THE ULTIMATE ANGLING BUCKET LIST

took the record up to 968 pounds. The other key player in all of this was Downings charter skipper
Michael McVeigh who charts the rise and fall of tuna fishing for us here off the Donegal coast.
Podcast Interview 125: Mike Roden, Tenkara Fishing: Recorded in 2013. The ancient art of
Tenkara fishing was developed in Japan for purely practical reasons, and again for practical reasons, it
has recently been introduced to the UK where it is used to exploit running water wild trout and grayling
situations in a way that conventional fly fishing cannot hope to match. Here Tenkara Centre UK director
and game fishing instructor Mike Roden explains.
Podcast Interview 126: Keith Philbin, Fleetwood Charter Boat History: Recorded in 2013.
Fleetwood rose to prominence as the North Wests premier charter angling port during the 1970's, a
position it held until the mid 1980's, when through the recession years of the Thatcher government, and
costly fundamental changes to licensing rules, it suddenly nosed dived into decline to the point where
there were no boats at all. That number has now risen to two. Here Kieth Philbin who operated two of
the boats in Fleetwoods heyday talks about the rise fall of the ports fortunes.
Podcast Interview 127: Gerry Foote, Gerry's of Morecambe: Recorded in 2013. If you want to
know anything worth knowing about angling trends, or the recent evolution of fishing across each of
its disciplines, the best person to ask is one of the big players in the retail fishing tackle trade, and in
that regard, few are better placed than Gerry Foote, who for many years has owned and operated the
tackle shop, mail order and worldwide online tackle business Gerry's of Morecambe.
Podcast Interview 128: Andy Steel, England shore manager: Recorded in 2013. Ex-England shore
fishing team member, selector, and manager, plus current SAMF secretary, Andy Steele talks over a
range of topics regarding international shore fishing qualification, selection and duties.
Podcast Interview 129: Brian Crawford, Freshwater Eels: Recorded in 2013. As well as being a
big eel angler and author of two books on the subject of Eels and Eel fishing, Brian Crawford has also
held a number of posts within both the National Angilla Club and the European Eel Angling
Association, and is therefore very well placed to talk on all topics related to the subject.
Podcast Interview 130: Dr. Paul Gaskell, Trout In The Town: Recorded in 2013. Why should urban
and city centre streams and rivers be effluent channels or rubbish dumps, and why should potential fish
habitat be deprived of that main ingredient in the recipe, the fish themselves. Here Dr. Paul Gaskell
looks at an initiative he manages, aimed at bringing fish back to city centre locations through the Trout
In The Town Project
Podcast Interview 131: James Thorburn, Tope and Spurdog Study Project: Recorded in 2013.
After working as projects officer for the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network gathering in and
processing tag recapture data from Luce Bay, Loch Etive and the Firth of Lorne, James Thorburn was
offered the chance of turning the project into a full Ph.D. Here he talks about the project and its
preliminary findings at the end of a day tagging out in Luce Bay.
Podcast Interview 132: Alex Wilkie, Everything On Fly: Recorded in 2013. If it can possibly be
caught on the fly, Alex Wilkie will try for it, both in freshwater and at sea. Even fish which many think
are impossible on the technique, Wilkie will still try for them and has had more than his fair share of
success. Here he talks through those fly fishing ambitions and successes, with a full run down of the
tackle and tactics required.
Podcast Interview 133: Tony Lofthouse, Fishermans Friend: Recorded in 2013. Fishermans Friend
is a small medicinal lozenge produced in Fleetwood, originally to aid the fishing industry in the 1860's,
but more recently as a remedy of global marketing importance in a wide range of flavours and strengths.
Here MD Tony Lofthouse talks about the history of the company and its commercial fishing links.
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