Winter Angling: Coarse Fishing in the North East

Opportunities for the winter coarse angler used to be few and far between up here in the North East, but fortunately there are now options aplenty for cold weather anglers keen to wet a line. This article is a brief guide to places to go coarse fishing in the area in winter, along with a [...]

Written on January 21, 2011 | Posted in Where to Fish | 5 comments

Wear Coarse Fishery Development Plan: December 2010 Newsletter from the EA

Following on from the well-attended Wear Fishery Workshop held at St. Aidan’s College, Durham, in February 2010, Paul Frear, Fisheries Technical Officer at the Environment Agency (Yorkshire & North East), has produced a newsletter outlining the considerable progress made so far on implementing some of the suggestions . Details include a info on a new [...]

Written on December 14, 2010 | Posted in Fishing News | No comment

A Tale of Summer Holiday Fishing, 1980-style

Originally Published as “A Devilishly Good Jumper” in WATERLOG Magazine, Issue 55, Spring 2006 The year 1980 was a time of great sporting achievements. Nottingham Forest won the European Cup, punching above their weight for the second year running. Coe and Ovett were inspirational to a 14 year-old like me with an interest in all [...]

Written on July 29, 2010 | Posted in Angling Culture | 3 comments

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 [...]

Written on October 1, 2009 | Posted in Angling Culture | 1 comment