Fly Fishing Tales with John Howard

The River Dove, Izaak Walton and the Tea Drinking Trout with John Green

In this latest podcast from the archives of Fly Fishing Tales John Howard visits Derbyshire in central England to hear about the tea drinking trout from local fisherman John Green. 
They are on the River Dove made famous by the 17th century fisherman and writer Izaak Walton, author of the The Complete Angler.

Brian Clarke

Brian Clarke was the fishing correspondent of The Times for 27 years and wrote two of the most influential books on fly fishing - The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout and the Trout and the Fly, which he wrote with John Goddard. He describes his most memorable catch for this edition of Fly Fishing Tales which he made on Draycote Reservoir with his favourite fly a Black Buzzer.
 

Fly Fishing Tales 1

This is the original Fly Fishing Tales published on audio cassette in 1998 (so the first Fly Fishing Podcast!) This episode contains stories by author Peter Lapsley recounting a catch on one of his favourite Devon trout streams, fishing guide William Daniels, takes to a boat on one of our most famous still water trout fisheries, Blagdon Lake in Somerset and in complete contrast Dave Steffe recounts a visit to the Henry's Ford area of the Snake River in the US.

David Profumo fishing for Salmon on the River Shin

In this edition of Fly Fishing Tales we are with David Profumo and a big fish caught on the River Shin. David is the fishing correspondent of the UK magazine Country Life.
He is a writer of books on fishing, novels and many articles but would always prefer to have a rod rather than a pen in hand. He has fished all over the world, but its the wild waters of Scotland that always draw him back.

Rob Starr, River Keeper on The River Kennet at Hungerford

The River Kennet is a classic chalk stream, famous for its trout fishing and at Hungerford the Commoners have had the right to fish for free for 800 years.  The waters are kept in fabulous condition by River Keeper Rob Starr. In the original Fly Fishing Tales audio cassette series John Howard sat down with Rob in one of the fishing huts and this is his take on life on the river and how to catch a Kennet Trout.
 

Simon Cain - River Doctor

In this special edition John Howard talks to Simon Cain, whose bio engineering company has helped to restore many of the UKs most important chalk streams. Based on an original recording published on audio cassette, this is a longer version, which also includes Simon chasing an elusive greyling with a Houghton Ruby and describing how he and his team have learnt to bring chalk streams back to life.