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...
‘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....
Kayak fishing in the UK in the middle of winter is not everyone’s idea of fun. And I have to admit, that when I arrived at Blue Anchor Bay on the Bristol Channel coast and was greeted by a stiff North Easterly breeze, I was questioning my own sanity… It was freezing !...
The day started off very foggy. I made my way down to Blue Anchor Bay to meet up with Oggy Bongo (Stu). I recognised a car in the car park which I thought belonged to V8Rob; then we spoke to a dinghy owner who confirmed that there were 2 kayakers out on the water...
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...
