Latest Posts Under: Tackle

Great weekends guiding

Last weekend John and I guided for one of the nicest bunch of fly fishermen, five in total that just wanted a fab time in Dorset….. We put a great program together, the weather to a degree was against us but we managed to pull most of it off… Saturday we were based on our “Home Beat” …

Early Bass

We were blessed with calm conditions as we traversed many miles of Dorsets stunning coastline in the search of an early Bass today…. The quest will continue!

The end of an era…

Having spent a year or two in my mid-teens building and repairing fishing rods in my tiny workshop in the attic of my parent’s house, it was decided (due to demand) to temporarily set up a small tackle shop, well this temporary shop lasted twenty three years ! Time Flies…. As with all things good, …

Hobbies

Listening to a gardening program sometime ago on Radio 2, the guest announced during her talk, “No matter how small ones garden, one should always set aside at least an acre for wild flowers” fantastic…. No matter how small ones house, one should always set aside at least most of it for fishing gear and …

Nice Reels

These Penn formula reels are the fishes scales!!!! 15kg loaded with 80lb braid, first fish on one a 130lb Tarpon, first fish on the other a 250lb Hamerhead… The little reel is my trusty 7HT, all reels off to be serviced at Reels and Deals in Weymouth. I am now off to Ringstead to fish …