Tag: LRF

Beating the Chill

Ice breaking fishing winter UK

I’ve said it before that die-hard anglers thrive on adversity, but this January I mean it more than ever. Conditions have been yo-yoing dramatically, with hard frosts one week, gales and temperatures into the mid-teens the next. This can make it much harder to catch, but let’s face it, if we were to sit tight… Read more

From Canal to Coast

Specimen rudd fly fishing

One of the joys of every season as an angler is that, without fail, something completely new or unexpected will happen. Whether it’s the realisation of a long-held dream, a random twist or a stroke of pure luck, fishing keeps us guessing. Just when you think a pattern is emerging or we’re in a spell… Read more

Massed Whiting and New Writing

Torbay Torquay LRF fishing

After some unnerving days leading up to Christmas, it has taken a while to truly feel a bit more relaxed and put some more attention to fishing. I’ve almost lost count of the number of lateral flow tests I’ve lately done to try and avoid putting family and friends at risk. But at least I’ve… Read more

Winter Fishing Highs and Lows

Andy Mytton, Ben Bassett LRF fishing

When you’re one of angling’s “lifers”, you have to live in hope during the winter. Well, it’s either that or do very little fishing until spring. Nor is hope completely blind, because is there seldom a completely lost cause. Or, at least, that’s what I still manage to convince myself after decades of this sort… Read more

Fishing in Costa Rica: 13 lessons for tackling tropical seas

Roosterfish costa rica

Where do I even begin with recalling a week long stay in Costa Rica? It has been an epic way to celebrate my 40th Birthday in great company, sharing inshore and offshore boat fishing days with Keith Armishaw (who runs the Angling Heritage project with wife Sandra, and was kind enough to invite me along… Read more

Fly and lure fishing from Cornwall to Dorset

Lrf fishing cornwall goby

If there’s one thing that blights the world of fishing even in the 21st century, it is the sense of separation between different branches of the sport. As far as we’ve come in the battle to smash down walls, some are carefully rebuilt and maintained by the pedants. I would guess that the single species,… Read more

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