Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society

Fighting for Bass and Bass Anglers’ since 1973

Flash Fisherman Sheds Light On Success

Flash Fisherman Sheds Light On Success We seemed to get quite a few southwesterlies in June that year (2003); maybe that accounts for the exceptional fishing I was experiencing. As the year wore on, things started slowing down, but I knew that October always has the possibility of a good fish. This was borne out […]

Flycasting Tackle

CHAPTER 4 – TECHNIQUES – FLY FISHING Flycasting Tackle Nick Cosford and I arrived at the starting point for saltwater fly fishing for several reasons. Both of us have long backgrounds in both river and reservoir trouting, which has given us the necessary knowledge and understanding of fly rods and the types and weights of […]

Right Place, Right Time

Right Place, Right Time by Donovan Kelley At the mouth of the Lynher estuary, near where it joins the Tamar, there is a small unfrequented quay, rarely used. It makes a pleasant picnic spot. It also produces, on its day, lots of flounders. One sunny afternoon, not long after the war, I was standing there […]

To Go, Or Not To Go?

To Go, Or Not To Go? It was one of those days when I was at home and bored and when a decision had to be made. “To go, or not to go”, that was undoubtedly the question. The forecast was for rain and if the truth be told, the heavens looked full of it. […]

Bass With A Fly Rod

CHAPTER 4 – TECHNIQUES – FLY FISHING Bass With A Fly Rod There is nothing new about saltwater fly fishing. Roman floor mosaics depict it, and long before that the Pharaohs used feather lures on the Nile. My friends and I pioneered this sporting technique on the North Wales coast in the 1960s and early […]