Angus woolhouse

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 [...]

I have always liked bridges, especially stone built arch bridges and in particular those that span rivers. I often wonder how much time and effort would [...]

I have been very fortunate. Over the past eleven months I have spent 23 days fishing six different Scottish rivers for salmon. I like fishing blocks [...]

It is still very early into the new season and the River Wylie is still half asleep and not yet disturbed by the clumsy footfall of [...]

  Spring Salmon fishing can test your mettle, your technique and your circulation. A recent few days on the Tay confirmed all that I knew about [...]

It is dusk and I am trying to perfect the art of standing still. Staying motionless is never easy at the best of times, but with [...]

A 10-foot stick with a line on the end. Simple. And at the end of the line is a hook, and that hook has been sharpened [...]

    I only picked up a salmon rod about 10 years ago and having bought my first rod a 14 foot Sage TCR weight 9/10, [...]

The River Frome is a special river rightly famed for the size of its Grayling and home to fabulous wild brown trout. In its pristine chalk [...]

I like Barbel fishing. I am just not very successful at it. I came late to Coarse fishing and having spent most of my life fly [...]