Getting ready for Spring and saltwater sea trout? I haven’t fished with these but cant wait to try them. I like the idea of the ‘keel’ both from a presentation point of view and the sound they create This style of fly gets down to the bottom, but seldom snags, due to its springy keel, which keeps the hook point up and bounces the fly out of harm’s way. In addition, the… Read More

I really like Jeremy Wades television program River Monsters, and last nights episode Atomic Assassin was a classic example of why. Jeremy was granted unprecedented access to the lake next to the infamous Chernobyl power plant. His goal was to catch a legendary, mutated catfish before exceeding exposure limits to the area’s radiation. Now we all know there’s a bit of fun going on at times ‘in the making’ but I found… Read More

Just completed and updated the fishing planning for 2014 – HERE This will update regularly over the next few months as reservations arrive. I will publish more details of the Two- Day saltwater Fly Fishing Workshop later this month – I have indicated the availability of Fly fishing workshops on the planner – they can also be run on request if I have time available. Time will travel quickly… Looking forward to… Read More

Please find below my planning for bass and seatrout fishing at this time. Where indicated I have both reserved and provisional reservations completed at this time. I have some work to do for dates regarding some workshops and the destination guided workshops, I will complete these during the next few days. Due to an unexpected cancellation September is fully available at this stage! This, however, will fill very quickly once it goes… Read More

//player.vimeo.com/video/4499658?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 Rivers of a Lost Coast is a new documentary that looks at our relationship to nature through the eyes of the most fabled angling community in American history. This surprisingly touching film was recently labelled a must see by the San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle Times. The following few paragraphs were written by George Snyder and appeared in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat on January 23, 1995. Although George misinterpreted a… Read More

                        I’ve spent the last few hours compiling a set of photographs from the collection that I have made over the last ten years whilst guiding for bass on the coast. I wanted to create an animated slide show of all ten seasons but I’ve decided just now that its an impossible task. The main reason being that having to leave… Read More

One of my obsessions I’m afraid – this one is a must for me for a new season. Actually because of the way I’m running the business a bit differently this year a few things I’m using will be slightly different too – more later! A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

“Dogger, Rockall, Malin, Irish Sea: Green, swift upsurges, North Atlantic flux Conjured by that strong gale-warning voice, Collapse into a sibilant penumbra”   Seamus Heaney  The Shipping forecast A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim

A little bit of fishing in your day – Jim