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Spring Fishing (Part One): Worm Fishing for Trout on Northumbrian Rivers
It’s that time of year again! The days are getting longer, the worst of the winter weather is (hopefully) behind us and – Hallelujah – the trout fishing season on Northumbrian rivers gets back underway on March 22nd. Unfortunately, due to our geography and climate, just when we think the snow and ice have [...]
Kielder Hatchery and Smolt Trap Open Day – 14th May 2011
On the 14th of May the Environment Agency is hosting an open day at Kielder as part of the Living North Sea ‘Fish Migration Day’. The day is an open invitation to all who may be interested in learning more about the Kielder Smolt Trap and the Living North Sea project in general. The event [...]
River of Eternal Youth, Part Three
The History of Derwent Angling Association 1945-2010 As the Derwent Angling Association entered the austere period of post World War Two Britain, it began preparing in earnest for the sweeping changes that would soon be at hand in the world of both water regulation and angling itself. It started by re-embarking upon the path it [...]
River of Eternal Youth, Part Two
The History of The Derwent Angling Association: 1890 to 1945 By 1890, some twenty four years after the formation of the Derwent Angling Association, it seemed as though at last the club was entering a period of relative stability. Despite recent expenditure on the stocking of both trout and grayling into the River Derwent, the [...]
River of Eternal Youth, Part One
The History of The Derwent Angling Association: 1865-1890 Love them or loathe them, there are few of us that haven’t relied on the services of an angling club or association at some time or another. And while commercial fisheries and syndicates have removed some of our reliance on the clubs and associations, millions of fishermen [...]
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 [...]
