07/05/2014 - It Will Soon be That Magic Day Again
A summer chub
01/05/2014 - Shakespeare and Co
Chef Joseph Gomes with James assistant supervisor
08/03/2014 - 2lb 8 ounce Roach from the Avon at Britford
Charlie with 2lb 8 ounce Avon roach
28/02/2014 - Roach catch from Avon at Britford
5 X 2lb plus roach
12/02/2014 - Nine Chub and a Lost Salmon
My best chub of the session
21/12/2013 - Chub Love Lone Angler Sausage Sizzle
5-10-0 chub
15/12/2013 - 8 year old Gwinn Steen's queenfish
queenfish
13/12/2013 - 6Lb 7ounce River Ribble Chub on Lone angler sausage sizzle flavoured crust
My 22nd chub over 6lbs in past five years from various rivers
24/05/2013 - June 16th That Magic Day
Pic 2 I chose the middle spomb
02/03/2013 - A Brace of Five Pounders and a Barbel for my pupil
Kevin with his first barbel at 9lbs 4 ounces
25/02/2013 - 500 mile round trip for 1 chub but still worth the effort
1 bite for 1 chub of 5lb 8 ounces
15/02/2013 - Go One Step Further and Increase Your Results
Top angling writer Tony Miles on the Wasing fishery of the River Kennet for the launch of Lone Angler
15/02/2013 - Go One Step Further and Increase Your Results
Interviewing Simon Pomeroy of Pallatrax
10/02/2013 - A Hard Weeks Angling
My only fish of the week
10/02/2013 - A Hard Weeks Angling
The locking clip on the Lone Angler landing net handle
27/01/2013 - The Lone Angler
What a delightful logo for Lone Angler
27/01/2013 - 500 mile round trip for Chub and Perch
My best chub 5-8-0
27/01/2013 - 500 mile round trip for Chub and Perch
A brace of 3lb perch
19/12/2012 - A Very Special Day
With my award
01/12/2012 - A Red Letter Session with Barbel
Chris Green with his 12-2-0 barbel
01/12/2012 - A Red Letter Session with Barbel
My best fish at 11-4-0
01/12/2012 - A Red Letter Session with Barbel
The footpath along the river Kennet was like a fast flowing stream
11/10/2012 - I Made the Mistake of Not Trying Hard Enough
The cane and pin gang
11/10/2012 - I Made the Mistake of Not Trying Hard Enough
Jay Preece enjoying his 40th birthday present on the River Kennet
01/10/2012 - Ribble Chub On The Feed
My best chub caught on crust wrapped in cheese paste
25/09/2012 - Fisherman's Emporium
Proprietor John Farey reading a famous 'BB' book Confessions of a carp Fisher
25/09/2012 - Fisherman's Emporium
President of the Lure Anglers Club Chris Leibbrandt admires one of several pike on display
25/09/2012 - Fisherman's Emporium
Wigan angler Dave Foster admires a big barbel
25/09/2012 - Fisherman's Emporium
Some of the many float collections on display
25/09/2012 - Fisherman's Emporium
Another fine display
18/01/2012 - Chub Went on a Feeding Spree
Dave Foster with PB chub 5lb 4 ounces
15/01/2012 - Chub Went on a Feeding Spree
6lb 1ounce chub on crust
23/09/2011 - Redmire its still a Paradise
Natures Choice Resturant
21/09/2011 - Skipton Tackle and Gun Shop
Martin James cutting the ribbon then declaring the premises open.
22/08/2011 - Redmire its still a Paradise
Dave Whyte on the Dam at Redmire Pool
22/08/2011 - Redmire its still a Paradise
Martin on the dam rail at Redmire Pool
03/07/2011 - Kid's Go Fishing With The Army
Josh Taylor with his best tench at 3-8-0 Incidentally the best ever fish caught since the scheme started
18/05/2011 - Redmire
From the the dam
18/05/2011 - Redmire
A view from the western bank
14/04/2011 - Chub and more chub
Author with 5-10-0 Kennet chub
14/04/2011 - Chub and more chub
Stuart Harris with his PB chub of 5-10-0
14/04/2011 - Kennet and Loddon
A nice barbel from Woolhampton beat on the Wasing water of the Kennet
14/04/2011 - Kennet and Loddon
Another illegale Immigrant
14/04/2011 - Trials and Tribulation of Buying a Second-hand Car
Matthew Burns senior mechanic at Perrys of Clitheroe
14/04/2011 - Trials and Tribulation of Buying a Second-hand Car
Salesman Jon Spence at Perrys of Clitheroe
14/04/2011 - Trials and Tribulation of Buying a Second-hand Car
Jake Chadwick business manager at Perrys of Clitheroe
14/04/2011 - Trials and Tribulation of Buying a Second-hand Car
Perrys of Clitheroe
14/04/2011 - Fishing in the United Arab Emirates
The Le Meridien Al Aqua hotel in Fujairah
14/04/2011 - Fishing in the United Arab Emirates
I can never catch too many of these great fish, Dorado are the perfect fish for the salwater fly angler
14/04/2011 - Report calls for national campaign to protect recreational fishing
A group of anglers who are trying to protect their fishing
01/01/2011 - Chub and Barbel from the Kennet
5-8-0 chub caught on cheese paste
14/12/2010 - It's Been a Tough Couple of Weeks
A Brace of Kennet Chub
17/09/2010 - Mr Nice Guy Captures a Big Mirror
Lyndon Barrett pictured with his big carp of 55lb 8 ozs from Wasing Cranwells Lake
19/06/2010 - A Brace of 5lb Chub to Start the Season
Author with chub of 5-2-0 5-14-0
29/12/2009 - Despite The Cold - I Caught Some Christmas Chub
5-3-0 Christmas Chub
27/11/2009 - A Young Boys First Fish- Tony Bedford
Young James with his first fish
31/10/2009 - The Malteser Method Proves a Winner
The author with a 6-7-0 chub
21/10/2009 - It’s been a Good Week on the Rivers
Will Carter with a 12-8-0 Kennet barbel
21/10/2009 - It’s been a Good Week on the Rivers
Mark Cannon with an Avon chub
21/10/2009 - It's been a Good Week on the Rivers
Martin with a 10-13-0 River Loddon Barbel
29/06/2009 - Big Brace of Summer Chub and a Huge Barbel for Comedian
Phil Cool with his barbel 14-15-0
29/06/2009 - Big Brace of Summer Chub and a Huge Barbel for Comedian
Phil Cool with a 6-7-0 chub
29/06/2009 - Big Brace of Summer Chub and a Huge Barbel for Comedian
Phil playing his guitar
20/03/2009 - Weed Rakes
Weed Rakes
26/02/2009 - Its Now Time To Get Out On The Rivers
Danny Collins 13-8-0 barbel
26/02/2009 - Its Now Time To Get Out On The Rivers
Martin's Kennet barbel at 11-14-0
26/02/2009 - Its Now Time To Get Out On The Rivers
Lyndon Barrett's Stunning Redmire Carp
15/02/2009 - Prospects Great For The Week Commencing Sunday 15th February
Brendan Ince chub of 6-2-0
15/02/2009 - Prospects Great For The Week Commencing Sunday 15th February
Mick Holgate chub 5-6-0
15/02/2009 - Prospects Great For The Week Commencing Sunday 15th February
Martin James 8-10-0 barbel
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
Interviewing Mark Lloyd left of the picture at the launch of the Angling Trust
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
Matthew Fisher of Grauvell UK being interviewed for At The Waters Edge programme on BBC Radio Lancashire at the Tackle and Guns show
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
Hugh Miles who filmed Catching the Impossible being interviewed by Martin James
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
Colin Colley with a 12-13-0 barbel caught from the Wasing Syndicate water on the River Kennet Bait was sausage meat
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
Chris Bates from Essex paid £350-00 to the ACA auction for a day with me on the River Kennet his best chub weighed 5-14-0
04/11/2008 - An Interesting Week with Chub and Barbel
This 11lb barbel caught on sausage meat would not have been caught if I hadn't been holding the rod, the bite was no more than a slight twitch as given by a crayfish.
04/11/2008 - Roach and Perch Fishing the River Wye
Brendan Ince with a good River Wye roach weighing 1-6-0 caught on legered crust
15/08/2008 - I Don’t Always Use Bread
These work for tench
31/07/2008 - A Brace of Good Fish
2lb 2 ounce rudd
22/06/2008 - Wasn't It Good - A New Season
Sam Probart with Common Carp
10/05/2008 - Trout Fishing in Ross-shire
Roger Dowsett with a nicely marked brown trout
10/05/2008 - Trout Fishing in Ross-shire
Martin James with a vividly marked brown trout from Loch Eye
10/05/2008 - Trout Fishing in Ross-shire
Guide Roger Dowsett
18/03/2008 - The End of My 65th Season
Will Carter with 6-10-0 Kennet chub
18/03/2008 - The End of My 65th Season
Dave Millers perch
18/03/2008 - The End of My 65th Season
Jon King with PB barbel 11-4-0
18/03/2008 - The End of My 65th Season
Martin James with his 20th 3lb perch of the season
13/02/2008 - Red Letter Day for Pensioner on the Kennet
Ron Jackson with 6lb chub
13/02/2008 - Red Letter Day for Pensioner on the Kennet
Ron Jackson with his 9-6-0 barbel
18/01/2008 - Some Great Days on the Wasing Syndicate Water
Despite the rain and flood water fish can be caught
10/01/2008 - A Great Chub from the River Hull
Paul Towers Chub
06/01/2008 - Double Figure Barbel from River Colne
Dave Ouseley 11-2-0 barbel
24/12/2007 - Back in the United Arab Emirates for my Fly Fishing Academy
Chris with Tuna
24/12/2007 - ***
A sight like this gets you excited
24/12/2007 - ***
Eton with a queen fish
12/12/2007 - Is This A New River Record Perch?
Richard with his super perch of 3-10-0
12/12/2007 - River Aire Bream
Richard with a 5-8-0 bream
10/12/2007 - Mutton Snappers are Tough Fighters
Hooked up to a snapper
10/12/2007 - ***
Top guide Mark Hyde
10/12/2007 - ***
Dave Jones with a good bonefish
24/11/2007 - A Brace of 3lb Perch
This perch was caught on 3 lobworms
14/10/2007 - Chub and Barbel on the River Wye
Martin Salisbury with a chub of 5-10-0
14/10/2007 - ***
Not the biggest barbel l have caught, but the best looking fish
13/10/2007 - Meeting with a Giant of Carp Fishing
Eddie Price at Redmire
26/08/2007 - Another Good Weeks Angling
Will Carter with 5-15-0 tench
26/08/2007 - Another Good Weeks Angling
Another 3lb plus perch
29/07/2007 - Its Been A Busy Week Though I Did Catch A Brace of 3lb Plus Perch
3-6-0 Perch on float fished lobworm
16/07/2007 - Well Done Brendan Ince of Blackburn
9-15-0 Ribble barbel
12/07/2007 - Double Figure Barbel from River Kennet
10-4-0 Barbel
07/07/2007 - Pallington Lakes
15-8-0 common carp on 4lb line float fishing using corn as bait
30/06/2007 - River Kennet barbel catch
Will Carter with his 9-9-0 fish
30/06/2007 - Perch catch from gravel pit
3-13-0 perch on float fished lobworm
30/06/2007 - Tench fishing in Berkshire
6-4-0 tench best of the week
26/04/2007 - World Class Saltwater Spin and Fly Fishing
Tarpon on the fly
26/04/2007 - *
A Giant Permit
26/04/2007 - ***
Cassi Johnson's permit
26/04/2007 - ***
Some of the staff L-R Claudia, Anna, Bernadett, Betty, Rose and Martha
26/04/2007 - ***
Poling the flats On the pole Mark Hyde who is guiding David Jones
22/03/2007 - ***
A good permit from Turneffe
16/03/2007 - It’s the end of a great season
The flooded river Kennet
16/03/2007 - ***
John Bodsworth with a Kennet barbel of 11-4-0
22/02/2007 - Big Chub for Lincolnshire Angler
Barry Coombs with his 5-8-0 chub
21/02/2007 - A Great Few Days on the Kennet Feb 07
My 53rd double
19/01/2007 - Another Great Barbel Fishing Session on the Kennet Jan 07
Howard Mortimer with a personal best chub of 5-12-0
19/01/2007 - ***
This fish equal's my personal best barbel at 12-7-0
12/01/2007 - Make the Most of our Bank High Rivers
Martin Salisbury with his 8-12-0 barbel
31/12/2006 - Christmas Week in the Countryside
My best chub at 5-3-0
31/12/2006 - ***
My best perch at 2-6-0
31/12/2006 - ***
Manor of Cadland Shooting Party
20/12/2006 - Despite Drop in Temperatures - Chub and Barbel Were Feeding
My 40th Double figure barbel
20/12/2006 - ***
Will Carter with his 8-8-0 barbel
12/12/2006 - Floods and Storm Force Winds get the Barbel Feeding
Another nice double
25/10/2006 - A Perch Fishing Session
A 3-7-0 Kennet Perch
25/10/2006 - ***
Ewan Turner with his 2lb perch from the river Kennet
28/09/2006 - The delightful river Frome
I can often tempt a brown trout from this small bay
26/09/2006 - Grayling from the river Frome
A 2-8-0 grayling
26/09/2006 - Another Frome grayling
What a delightful fish is the grayling
26/09/2006 - A nice from grayling
Martin Salisbury with his personal best grayling at 2lbs
12/09/2006 - Britain's Biggest Common Carp
Tony Ashworth with his big carp
20/08/2006 - River Frome Grayling
One of the many grayling I caught from the Frome
20/08/2006 - River Frome Grayling Fishing
The tackle I used to make my best catch of grayling
20/08/2006 - River Kennet
L - R Paul Smythe and Anthony Morris with his 7-8-0 barbel
20/08/2006 - Pallington Lakes Dorset
Kate and her big Eel
20/08/2006 - River Frome at Pallington
This area on the river Frome is the home of a big grayling
16/03/2006 - Kennet Barbel
John King with his end of season barbel
06/03/2006 - 20lb Plus Carp From Half Frozen Lake
Nina's Big Carp
15/01/2006 - Kennet Chub
6-8-0 chub caught on crust
06/01/2006 - Ribble Barbel
Dave Pickering with his 11-4-0 barbel
04/01/2006 - Chub
Chef's best chub
26/12/2005 - Personal Best Bream
Martin with his 5-4-0 bream
22/12/2005 - Winter Caught Bream and Carp
Kevin with his 14-6-0 winter caught bream
15/11/2005 - Fun in the sun in Fujairah
One of my many bonito
15/11/2005 - ***
Wayne on the right with AJ and one of AJ's dorado
15/11/2005 - Fun in the sun in Fujairah
A great sports fish on a fly rod
15/11/2005 - ***
A party of flyfishers return to the marina
14/11/2005 - ***
Sailfish on traffic roundabout in the UAE
14/11/2005 - ***
A young camel spotted alongside the road
14/11/2005 - ***
A heron hunts for breakfast
14/11/2005 - ***
My 2 guides Wayne and Roger
14/11/2005 - ***
Water taxi's The Abra's on Dubai Creek.
20/10/2005 - Meatball Wizard
Jan with his 3-2-0 chub
16/10/2005 - First double Zander from River Severn
Phil with his best Zander
07/10/2005 - An introduction to Le Méridien Al Aqah Beach Resort
A stunning view
07/10/2005 - Double figure Barbel from Bristol Avon
Phil Chun with his 12-4-0 barbel
06/10/2005 - Huge Bream From Wasings Shalford Lake
Phil Chun with a bream of 15-6-0
01/10/2005 - Saltwater Fishing the New England States
Martin with a 22lb bass
01/10/2005 - ***
A good Albie
01/10/2005 - ***
Thomas and Thomas sponsored Captain Jim White The best guide you will find on Rhode Island
01/10/2005 - ***
Gene Matteson playing a striper
01/10/2005 - ***
One of the many bluefish caught on a fly
01/10/2005 - ***
David Jones with a lure caught bluefish
01/10/2005 - ***
Captain Dixon Merkt lands another striper
01/10/2005 - Catch of Crucians for Pallatrax Man
Paul and his 3lb 6 ounce Crucian carp
28/09/2005 - Army Carp Fishing Championships
The Winning team Phil Chun and partner Gary Pearson
15/09/2005 - Boys First Carp
Jan with his carp
15/09/2005 - Tench fishing
A good tench
15/09/2005 - ***
Spodding gear
04/09/2005 - Not a pretty sight.
This could kill all our fish
30/08/2005 - Once again the EA didn't do anything to help keep these fry safe.
Some of the dead fry
24/08/2005 - Effluent
Effluent on the river Aire near Skipton picture taken 24th August 2005
24/08/2005 - ***
Effluent on the river Aire near Skipton picture taken 23rd August 2005
21/08/2005 - Big Perch
Norman Unwin with a 3-12-0 Kennet & Avon canal perch. Norman can often be seen in Crownmead Angling Centre Thatcham Berks
07/08/2005 - 155lb Catfish
Martin Salisbury with his 155lb catfish. Martin is the one wearing the shirt.
07/08/2005 - 5lb Eel from Pallington Lakes Dorset
Simon Tarrant a Community Nursing Team Leader for Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust pictured with a 5lb eeel
05/08/2005 - Another Big Fish for Bait Maker
Phil Chun with his 29lb 2ounce carp
23/07/2005 - Mullet caught on bread
My personal best mullet of 6lbs
11/07/2005 - Big Bream From Wasing Shalford Fishery
Phil Chun of Cotswold Baits Creations with his 14-8-0 bream
25/06/2005 - Carp on a fly rod
Stephen Collins and his fly caught carp
24/06/2005 - The tench is a fish of summer dawns
I caught many tench like this one from Rainbow Lake
24/06/2005 - Common carp
Float fished sweet corn tempted this fish
24/06/2005 - A corner of Rainbow Lake
A top swim for tench
24/06/2005 - One of six double figure bream
My personal best bream of 11-14-0
08/06/2005 - Another good fish on a Tock Special from Cotswold Bait creations
Phil Chum with his 10lb 2ounce tench
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
Casting the fly
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
The fly floats downstream to the feeding trout
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
Its a perfect drift as the fish takes the fly
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
"Hooked"
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
The rod takes the strain
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
Its in the net
03/06/2005 - On the Enborne
My reward just before its release
02/06/2005 - Pictures from from the Deerfield
Trevor Bross changing flies
02/06/2005 - Fly fishing is fun
Trevor nets a good trout
02/06/2005 - I fished a dry fly
Martin nets a good brown trout
02/06/2005 - Its a tailwater river
The Deerfield River at Hopperfield
02/06/2005 - The river bank was all shades of green
The bottom of Maple Pool
02/06/2005 - Lots of wildlife on the river
The Beavers do a lot of damage, sadly they cannot be culled, so they are now out of control.
02/05/2005 - Big Carp From Cotswolds
Phil Chum of Cotswold Bait Creations with his 37-2-0 carp
16/04/2005 - Not A Trout But I Wasn't Going To Complain
A lovely looking Kennet perch
16/04/2005 - Looking for Trout
Stephen Collins of Hungerford
15/03/2005 - 3lb Perch
A 3lb perch caught on a Black Magic fly which can be seen hanging from the mouth
15/03/2005 - Perch
A Brace of Three Pounders
15/03/2005 - A Personal Best Perch
My 3lb 11 ounce perch
04/03/2005 - Another good Chub
My second 6lb plus chub in two weeks from the Wasing Fishery on the river Kennet
18/02/2005 - 6lb 2ounce Chub
My 6lb 2ounce chub caught on bread flake from the Wasing Fishery on the River Kennet
13/02/2005 - Fly Fishing For Pike
A good pike on the fly
06/02/2005 - Thomas and Thomas booth
Top rod designer Tom Dorsey and sales rep Don Brown
06/02/2005 - Do you want the chance of catching huge Redfish? This is your man
Gregg Arnold A great saltwater fly fishing guide
06/02/2005 - The Royal Wulff booth
Doug Cummins in discussion with two lady fly fishers on the benefits of using Wulff fly lines
06/02/2005 - Gamma Technologies
Ron Carr and his hard working team
05/02/2005 - Barbel from River Ribble
10lb 10ounce barbel caught on legered breadflake
05/02/2005 - Big Chub
Chub caught on breadflake from the River Ribble weighing in at 7lb 10ounces See story
07/01/2005 - 6lb 3 ounce River Ribble Chub
My first 6lb plus chub of 2005
02/12/2004 - My Personal Best Barbel
A Personal Best Barbel Of 12-7-0 from the River Kennet using sausage meat paste bait, when conditions look bad. see story A Brace of Double Figure Barbel
02/11/2004 - False Albacore
Trevor Bross of Thomas & Thomas with a fly caught false Albacor caught off Cape Cod Massachusetts
02/11/2004 - Two Bite Less Days - Then A Good Session
My 10 lb 6 oz barbel See article Two Bite Less Days - Then A Good Session