Have you seen the Mel Brookes film, The Producers? A hilarious black comedy where the main characters produced a play of such bad taste it had the audience wide eyed and opened mouthed at first and then in uproarious laughter. Well that was me watching this DVD. For the first 15 minutes I laughed and cringed in equal measure. As it went on, and Mike having likened spey casting to  ‘making love to a difficult women ’ (and in some detail) for the second time, I laughed less and cringed a little more. I was however looking forward to the cast the cover claimed he was famous for; The ‘Fanny Puller’.

A move that will allow the Black Rock Lave Net fisherman in the Severn Estuary to continue has been agreed between the fishermen and Environment Agency Wales, who own the fishery. This formal agreement was signed last week following detailed discussions.

The lave net fishermen of Black Rock, near Portskewett in Monmouthshire, have fished a particular stretch of the Severn for hundreds of years.

Norway, with its majestic pristine rivers, glorious mountains and mighty salmon was once the envy of the salmon fishing world. But now we look on, dazed and confused, as we witness what appears to be its inexorable decline. As a nation they are guardians of arguably the finest race of Atlantic salmon on Earth, yet the once legendary Vosso salmon, famed for their remarkable size and strength are now virtually a memory.

The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management (DN) has introduced new salmon netting regulations to take effect from 1 June and only for the 2008 season. They have delayed the start of netting from between two to four weeks. Too little-too late?

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It takes an average of 1,000 casts to catch one winter steelhead. Here's how to cut that down to 162 casts!

This article from South Oregon's Mail Tribune was passed along by Randy Kadish.

Orvis Fieldsports Ambassador, Barrie Welham, looks back at the 2006 Atlantic Salmon season to see what can be learned from his experiences.