I always forget how optimistic the sea makes you in March. You stand there in a fleece that isn’t quite warm enough, watching a perfectly calm bit of Mediterranean that looks like it was laid out by an estate agent, and you think: this is it. This is the session where everything works. No tangles. …
A Beginner’s Guide to Sea Fishing in Spain I’ll be honest. For years, I looked at the sea like it was a different sport altogether. Too big, too salty, too many unknowns. Give me a reservoir, a chair, a flask, and a set of alarms and I know where I stand. The sea, on the …
Lake looked fine at seven. Flat as a plate. I set two rods off the shallow spit opposite the pines. Method on one, simple inline on the other. 12ft 3.25s, 0.35 mono, fluoro links because this water is usually too clean for my liking. Washed-out yellow wafters, cage stuffed tight with crushed maize and pellet. …
Let me say this first: if your bait alarm costs less than your last takeaway, you’re fishing with a lie. You can’t trust a shrill little beep from a knock-off unit you bought off a bloke called Kiko behind a petrol station. I learned that the hard way. Middle of the night, two summers ago, …
I still dream about it sometimes. Not the fish, though that catfish bent my rod like it owed him money. No—I dream about the silence. That heavy, Spanish kind of silence that wraps around you like an old jumper soaked in olive oil and sun. Orellana. Embalse de Orellana, to give it the full church …
Fishing in Spain isn’t like throwing a line into some quiet little pond back home. You need the right gear. Doesn’t matter if you’re after bass, zander, carp, or catfish—if you don’t have the setup to match the fish, you’re wasting your time. I’ve learned this the hard way. Tried using my old setups when …
How to Get a Fishing License in Spain If you’re gonna fish in Spain, you need a license. No way around it. Doesn’t matter if you’re here for a week or moving in for good—you can’t just show up, cast a line, and hope for the best. Spain’s got rules, and if you ignore them, …
Fishing has been my thing for as long as I can remember. Some people pick up hobbies as they go—me? I never needed to. This was always it. I’ve spent years on lakes and rivers, figuring out what works, what doesn’t, and what you only learn from hours of sitting by the water, watching, waiting, …