Doctor fish
The Garra rufa, also known as the reddish log sucker, is a minnow-sized fish from the rivers of the Middle East; but look out for it on a high street near you. For these sweet little creatures, also called doctor fish are being put to work to clean your feet. At a chain of new [...]
The one that got away
Yesterday we went fishing on the Thames near the beautiful, polite riverside village of Pangbourne. Our friend Martin recently bought himself a little boat and asked if we would like to join him for a spot of pike fishing in a weirpool just by Whitchu…
Two men and a barbel
In the magic river Kennet, which rises from Swallowhead spring near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire and joins the Thames at Reading, live many fine barbel. They are not easy to ca…
Wild Windrush bounty
Rupert has recently discovered a stretch of the river Windrush near his home which is just about as perfect a stretch of river anywhere. It’s narrow, fast-flowing with lovely unkempt wild banks filled with reeds, grasses, flowers, overhanging willow…
A lakeside summer’s evening
It’s been more than seven weeks since my son broke his wrist and ankle and so not able to go fishing.
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Fish for Christmas
On Christmas day we took a small boat out onto the reef near Safaga in the Red Sea. En route to the reef we spotted a beautiful turtle:
We donned wetsuits and s…
When fishing is too easy!
Today I went with Rupert and his mate Luke to a little private lake called The Goldfish Bowl at Clifton, near Deddington, Oxfordshire. After last Friday’s fishless day by the lake we usually go to, Rupert wanted to catch LOTS of fish. And at The Goldfis…
Kennet barbel beauty
Today, despite the weather forecast, Rupert and I met our friends Nat and Martin for a day on the banks of the simply beautiful …
Summer sons at Shilton
This weekend my six-year-old stepson Callan came to visit. We rack our brains for interesting things to do with him that we all like to do. This weekend we thought we introduce him to the simple charm of fishing.
After a mostly fruitless go on…
Saturday night lakeside
Some people like to party on a Saturday night, but for me and my son Rupert an evening by Surman Lake in west Oxfordshire hoping to hook a carp is excitement enough.
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