In this latest podcast from the archives of Fly Fishing Tales John Howard visits Derbyshire in central England to hear about the tea drinking trout from local fisherman John Green.  They are on the River Dove made famous by the 17th century fisherman and writer Izaak Walton, author of the The Complete Angler ..read more

Brian Clarke was the fishing correspondent of The Times for 27 years and wrote two of the most influential books on fly fishing - The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout and the Trout and the Fly, which he wrote with John Goddard. He describes his most memorable catch for this edition of Fly Fishing Tales which he made on Draycote Reservoir with his favourite fly a Black Buzzer.   ..read more

Fly Fishing Tales 1 is a copy of the original audio cassette published in 1998. The first fly fishing 'Podcast'!  Featuring Peter Lapsley creator of the famous JR Hartley volumes, William Daniels on Blagdon Lake and Dave Steffe in the Henry’s Fork area of the Snake River in the US.   ..read more

In this edition of Fly Fishing Tales we are with David Profumo and a big fish caught on the River Shin. David is the fishing correspondent of the UK magazine Country Life. He is a writer of books on fishing, novels and many articles but would always prefer to have a rod rather than a pen in hand. He has fished all over the world, but its the wild waters of Scotland that always draw him back ..read more

The River Kennet is a classic chalk stream, famous for its trout fishing and at Hungerford the Commoners have had the right to fish for free for 800 years.  The waters are kept in fabulous condition by River Keeper Rob Starr. In the original Fly Fishing Tales audio cassette series John Howard sat down with Rob in one of the fishing huts and this is his take on life on the river and how to catch a Kennet Trout.   ..read more

In this special edition John Howard talks to Simon Cain, whose bio engineering company has helped to restore many of the UKs most important chalk streams. Based on an original recording published on audio cassette, this is a longer version, which also includes Simon chasing an elusive greyling with a Houghton Ruby and describing how he and his team have learnt to bring chalk streams back to life.  ..read more

The original Fly Fishing Tales as originally published on audio cassette. This is all about the art of Fly Fishing as featured in the tales of author PETER LAPSLEY on the River Torridge in Devon, DAVE STEFFE on the Snake River in Idaho in the US and fishing guide WILLIAM DANIEL on Blagdon Lake in Somerset with an introduction by John Howard ..read more