The Fishing ArchivesA-Z For Fishing
17 1/2 lb Smooth
Beach Match
Robson Green: Dropped the Fish
The Wansbeck Wonder Years
(Originally Published in WATERLOG Magazine Issue 46 June 2004) I don’t suppose most people had read more than a few sentences on the river Wansbeck before the devastating floods of September 2008. Indeed this modest Northumbrian stream, scarcely twenty miles in length from its source in the Wilds of Wanney to where it flows into [...]
The Coarse of the Stream
(Originally Published in Waterlog Magazine Issue 61 Autumn 2007) The pursuit of coarse fish in the North East of England has never been easier. With the backing of the sympathetic Environment Agency, in the last decade, dozens of new stillwater coarse fisheries have opened their gates across Northumberland and Durham. Bivvie boys spend whole weeks [...]
Coastal Roots
(Originally Published in WATERLOG Magazine, Number 58, Winter 2006) “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty” is the phrase used to describe Northumberland’s rugged coastline. Yet only that part from Lindisfarne, south to Druridge Bay is officially given such venerable recognition. The southernmost section, dominated until recently by traditional mining and manufacturing practises, is still largely ignored [...]
