As I sit down to write my blog I do so with a big smile on my face! Why I here you ask, its because isn’t it great to be able to reflect on a season so far that indicates our rivers across the country are doing pretty well right now without us necessarily getting too carried away with ourselves.

I guess you always need to put things as a fisherman into perspective and we all know that we have had a pretty tough couple of previous years so to see rivers doing well and anglers happy as a result in the improved catches being reported is perhaps to be expected. That Continue reading →

The FishPal group of sites are growing and expanding. The growth we are seeing and forecasting means that I’m looking for new people to come and join the team.

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Summer conditions have been the name of the game for the last month and as I write this post there is a change in the air. Could the long awaited rain finally be on its way?

It’s been a pretty busy four weeks which has seen me visiting customers across Scotland and meetings with new beat owners flying in to Edinburgh to meet FishPal.

Last week I meet up with Ross at the Dee Rivers Trust and beats on the river. The Dee is a river dear to many of us Continue reading →

As we go to press on this month’s Tweed newsletter we have had a week of just over 200 salmon caught, and a quieter week last week not least as a result of some really hot weather with 72 fish caught up to 20lbs

The successful anglers catching these absolute bars of silver will say that the hard work and the constantly changing tactics and times of day that they choose to fish was all worth it and who could argue with that. Continue reading →

The clocks are now forward and we are officially into spring fishing with catches across the country continuing to tick away! It’s always good to see lighter nights kicking in along with anglers catching some fantastic fish.

Of the big four rivers in Scotland, it is great to see the Dee producing some fine fish and hear stories from anglers who have continued to Continue reading →

At a time when there can be so many negative factors affecting our wonderful sport I sit down to write my latest blog as a very, very proud CEO. Why you might ask, let me explain. FishPal as a company has grown massively over the last decade with more rivers, beats, information and advice available now than at any point before. Our audience is at a record Continue reading →

Hard to believe we are now into March! The Tweed season is well and truly under way and with the milder weather right now its good to see more anglers making their way to the River Tweed. I for one have enjoyed wetting my fly on West Learmouth beat last week. The river was clearing and dropping and expectations remained high all day.

At this time of the year there is some good value fishing available on beats on Tweed that in the height of the Continue reading →

Happy New Year to you all!  I hope you have had a great break over Christmas and New Year and that Santa was kind enough to add something useful to your tackle stocks!

I was looking back at all my blogs in 2015 and it struck me that once again we had a Continue reading →

As I sit down to write my blog I look back at my last words of wisdom which was headed up “just add rain”! Hard to believe we have nearly gone a month and still waiting for rain on those rivers still open.

Much has happened during the last month Continue reading →

It has been a busy month for everyone at FishPal. For me personally I’ve been out of the office visiting clients, hosting meetings and promoted FishPal at shows and events within the UK. Thankfully on my travels I have had the opportunity to cast a line – all Continue reading →