Ever have the feeling you're being watched? That happened to me on the opening day of the season. I'd just climbed over a stile and was...

I headed out for my daily hike early this morning to take advantage of the crisp, bright weather; the sort of conditions I enjoy at this...

....to those who wait. It might be an old cliché about things being like buses, but it seems to apply to salmon. They started to appear...

After endlessly, and fruitlessly, beating up and down the Braid in search of the elusive "King of the River", club member Shaun Turner...

Some things belong in the river and some things don't. Yesterday, in a dropping spate, I went out in the hope of a salmon - several of...

Everybody agrees; anglers, gardeners, your granny, the cat, the dog - This has been the driest spring anyone can remember. Three months...

We are now over a month into the Coronavirus lockdown and the daily statistics continue to make for grim and depressing reading. I had...

In a previous post I expressed an interest in trying out some Light Rock Fishing (LRF) on the river, so yesterday I took the plunge - and...

Our Club open day has come and gone. Despite the atrocious weather we had good footfall, no doubt assisted by the lure of hot tea, coffee...

Following my recent appeal for any images of Dollaghan caught on Club waters, Committee member Tim Farrar kindly obliged with this mighty...

Christmas is coming and the thoughts of all keen anglers turn to the problem of what to include in the Santa list. Last year I decided to...

Hallowe'en has arrived and heralds the end of the 2019 season. Overall it has been an improvement on last year with the dreaded summer...

Following Rab Neeson's account of his salmon, which I'm told was caught on a Flying-C, I was contacted by that other seasoned salmon...

I don't often fish for salmon but when they start arriving in Club waters I can't help coming down with a bit of salmon fever. For some...

If there's one thing that gets me mad when I'm out and about it's litter. Is it just me or is the problem getting worse? Despite local...

Having learned my "check battery" lesson I was able to snap a couple of good brown trout on another visit to Killylane Reservoir. This...

Inspired by Alan Boyd's recent big trout I headed up to Killylane Reservoir early yesterday morning on the hunt for a specimen. This time...

On a day when I decide to do other things because the river is low and I'm figuring the fishing might not be up to much, club member Alan...

There hasn't been much rain lately and the bones of the river are showing. I fear we may be heading for a summer drought which seems to...