Enderby Salmon Art

When you pass through Enderby, British Columbia check out the metal art at the crossroads. Whilst it isn’t at the waters edge, it certainly represents a scene which so often can be seen at the stream or river side.  I stand and look at the eagle about to leave the nest and at the shoal [...]

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Shoreham Bridge

Situated near the mouth of the river Adur in West Sussex. The old bridge crossing the river was built in the 18th century and became a great addition to the history and colour of the area. Time and weather had taken its toll on the bridge and a Community Trust was set up in 2001.  [...]

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Bewl Water.

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. Bewl Water. Bewl Water has the distinction of being in "two" places. If you listen to the news from BBC  Kent, the newsreaders  claim Bewl belongs to them. I suppose the confusion arises because it has a post code which is for Lamberhurst, Kent. However, the reservoir [...]

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A Lake In West Sussex

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. A Lake In West Sussex. Whilst in England in April, I was invited to fish a small, day-ticket water in West Sussex. It was a pleasent experience to drive through the lanes of my youth and I was surprised at the lack of traffic. Perhaps it was [...]

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Bar Fishing For Chinook

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. Bar Fishing For Chinook. The mighty Fraser river in British Columbia is an extraordinary place to follow a style of fishing which the UK angler would see as beach fishing. You use a boat to get to most of the marks and those shingle bars, as a [...]

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An Ambitious Duck

Note And Photo From :- Kelowna Trout Angler. An Ambitious Duck. It was a reasonably early start and the weather was slightly overcast with a promise of rain. I’d set up the trolling gear and was calmly motoring along at about 2 mph. From out of nowhere a duck dropped onto the water. She was [...]

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Blue Anchor

Note And photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. Blue Anchor. We travelled  from Watchet, Devon, England  and came across this bay. A great place to play beach cricket or football. The sands seemed to stretch for miles. People were walking the beach, but the wind from the sea had a "bite". Posts in the foreground were [...]

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Clouds Forming

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. Clouds Forming. At last the snow has come to the valley. An optimistic 10 cm became more like 20 cm and the temperature fell through the floor to -26C! Now that’s enough to freeze a lot of " brass monkies " in the nether regions. Because the lake [...]

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1968

Note And Photo From:- KelownaTrout Angler. 1968 1968 was a great period in the lives of many. We had pop music and the world was changing. That’s a discussion for elsewhere, along with the price of petrol and how many gallons we could get for a pound. I went to Arundel Castle in West Sussex [...]

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The Ancient Mariner

Note And Photo From:- Kelowna Trout Angler. The Ancient Mariner. ( Samuel Taylor Coleridge ) Whilst on a trip to England I came across this rather forlorn figure on the harbour at Watchet. I know it’s only a statue but, somehow, it still conveys that message of care to natural things which we should all [...]

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