CHAPTER 7 – THE SOCIETY The BASS Restoration Project The pressures on commercially fished-for stocks around the globe have increased year on year, and we anglers have been able to do little more than read about it. While the fishing industry has geared itself up with larger
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CHAPTER 7 – THE SOCIETY Thirty Years Of The Society “The aims of this Society shall be to develop and improve the interest and techniques of angling for bass and to encourage conservation and research of the species throughout the British Isles.” When I learnt of the
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CHAPTER 7 – THE SOCIETY The Society was formed in 1973 after a meeting of bass anglers concerned about declining bass stocks. Membership has steadily grown and now stands at around 500, with members coming mainly from the United Kingdom, but also from Ireland, the Channel Islands,
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A Met. Office Blunder – And What Followed by Donovan Kelley It looked like another lost week-end. After a week of calm, Saturday brought a stiff south-west wind, and surf to match: the beaches were unfishable. It was bad luck for the two Menai Bridge students. They had
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CHAPTER 6 – LESSONS LEARNT Footloose With A Fly Rod Earlier in this book is an article by Mike Oliver on flycasting tackle, with an account of how Mike and I developed a fly rod for saltwater bassing. The following is the first trial of the new
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