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...
‘Flyaking’ is the name given by fishing anoraks, to the pursuit of fly fishing from a kayak. It is great fun… you are very close to the water and to the fish – and the stealth of the kayak allows you to get very close indeed to the fish. Well that’s the theory anyhow....
Having never been to the Lake District before, expectations were high for my impending kayak fishing trip to Coniston water. Friday finally arrived, and the weather was awful – blowing a gale and pouring with rain in Bristol… What the hell was it going to...
Only John could have conceived the idea of getting married on a beach in Devon in September; but that was not enough… so he invited all of his kayak fishing friends from the Anglers Afloat kayak fishing forum… and then to add icing to the cake, he got us...
Got down to Mudeford at about 9am on Fri with my son Connor. Not a great start – a stone (more like a small boulder ) hit the windscreen on the way down – looked like it had ben blasted by a shotgun ! Anyway – we met up with Richi and John and...
