Autumn fishing on Tweedside draws visiting anglers from all over the world to cast a fly for its famous run of big back-end fish. This is the time of year when the river is quite literally stuffed full of migratory fish heading for the upper reaches of the river...
North East Fishing Show
Great to see anglers at the North East Fishing show held over the weekend at Sunderland. Visiting anglers enjoyed fly fishing demonstrations from Northumbria Water Fishery Manager Don Coe with a team of fishing instructors on hand to give individual casting tuition to...
Junction and Sprouston Beats. River Tweed
Days and weeks rarely become available on the following River Tweed beats. The Junction and Hempseedford beat extends to some 1.5 miles of superb double bank fishing. During the month of June rods are available for anglers wishing to fish one of the prolific beats on...
BBC Countryfile visits the River Itchen
The Itchen is regarded as one of the finest English chalk streams and anglers from all over the world are attracted to the river for the quality of its fly fishing. Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison from Countryfile visited the Hampshire region. Matt Baker casts off at...
Fishing at Balmoral in May & July
Balmoral is a three rod beat on a magnificent stretch of the River Dee on Balmoral Estates. The beat is fished from the right bank from April until July each year, unless required by members of the Royal Family. Availability has now been released for May There are 30...
Share a rod with a friend on the River Tyne
Today we have some availability on the River Tyne for rod sharing. If your like me this is appealing and can make a days fishing affordable. Enjoying the company of your fellow angler and the mornings fishing tales and knowledge shared during a pub lunch or picnic is...
Affordable fishing for the family on the River Bann, Ireland
The beautiful River Bann provides the perfect experience for every angler. It rises in the Mourne mountains and flows into and then out of Lough Neagh - the largest freshwater lake in the Europe. There are four major tributaries, all of which are ideal game fish...
Affordable Irish fishing for everyone from £7.00
FishPal are delighted to announce the latest Irish availability from April through till October with fishing starting as little as £7.00 a day for salmon and sea trout fishing. Whilst Ireland may at first appear as a small country, the sheer number of rivers both...
River Tweed and Floors Castle
The BBC were back on the Tweed this week with Rosemary Shrager and Tim Wonnacott visiting Floors Castle on the River Tweed in Scotland, where Queen Victoria stayed for three days in 1867. Tim Wonnacott enjoys a casting lesson from Spey Casting World Champion and rod...
BBC Country Tracks River Tweed
Anglers who missed the BBC programme Country Tracks with Joe Crowley and FishPal consultant Eoin Fairgreave. Can enjoy the programme again by clicking here Joe Crowley goes on a journey along the River Tweed, following the path of the returning salmon. Joe starts just...
River Tweed salmon rod catches reach record level
Salmon rod catches on a Scottish Borders river last year were the highest since records began in 1947. The River Tweed Commission (RTC) said the figure of 23,219 for the waters in 2010 was "unprecedented". The record year came despite a poor spring season on the...
The River Spey, home of speycasting
There is something really special about the first spring fish of the year, after the long absence of catches during the winter, the line tightens and the heart races. Spring salmon have a special beauty that other fish just cannot match. The early fish are not usually...
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