My first trip of the 2014 season looks as though it's about to start!

All being well I'm off to the Towy tomorrow for a few days. I know its early and I know there ain't much chance of catching anything but...........................! Its got to be done!

Our annual pilgrimage to the River Torridge ends fishless!

Rod and I have just returned from the Torridge very disappointed! The water was perfect, the weather was perfect and we cast our socks off for 4 whole days without so much as a pull or a knock! The Half Moon Inn have apparently only had 1 salmon so far this spring which is pretty unusual. I think we both still enjoyed the break despite not getting a fish however its very disappointing when you both work really hard for nothing! The HMI itself is sadly looking very tired but I guess that's the way many things have gone over the past few years. Needless to say most of the pictures I took are not of me! In fact Rod was developing a new casting technique so I have taken quite a few videos of him casting which might help him see how its coming along.

You will notice a picture of a certain creature which of course we love watching but I wonder if he had anything to do with our failure to catch?