Author: Chris White

The clubs open day and barbeque was held at our lake on Saturday 13 June. Some 20 members, friends and children attended. A big thank you to Danny Williams who gave casting lessons to anyone who wanted to try fly fishing for the first time, his focus was mainly on teaching the children present to […]

I was sent a link to a short YouTube video – HOOKED ON HOPE – A Salmon Fishing Film Set in the north-west of England, HOOKED ON HOPE gives a glimpse into the world of obsessive salmon angler, James Gilbraith, and the dedication required to be successful in the pursuit of his quarry. Whilst not […]

The Game 7 Wildlife Conservation Trust have recently produced a video about their work monitoring salmon on the river Frome. The work they have been doing is now the basis for a revision to the way that salmon stocks will be estimated in English and Welsh rivers, there will be more on this revision later.

Following their open evening Cadence fishing TV filmed grayling fishing last week at Rhagatt last week, trotting a worm through the pools the video can be seen below.

The estate has created a map of the BYP beats on Google maps. Click this is the link: BYP beat 1-4 (beat 3 needs some updates/clarification) – Google My Maps and it will take you to the map. The map shows each beat, names the pools and where to park but you will need to […]

The Scottish Dee fisheries board recently published the following advice for anglers, this equally applies to the Welsh Dee. When ever possible keep fish in the net and do not remove them from the water. On netting a fish cut the leader and put your rod down (out of harms way) you then have both […]

You may have noticed the positive press about Beavers over the past couple of years. Whilst Beavers can improve the environment and help to clip spates there is little or nothing said about the adverse effect on migratory fisheries. There has been a 5 year project on the River Otter in Devon monitoring the release […]