Latest Writing

New Website to Celebrate 30 Years of Fennel's Priory
June 2026: To celebrate Fennel's Priory's 30th birthday, I've treated it to a new website. The old one had become a sprawling jungle of more than 350,000 words of blogs. I gave it a tidy prune and am happy that the new site retains the same philosophy and message. I hope you like it. Read more...
Runner-up in the Prestigious Peter Lapsley Literary Award
April 2026: My fishing article 'Livin' Wild, Fishin' Free', published in the Summer 2025 edition of The Flyfishers' Journal, has come runner-up in the annual Peter Lapsley literary award. Read more...
Wild Carp Research in 2025
December 2025: I have a conservation article published in Issue 4 of Wild Carp, the annual journal of The Wild Carp Trust. It summarises academic research conducted this year into the conservation of species wild carp. Read more...
True Wild Carp, Where to Find Them
December 2025: I have a conservation article about the global locations of species wild carp published in the new edition of Wild Carp. Read more...
A Case of Old Carp
December 2025: I have a conservation article published in the new edition of Wild Carp. It talks about the importance of cased fish as records of historic 'wild' carp phenotype (body shape) and DNA. Read more...
Going Feral - Carp Regression
December 2025: I have a conservation article about carp phenotype regression published in the new edition of Wild Carp. Read more...
The Maturation of Freshwater Lakes
December 2025: I have a conservation article published in the new edition of Wild Carp, about how lake eutrophication progressively favours fish like carp. Read more...
Livin' Wild, Fishin' Free
June 2025: I have a fishing article in the new edition of the Flyfishers' Journal - the journal of the prestigious Flyfishers' Club of London. It talks about the importance of connection - to fellow anglers and to the wild spirit of fishing that can be captured aplenty when fishing for wild trout high up in the Welsh mountains. Read more...
The Wild Carp of India
December 2024: I have a conservation research article published in the new edition of Wild Carp. It reveals how Amur species wild carp are being farmed in their millions in India. Read more...
Take the Bait?
December 2023: I have a fishing article published in the new edition of Wild Carp. Co-written with Dave Felce it presents the argument that wild fish should be fished for with insect imitation fly patterns rather than 'domesticating' them to eat anglers' bait. Read more...
Seven Years from Now
December 2023: I have an article in the new edition of Wild Carp. It presents a vision for The Wild Carp Trust charity as a bone fide conservation organisation. Read more...
The Chairman's Weekend
December 2022: I have an article in the launch edition of Wild Carp. It tells the story of my hosted fishing weekend where I guide and cook for lucky attendees. Read more...