The journal

great fishing pictures

  • 1st May 2017·Echoes from a river·

    1 May 2017

    The sense of possibility.

    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 [...]

  • 1st April 2017·Echoes from a river·

    1 April 2017

    Spring Salmon: Lessons from the Tay

      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 [...]

  • 12th March 2017·Echoes from a river·

    12 March 2017

    The Sea Trout of the Rio Grande

    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 [...]

  • 16th January 2017·Echoes from a river·

    16 January 2017

    Stilt fishing in Sri Lanka. Total simplicity.

    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 [...]

  • 7th December 2016·Echoes from a river·

    7 December 2016

    Salmon fly lines. Why so complex and confusing?

        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, [...]

  • 8th November 2016·Echoes from a river·

    8 November 2016

    New Zealand: Myths, magic and common sense.

      I have been fortunate enough to have fished some of the most exciting trout locations both in the UK and further afield. The wind swept [...]