A life of travel in the field...
Los Roques, Venezuela, has always been one of my favourite places. I love the pancakes flats and the way one has a boatman to drop you one end and pick you up the other thus wasting no time; the variety of fishing for bones with baitfish patterns which slam the fly rather that the shrimp pick-up take; the ever-present, characterful …
Pluma Camp – Tsimane – Bolivia It was meant to be the dry season and, at this time of year, the dorado run these rivers, the Secure, Pluma and Itirizama following the run of sabalo, an algae eating silver, almost roach-looking fish, from 1 to 3 lbs in size on average. They run in big numbers and populate the shallows …
The immigration and customs documents were typical, tiny boxes in which to write especially for someone with my name, so much so it rendered them so tiny they seemed pointless. Arrival was very easy, not too many people, no queues, and through I went. The immigration documents are like the old US green documents for Brits and Australians where they …
My colleague, Richard Scrope, and I were very lucky to be invited to join the leaseholders of the Thvera/Kjara for the opening of the Thvera (read about prime time here) on 12th June and the Kjara opens on the 15th June (read about opening in 2013 here). I love how the Icelanders get so excited about the opening days – …
June 15-18: Fishing on the Moon Tungnaa Char and Trout Tarquin: We headed east from Thvera, through part of Reykjavik and back on the E6 towards Selfoss where we stocked up on snacks and Skyr (superb yoghurt – http://siggisdairy.com/faq/skyr) for the fishing days to come. Then inland to the highlands, through the lowland meadow Icelandic pony farms and then, with …
June 8 – 10: Nordura – one of Iceland’s best salmon rivers… Ben: As we drove home from Black Rocks we decided to complete the circle around the lake and took the west road, which took us past the ION Hotel and the scene of our great night at the river mouth but it also took us past the little …