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We attended the contined professional development day of the North West Group of the Game Angling Instructors Association at Stocks Reservoir last Sunday. There was a great turn out on a very blustery day and some great presentations were given to … Continue reading →

At the end of April we attended a fantastic weekend at Burnsall on the lovely River Wharfe trying out the Italian casting style. Everyone had lots of fun trying to understand this different concept under the very patient guidance of … Continue reading →

Now is the time that most fly anglers are thinking about getting out and about again as most stillwaters have been restocked and the fish are waiting. Also the rivers open for Trout fishing in a few days. If you … Continue reading →

Fishing is at a standstill with most waters frozen over. Lets hope we get some mild weather soon and get winter behind us then we can make a start fishing again. After all the torrential rain in 2011 and the … Continue reading →

Vera and I attended a meeting of the North West Casting Club at Oak Royal Golf Club, Withnell today along with other like minded anglers interested in casting. We all had great fun trying out many different rods, lines  and … Continue reading →

Here we are in Autumn and we wonder whether we live on the same planet as the weather people. Throughout the year on the news all we heard of was the record hot dry Spring and Autumn heatwave temperatures etc. In South … Continue reading →

We have just spent an enjoyable day acting as two of the controllers for the Junior Talent Pathway whereby  talented  teams of young  fly anglers from the North East and from the North West competed against each other. Conditions were not … Continue reading →

6 very enthusiast lady fly fishers from the North West visited Cocklakes Fishery Nr Penrith today where Vee & I taught them how to cast with the fly rod.  They had a fantastic time in glorious sunshine and learned about the fly … Continue reading →

Wow !!  What can we say.  The ladies had a fantastic session and one lady even hooked a carp on her first cast.  The weather and fish cooperated and we ended the day with a total of 11 fish netted … Continue reading →