Fishing for the truth about angling in Scotland
I HAVE nothing against Robson Green personally. As an actor he has turned in some compelling performances in the likes of Casualty, Soldier, Soldier and Wire in the Blood. He certainly generates a quickening of pulses among the ladies apparently, though clearly the lad from Dudley on Tyneside maybe falls short of setting up any…
Continue ReadingIF YOU weren’t watching More4 at 10:00 tonight you missed a real treat – the first UK television screening of The End of the Line, Rupert Murray’s remarkable documentary film which is changing the way people think about the future of the world’s sea fish populations. Immensely watchable; immensely frightening, it charts the activities of…
Continue ReadingNOT ALL fishing books are about the mechanics of it all. Sure we all need to have insights into the seemingly infinite permutations of rod, line, hooks, bait, wind and wave which make the gentle art of angling so absorbing. Unquestionably I would have been less of an angler without the wisdom gleaned from Sawyer…
Continue ReadingReview: ‘Saving Scotland’s Salmon’ Derek Mills :: Medlar Press :: £25.00 IT IS something of a paradox that the Atlantic salmon is one of the most regulated fishes in the world, yet today seems to be as threatened and as much at risk as ever. The so-called king of fishes has inspired generations of naturalists,…
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