Tan y Mynydd, near Abergele in Conwy, is a mature North Wales trout fishery first dug in 1971 – three fly-only pools plus two family-friendly multi-method pools, stocked with rainbow, brown, blue, and tiger trout.
Zander fishing used to mean deadbaiting for me. A slow shift to lure fishing changed both my catch rate and how much I enjoy targeting them.
A dedicated season chasing specimen roach taught me that less really is more when it comes to bait and feed.
Plenty of UK fisheries don’t mandate barbless hooks. I use them anyway, and I think more anglers should consider it.
Every angler on the Welsh coast talks about bass. Wrasse deserve more attention than they get, and here’s why.
Sometimes the sessions that teach you the most are the ones where nothing goes right – here’s what one genuinely miserable blank taught me.
While everyone chases trout and salmon, grayling get overlooked – and they shouldn’t be, especially through winter.
The coarse close season on rivers doesn’t mean fishing stops – it just means it moves. Here’s how I spend those three months.
The single skill that’s improved my pike fishing more than any tackle or bait change: learning to read where fish actually are.
An honest look at how much of my tackle bag gets used regularly, and how much is dead weight I still carry out of habit.