Underneath the Arches

After success with the cyprinids and failure with the large chevins I was really after on the Avon, I felt I had to get out to somewhere guaranteed not to hold that very species that I had spent so much of my youth pursuing

The Mysterious Waters of Guys Cliffe House - River carp

The best fisherman I know try not to make the same mistakes over and over again; instead they strive to make new and interesting mistakes and to remember what they learned from them. John Gierach

The Warwickshire Avon just below the Saxon Mill is a lovely place to while away a summer afternoon. Below the mill the river runs into an outcrop of red sandstone and makes a sharp left turn at right angles to its intended direction

After Whatever Comes...

Everything that happened today, would be at the very least, the first for some considerable time. I had grown up in Essex, lived all my life in the county and Essex is a county of trickles