The journal

2018

  • 31st December 2018·Echoes from a river, Fishing·

    31 December 2018

    Catch and release and the luxury of choice

    Over decades of fishing I have always practised and encouraged catch and release with the best intentions to release fish as safely and humanely as possible. [...]

  • 4th November 2018·Echoes from a river·

    4 November 2018

    Trout fishing in Tasmania: What’s all the fuss about?

    I was on a business trip to Sydney, and sandwiched in the middle was a weekend free to enjoy an opportunity to go fishing. Australia isn't [...]

  • 5th August 2018·Echoes from a river, Fishing·

    5 August 2018

    Icelandic Salmon and a charge of light.

    I lean over and watch the water. A thought crosses my mind, how embarrassing to fall in..regardless I press forward a little closer this time, my [...]

  • 1st July 2018·Echoes from a river, Fishing·

    1 July 2018

    Go on then…you choose…

    To those that don't fish the thought of standing waist deep in the freezing cold of a northern Scottish river must stretch credulity. Imagine the reaction [...]

  • 22nd April 2018·Echoes from a river·

    22 April 2018

    The Aberdeen Angus

    Tying the Aberdeen Angus was a stroke of luck. I am no great fly tyer, and nowadays tie only sporadically which compounds my lack of technique. [...]

  • 24th February 2018·Echoes from a river·

    24 February 2018

    The true keeper of the stream

    Shaped for attack, demonised and feared, the pike is written into the history of fishing as a savage cannibal of immense appetites. Medieval in appearance, with [...]