’s now ten and I’ve been looking forward to bringing him in on the pier fishing,”
Fish Legal and the Angling Trust are taking DEFRA and the Environment Agency to court over river pollution for a second time. Together with the
Ben O’Rourke “The whole project about Hoveton Great Broad is about restoring clear water, using things like biomanipulation,” says Duncan Holmes, who has lived
Fishing events in the UK report great turnouts as the sport welcomes 100,000 new anglers (government figures). Organisers of two fishing events in September say
Charlie Jacoby If kayak flyfishers are calling their sport flyaking – which is a hideous word IMHO that will be the first against the wall
Ollie Williams goes spearfishing in Cornwall with harpoon master Mat Coombe. Mat calls it ‘underwater deerstalking’ (and he loves his deerstalking, too). They are after
Taking up spearfishing? Here’s some of the kit you need, recomended by Laith Dajani, who manages Spearfishing.co.uk You can get yourself fully kitted out
Game chef Cai Ap Bryn is hauling in brown trout and cooking them on an open fire. He is on a hunting trip with his
Want to learn to fish? Edmund Jacoby heads to the the Arundell Arms in Devon for their polar flyfishing beginners’ course, led by the remarkable
Sir David Attenborough has joined the campaign to save salmon. The noted naturalist and BBC TV presenter is backing a campaign by Salmon & Trout
The Bushmills Atlantic Salmon Research Centre is finding out what’s happening to Atlantic salmon growing up, leaving and returning to Northern Ireland. Jason Doyle meets
The mayfly hatch in Ireland like nowhere else. Jason Doyle is fishing for trout with Brendan Sharkey in Sligo during the mayfly season, and looks
Every area has its own Macnab. In Hampshire, says Keith and Gavin from local sporting agent Glorious Game, it’s a roebuck, a partridge and a
They might not be allowed either in their own country but that is not stopping the Chinese fascination with both hunting and guns. That’s why
What’s the difference between the hundreds of teeth on the roof of a pike’s mouth and the vampire-like fangs of a zander? Pro Predator Guide
World class fly-fishing champion Hywel Morgan takes us through his kit setup for fishing a major competition on a large reservoir. He shows us fishing
Hidden away on the north coast of Donegal, Ireland, is a beautiful lough, just a mile from the sea, that’s stuffed with salmon, sea trout,
Park lakes and urban fishing are all the rage in social carp circles at the moment. Who else to get us out on the bank
Flyfishing legend Moc Morgan has been fishing for over three quarters of a century. In that time he has seen and done just about everything
World champion fly fisherman Hywel Morgan finds himself up against another Veniards 120 challenge. This time, instead of having to tie flies and catch a
Trout fishing with dry fly on a small stillwater is the perfect way to relax. So why not join world champion fly caster Hywel Morgan
We are trying out the Savage Gear 3D frogs, along with one of the new 3D Line Thru trout. They are designed by Savage Gear
Salmon-fishing legend Ally Gowans invented the Ally Shrimp in 1979. It has gone on to be one of the most popular salmon flies in the
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