Fly Fishing from the Hobie Revolution

A great day out, fly fishing for trout from the Hobie Revolution 11 kayak at Wimbleball Lake on the edge of Exmoor. Lots of trout action…

Llangorse 2013 kayak fishing species hunt

I always look forward to going to Llangorse lake. This trip was a bit different though – it was the christening of a new event, the brainchild of Martin Hurst and Ed from the SWKA. They came up with the great idea of holding a kayak fishing competition on the lake.  If you have never [...]

2012 Hobie World Kayak Fishing Chamionships

A couple of months ago, I returned from a kayak fishing trip to North Devon, only to find lots of crazy messages on my phone. What was going on ? I thought it was my mates having a laugh, but it turns out I had been selected to represent Hobie Team GB in the World [...]

2012 Disability Kayaking and Sailing Day (Clywedog Sailing Club)

I look forward to this weekend every year. This is the third time I have been asked to attend, and for a long time it looked like I would not be able to make it. Luckily, my good friend Adam stepped in and offered to give me and the kayak a lift to deepest darkest [...]

Extreme Huss Fishing

Catching bull huss on stupidly light spinning gear; also the capture of Alex’s monster tope. A great day out in Wales.

Swanage Ocean Kayak Classic Kayak fishing competition

This was the third Annual Ocean Kayak Fishing Tournament to be held at Swanage. The biggest competition in the UK kayak fishing calendar and one of my favourites. The weather prior to the event had been really bad; cold, wet and windy. I had been looking forward to this event, and planning for quite a [...]

Kayak fishing for Gilthead Bream and Cuckoo Wrasse

The exotic Gilthead bream is an occasional visitor to the shores of the United Kingdom. The golden gilted fish are sometimes seen on the fishmonger’s slab, after being imported from Spain, where the fish are farmed. There are a small number of places where it is sometimes possible to catch these rare fish, and it [...]

Kayak Fishing for plaice on the Skerries Bank

The Skerries is a well known sandbank off the coast of South Devon (UK), which is well known for its catches of plaice. I had been waiting for a long time to fish this location from the kayak. At the start of the week, it looked there might be a suitable weather window. I kept [...]

North Devon Smoothound Bonanza

Mid October and a fairly big tide, weather half decent (for the UK !)… it had to be a kayak fishing trip to North Devon. I wanted to put the new Conoflex Jedi Kayak QT fishing rod to the test and see what it could really handle. A few triggerfish would be just the ticket [...]

12 hours, 10+ miles, 70 degrees, and a happy Dizzy…

It was difficult to believe that it was the beginning of October when I arrived at Portland Harbour one early morning. The sun was already up and I was starting to sweat in my drysuit. As I was unloading the kayak, several local kayak and spear fishermen were leaving – always a bit un-nerving when [...]