I had forgotten just how much I love this river. Must be over fifteen years, maybe more, since I last fished here and I'm so happy to be back and away from the madness that is modern carp fishing. Not expecting too much this afternoon on my first visit back, more of an exploratory mission, and the water is carrying quite a bit of colour, but I'm just grateful to be here. I was chatting with a friend, trying to recollect when we first fished the river and I think it was probably the very late nineties, early noughties. I was formally introduced to it by another friend who had moved down there to work on a renovation project on a beautiful house right on the river

A few days recce on the amazing Guadiana in Portugal. So much interesting and untouched water to explore. There’s 260km’s of it in Portugal alone, so not even scratching the surface of this incredible river and its different barbel species.

Seems like September is a good month for mixing fishing and filming after all. In Norway shooting and directing for an interesting documentary, so thought it rude not to extend my stay to explore one of Norway's amazing rivers for a few days. I found myself on the Glomma in search of one of my favourite species, the grayling. The Glomma is just the most incredible river and there's something about this terrain that really resonates, probably stirring my inner Canadian. You can wade for miles as I did, with nothing but the occasional sound of moose for company, and the odd grayling, although only small ones for me this time. I can't wait to re visit this trul

Not often I get to mix work and play but back on the bank with my camera, filming for Joe Morgan's YouTube channel, Carp Angle. A fun three days, even if the weather wasn't great and I wasn't really able to wet a line myself, but a pleasure none the less with the hospitable Manor Carp fishery folk. A week's editing and hopefully, the programme will be something people will enjoy when it goes live.