My Life In Salmon Fishing. A lesson for all. Those wishing to skip the back story, head to paragraph four! The older I get, the more I...

Salmon is a species, because of its time spent in the Ocean and danger from many predators [Including Man], rely on safety in numbers....

The true value of being close to running water, breathing fresh unpolluted air, is being somewhat forgotten in the urban controlled and...

Man’s influence on fish stocks. The use of modern technology when fishing has a significant impact on many species, strangely enough,...

Another summer season ends and I’m now on the way back to Scotland from the land of fire and ice. For me, and most of my guests, 2023...

1st of September 1987 A date that always sticks in my “fishing” mind, as this was the day Sandy Milne, head Ghillie for many years at...

The business of Salmon FIshing in Scotland could and should be an amazing asset to the Scottish economy. However, in 21st century...

Stocking With Smolts Stocking salmon rivers with late parr and smolts can have several benefits and a few “potential” drawbacks. In...

Just over a week ago I prepared for an adrenaline-pumping journey to the legendary Alta river in Norway, a river where monstrous Atlantic...

Saltwater Fly-Fishing Mexico Fisherman’s Lodge Ascension Bay 23 Having spent the best part of 30 years listening to people talking about...

The River Deveron 1st – 6th May 2023 Having spent every spring of the past 30 years on the river Spey, this year, I decided to change my...

It was nice to be back on the river with clients again this week and I have to say, as always, after a long winter, it’s great to be...

Of all the innovations linked to fly fishing over the past 20 years, changes in fly lines and fly line design has brought the biggest...

I am delighted to have acquired some genuinely nice fishing on 2 of the Castle Grant beats in 2023. I have been trying to access those...

Having been present at many River Spey opening days over the years, 2023 was the year I had the privilege of opening the river myself....

I was thinking about some stories, I could tell at the opening of the river on Saturday and Sandy Milne's Mrs Alston Story sprung to...

For me, the river Spey in the month of June offers the best fishing and is just the nicest time of year to be on the river. Spring is...

Having just finished the new range of Cadence I went to put the prototype lines into the box and found the boxes were full. Full of lines...

After a Life-times Work in the Salmon Fishing business, lots of travel and the most amazing fun life working in the fly-fishing business,...

The past 15 years has seen me hunting those bigger fish in Scotland, Norway, Canada, Russia and Iceland and I have come to the following...