I first met Alan in Canada, on the shores of Hottah Lake. We were fishing for Lake Trout and he was to be our guide. Nearly ten years later we’re still firm friends, sharing our passion for all things piscatorial. Alan is now the presenter of Fish Talk TV , an online, one-hour angling chat show, …
Born in Billericay, Jeff Hatt is an Essex boy and gifted magpie. Early tackle was secured through the generosity of relatives: Aunty Sandra’s Green Shield Stamps got his first rod, from Uncle Paul, a southpaw ‘300.’ Aunty Thelma provided more, and her husband Ron, likewise. Elder cousin Alan gave a season ticket to South Weald …
In the summer of 1980, aged ten, Nick Fallowfield-Cooper was given some fishing tackle. He took the rod, reel and plastic box that contained various floats, weights and hooks to the local Sussex Ouse and started to unravel the mysteries of angling. In the early 1990s, Nick moved to London (where he still lives today) …
Peter Scott is not a fisherman, though he wishes he could be, and sometimes thinks he might be. He is publisher of Apollo, the international art magazine, and a founding editor of online quarterly The Junket. He has written about things that have nothing to do with fishing for The Daily Telegraph and Literary Review …
Niall Fallon was a newspaper journalist and the deputy editor of the Irish Times in the 1980s. With a passion for fly fishing, he lived in Co. Meath, Ireland, surrounded by boggy fields and limestone rivers, and spent most of his free time chasing the illusive trout of the rivers Deel, Boyne and Suir. He …
Rob Forth is a professional poker player. Born in London, he nevertheless grew up near the Welsh border, and lived for a stretch in South Africa. When not playing poker he likes to check for the early onset of Alzheimer’s by participating in pub quizzes. When the sun shines he can be found cycling in …
Theo Pike is a freelance environmental, fishing and marketing writer. He’s also Chair of Trustees of the Wandle Trust, and founding editor of Urbantrout.net, a website and eco-brand dedicated to the urban fly fishing and river restoration movements. His first book, Trout in Dirty Places, was published in 2012, and his new Pocket Guide to …
Jon Day teaches English at King’s College London. He writes for the London Review of Books, n+1, The New Statesman, the Times Literary Supplement and Apollo magazine, and is a regular book reviewer for the Telegraph and the Financial Times. He is a contributing editor at The Junket. There is a river at the end …
Depending on the weather, Kevin Parr is an Idler, fisherman, writer, amateur naturalist and fungi forager—though by his own admission he excels in no particular field. He is the author of Rivers Run, The Idle Angler and black comedy The Twitch. Longtime angling correspondent to The Idler magazine and contributor to CountryFile and Caught by the …
Tom Fort began fishing on the Lodden in Berkshire at the age of eight, pursuing ruffe and small perch. He became a journalist on leaving university, first working on local newspapers and later for the BBC. He wrote a fishing column for the Financial Times for 12 years, and has contributed to magazines including Waterlog …
Dominic Garnett is a fishing author and guide with a taste for the unconventional. As a result, he survives mostly on berries, tinned food and super strength lager in a cave somewhere in Devon. His books include Crooked Lines, Tangle with Pike, Flyfishing for Coarse Fish and Canal Fishing: A Practical Guide. For more of his …
Chris Yates is a photographer, tea connoisseur, nature lover and prolific writer, having published hundreds of articles and at least 13 books. He is the former British carp record holder with the capture of a 51lb specimen carp from the famous Redmire pool. He lives in a cottage in deepest Wiltshire where he indulges his …
