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Fairnilee, Tweed 2nd November 2024
Water 7″ and still very warm for the time of year, so I think oxygen content must be low and hence a reluctance to take. Certainly no shortage of fish this week. Not even a tug for any of the Fairnilee rods that I knew of before I left at 2.30 for the long drive […]
Fairnilee, Tweed November 1st 2024
Water down to 8ins, gin clear and very mild. Learned at the hut this morning that 2 of our fishers caught fish of 11 and 25lbs last night as it was getting dark on full floating lines and tiny flies – for heavens sake, in November! Anyway well done to them. Needless to say I […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 31st October 2024
Happy Halloween! Water ebbing away, 10″ on the Peebles gauge. Nasty downstream wind and bright sun, none of which assisted our cause. Disappointment also to see that Sunderland Hall have cut down all the trees opposite Arras’s Putt so no shade now. And, Wattie’s famous “third Poplar” tree is no longer! The Sunderland Hall rods […]
Dalmarnock, Tay 3rd September 2024
Dalmarnock Tay 3rd September 24 River at 3ft 6ins after a 4ft rise overnight resulting from torrential rain during my journey north, and slightly coloured. A day with Colin on Dalmarnock whilst on my way north to the Shin. 2 fish – A 7lb Hen from the Bridge pool in the morning and a 9lb […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 6th April 2024
Top Water – A washout. Water rose over a foot at night under torrential rain and was chocolate brown by the time we arrived. So all went home early. A sad end to the week, with just three fish off the lower water and all taken on the harl. An identical result to last year. […]
Murthly Castle, Tay 5th April2024
Lower Water: River 2ft all day. Heavy snow which settled then turned to rain later in the morning driven by our usual east wind – Joy. Nothing seen all morning then at about 3pm Cecil D got a fresh fish of 8lbs in the boat on a Kynoch. I saw another in the tail of […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 2nd November 2024
Water 7″ and still very warm for the time of year, so I think oxygen content must be low and hence a reluctance to take. Certainly no shortage of fish this week. Not even a tug for any of the Fairnilee rods that I knew of before I left at 2.30 for the long drive […]
Fairnilee, Tweed November 1st 2024
Water down to 8ins, gin clear and very mild. Learned at the hut this morning that 2 of our fishers caught fish of 11 and 25lbs last night as it was getting dark on full floating lines and tiny flies – for heavens sake, in November! Anyway well done to them. Needless to say I […]
Fairnilee, Tweed 31st October 2024
Happy Halloween! Water ebbing away, 10″ on the Peebles gauge. Nasty downstream wind and bright sun, none of which assisted our cause. Disappointment also to see that Sunderland Hall have cut down all the trees opposite Arras’s Putt so no shade now. And, Wattie’s famous “third Poplar” tree is no longer! The Sunderland Hall rods […]
Office & Shop Closed 4th – 18th July.
Please note that the office and on-line shop will be closed from 4th to 18th July 2024 inclusive, as I will be on annual leave. Apologies for an inconvenience caused. All orders received during this period will be dispatched on 19th July. Tight Lines! Michael
Business opportunity.
I can hardly believe I am writing this but yes, I am now looking towards retirement after 33 years in the business of teaching people to cast and designing and selling my own unique brand of ArrowHead fishing tackle. If anyone is interested, I am now looking for someone or a Company to take my […]
Office and shop closed from 13th – 19th May 2024
Please note my office will be closed from 13th – 19th May so any on-line orders will not go out until May 20th. For other enquiries please leave me a message on 01342 850765 or email michael@michaelevans.co.uk
2022 Season looks good to go!
After one of the mildest (so far) winters on record and the lifting of most Covid restrictions, 2022 is shaping up to be, thankfully, something more normal. TROUT LAKES: Here at the farm, the mild winter has given me the chance to build a new teaching platform, do a full winter weed cut and clear […]
Iceland East Ranga 4th – 8th July 2021
A CAST AT LAST!!! 2 years from my last overseas salmon fishing trip which was East Ranga 2019, packing the gear seemed almost surreal. Jumping the various Covid Grand National fences nearly had one faller before we got off the ground. Android phones don’t like Luton Airport. Nor do I for that matter but with […]
Christopher Robinson
It is with great sadness that I learned yesterday of the death of Christopher Robinson. He had apparently been being treated for Cancer for the past few months. Christopher was the founding partner of Roxton Bailey Robinson, now Roxtons, with whom I have taken fly fishers all over the world for over 26 years. I […]
