Casting with Ceri Jones

This week I had the pleasure of chatting with angling writer and watercolour artist Charles Jardine. He has now moved back to Wales and is keen to get to fish new waters as well as rivers he fished as a boy. We chat about his recent award with the American Fly fishing Hall of fame, a new personal goal he has of getting into oil painting and his continued passion and work for Fishing for Schools.

This week Ceri chats with Ladies International Gold Medalist Samantha Funning. She has represented Wales on many occasions but nowadays prefers to fish her local River Neath for Sea Trout. She talks of some funny experiences on the river and fishing on the competition scene, plus how fishing helped her through a difficult time.

I have been asked a few times lately for more ferox content so thought time for another Lough Corrib ferox episode. I give some tips on when to fish for them at evening time and what to expect and a few stories to whet your appetite for the coming season.

This episode is best listened to using headphones to get the full audio effect.

This Christmas Special episode has excerpts from all of Ceri’s guests which have appeared on his podcasts during the last 12 months. A great listen with chats from leading names in fly-fishing with tactics and funny stories. Enjoy!

This Christmas Special episode has excerpts from all of Ceri’s guests which have appeared on his podcasts during the last 12 months. A great listen with chats from leading names in fly-fishing with tactics and funny stories. Enjoy!

This week I travel up to the Midlands once again to chat with English International Craig Barr. He talks about his Fly business, Flash Attack which he has been running for over 20 years. He also tells us how his season has been this year, best methods which have brought him success at his local lake, Rutland Water. Plus tells of his goals for next year as a coach for the English Youth team.

This week's episode I travel up to Clywedog to chat with two of the most consistent and in form competition anglers in recent seasons Russ Owen and Gareth Dixon. Even though the season has ended and doors closed for anglers at Clywedog I meet up with them at the lakeside lodge to record this episode. We talk about the past season at this premier venue and what to expect next season. We also chat about their competition success this year including winning the Airflo Open and Scierra Pairs.

Enjoy!

This weeks episode I chat once again with Sean Thomas, one of the most talented fly tyers in the country. I join him on the river Rhymney in South Wales. We chat about our day together and although fishing all day with leaky waders he manages to catch a specimen grayling. He also touches on his fly tying and of his invitation to tie at the BFFI show next year.

This week I travel down to Hampshire to chat with Peter Cockwill at his home at Dever Springs. He has been an angling journalist for over 30 years and has many notable achievements to his name including catching the first UK 20lb rainbow trout, a 70lb King Salmon on a fly plus a 5lb Arctic Grayling caught in Alaska. He also talks of his new book ‘Fly fishing trout in the small waters’.

This weeks episode I chat about the highlights from my 2022 season. New waters and PBs. I chat about catching wild commons on the fly down in Cornwall, the best mayfly fishing I've experiened in Ireland, Corrib Ferox, Big Rutland Perch and my PB Llyn Fawr Rainbow plus more stories.