Jeremy Paxman day dreams about his year as a fisherman

I once met a man while I was fishing in Ireland. The moment he introduced himself I knew his name was familiar. I had seen it on page after page of the record books. This man caught serious numbers of seriously big sea-trout. How did he do it? I asked. His reply was laconic. 'Ah. It's not sot so difficult if you have time.' It turned out that he spent six months of every year fishing. No wonder he caught lots of fish...

Sir Max Hastings explains why booking Irish fishing through Roxtons make so much sense

For more than half a century after independence, the Irish could have been accused of abandoning prudent policies for sport and conservation in favour of an anything-goes regime. Much of the Irish rural populations wreaked sporting revenge on the erstwhile traditional landowners and many river populations of game fish were brought to the edge of extinction by zealous catch for the pot tactics...

Express trains on the end of a fly rod make blue water fishing something that we should all try

Think of a supersonic jet fighter. The sleek lines of the fuselage, the sheer power and the grace of its movement through the air. Pointed at the front like a spear with such thrust in the tail. Take the above properties and put it into water and you simply have the group of fish we refer to as the 'Billfish'; Black, Blue, Striped and White marlin, Sailfish, Spearfish, and Broadbill Swordfish...

Fishing - Alaskan Style

John Warburton-Lee: Journalist, photographer and extensive travel writer for the world's leading travel publications.

Fishing has been part of the Alaskan way of life since the first humans made their way across the Bering land bridge 15,000 years ago. Alaska's native people harvest fish using techniques handed down through the generations. I have driven ...

Trout fishing in Patagonia

Tom Fort remembers his fishing in Patagonia. journalist and writer Tom Fort contributes regularly to trout and salmon.

Memories of Chilean Patagonia: snow-dabbed mountains, thick forest, wide seas of tawny pampas, horsemen in ponchos and leather leggings clip-clopping homewards as the sun sank, crystal rivers to set a fisherman's heart thumping, a brown trout...

One skiff, one day, two rods, two Grand Slams

Thursday, March 13th had not started well for me; too much Cuban Club Rum on top of too much red wine the night before in La Tortuga's dining room, floating serenely above the flats of Jardines de La Reina, Cuba. I was, to put it mildly, feeling fragile as we headed to the flats. Although we had caught tarpon and bonefish every day, the permit were true to pernickety form...

Paul Whitehouse heads to Venezuela to experience this must visit saltwater destination

We landed on El Gran Roque to be greeted by the head Guide Walter Ehrlich and his team and from the 'airport' we just walked (there are no cars which is a real and welcome novelty in the world these days) to our new home for the week; the beautifully appointed and cool Malibu Posada. There we set about the business of tackling up in the atrium, and those of us who p...

My expectations were exceeded, and I'm going back...

Remember temperatures may go up or down. This warning, slightly changed, comes at the beginning of most adverts pertaining to investment and a week's fishing in Russia can be considered an investment in terms of memories. The summer comes so quickly that one moment the snow can be swirling around your feet and the next you could be in shirtsleeves, bathing in warm sunshine.