Phil who was known throughout the salmon angling world with great affection as a gentle, generous, and warmly enthusiastic character, sadly lost his battle with cancer early in November.

If you are looking for a stocking filler or a present for a friend, then Roxtons are delighted to recommend Cancer and Pisces by Mick May. This book charts Mick’s medical journey and his fight against fatal asbestos-linked cancer. It is a great read covering the many painful treatments and his frequent fishing trips to British and international rivers.

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Sunday 26th July will go down as a day to remember on the East Ranga. 16 rods landed a staggering 223 salmon, the previous river record being 215. This is a simply incredible average of 14 salmon per rod for the DAY!

The East Ranga has had a staggering weeks fishing. Conditions have been excellent and with very strong runs of fresh fish, the result was a total of 503 fish landed to an average of 14 rods fishing the river. Equally interesting is the quality and health of the returning salmon. Clearly the feeding at sea has been excellent and the grilse and multi sea winter salmon are in excellent condition.

Iceland's borders have remained open to other EU and Schengen states throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, under the condition that passengers quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. From 15 June passengers can opt for a COVID-19 test upon arrival, as an alternative to quarantine. The cost of this is ISK 15,000 and unless arriving after 5pm passengers should receive the result the same day.

In these dark times, with the world in turmoil, please take a moment to enjoy this moment of light. A short video on the formidable Golden Dorado produced by friend and client Paul P. Please watch and subscribe for more great content from his travels around the world.

This week fishing was slow and conditions were unstable. The river rose, then it dropped, then it rose again and then finally it got dirty. This, unsurprisingly, made for tricky fishing. Sinking lines worked best, with small and medium sized flies. Green rubber legs were the best fly of the week. 52 fish were landed, 16 fish over 15 lbs, 3 fish over 20 lbs with an average weight of 9.5 lbs.

Win four complete fly fishing sets worth thousands, to equip you for any occasion. This bespoke collection has been lovingly crafted for British rivers, lakes and streams and as part of the prize you will join top fly fisherman Charles and Alex Jardine for a day's fishing, learning what your kit can do!

Week 9 at Estancia Maria Behety ended on a high. Fishing was tough but productive. Even with difficult river conditions we managed to catch 105 fish for the week. 19 over 15 lbs and 2 over 20 lbs. Top Rod was our very good friend Kevin B with 15 fish to the net. Irvin P landed the fish of the week: 23.5 lbs.

As week 8 comes to an end we reflect on a good week of fishing but it was not an easy week by any means. The water temperature dropped a few degrees from the week before and the wind blew up really hard for three of the days making casting very difficult. Despite tricky conditions we landed 85 fish with 14 of them over 15 lbs. John K was top rod with 19 fish to the net.