Fishing Articles

Bob Sherwood's fishing, shooting and riding articles appear regularly in the Financial Times Weekend Magazine.


See the Pursuits section in the FT Weekend every Saturday.

All articles are the copyright of the Financial Times and are reproduced here with kind permission.
The Tweeds less famous fish The Tweed's less famous fish
Night fishing in Wales Night fishing with the Welsh sea trout wizard
Dawn fishing with an MP A dawn session with angling's favourite MP
Sea Fishing with Bob Sherwood Searching for cod on a wild sea

Sea Fishing with Bob Sherwood
Searching for a London trout Searching for a London trout.

The clear, fast-flowing ribbon of water looks like the perfect trout stream – with just the odd plastic bag and discarded wine bottle.

Urban fishing with Bob Sherwood
Bright Silver Salmon and Wild Trout A day with the grande dame of English fly fishing.

Bright silver salmon and wild trout swim the river Lyd. But its a chilly day and the fish are lying low.

Fishing with Bob Sherwood
On the Spey with Charlie Whelan On the Spey with Gordon Brown's former spin doctor.

“I can remember all the salmon I’ve caught,” says
Charlie Whelan. “I remember the ones I’ve lost even better”

Gordon Brown’s former spin doctor takes Bob Sherwood fly-fishing
Teaching Sir Menzies Campbell to fish. Teaching Sir Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader.

Many sportsmen show a natural talent for fly casting. How about Sir Menzies Campbell?

Fly-fishing with Bob Sherwood
Hunting the grayling Hunting the ghostly grayling

“The water is clear and we can see grayling in the weeds. But they are still incredibly hard to catch”

Bob Sherwood chases the “lady of the stream”
the master fly dresser Paul Little, the master fly dresser

"It’s like an elaborate exercise in recreating the frustrations of fishing when the riverbank is out of bounds”

Bob Sherwood learns the fine art of fly tying
     

Shooting

 
a lesson from the pigeon master A lesson from the pigeon master

You can hear your heart beating as you scan the tree line. Crouching low, your shoulders and nerves tighten…

Shooting with Bob Sherwood
shooting flushed with success Shooting Flushed with success

Bob Sherwood stalks woods and bramble, gun at the ready
 
a lesson from the pigeon master Game shooting - Out for the duck.

Bob Sherwood waits patiently at dusk to bag his first mallard.
 
     

Equestrian
playing in a polocrosse tournament Polocrosse - Riding hard in Aussie-rules polo
learning polo Playing polo with the pros
 
playing in a polocrosse tournament Racing - In a sport based on gambling, David Pipe leaves as little as possible to chance

Bob Sherwood joins a thoroughbred trainer on the early morning gallops.
playing in a polocrosse tournament "it's become more of an equestrian sport. There is less emphasis on the hound work"

Bob Sherwood discovers the modern reality of hunting after the ban.