All tagged Ceri Jones Fly-fisherman

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 33 Cliff Harvey

This week Ceri chats with past Welsh International, Cliff Harvey. He has a passion for Loughstyle traditional wet fly fishing and for the wild brownies of Elan Valley and Claerwen. He has retired from his Tackle Shop Business and is now nearing his 80th birthday. He tells us stories of when he started to fish around his home in the South Wales Valleys. Today he is now President of the Welsh Salmon & Trout Association.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 32 Jimmy Tyrrell

This week Ceri chats with Professional Fly Tyer, Jimmy Tyrrell. He talks about his passion for fly tying and how it all started and became his full time profession for over 30 years. He also talks about his love for the rivers around his home in County Laois, Ireland. He is a guide and angling writer and gives instruction on flyfishing as well as running tying classes.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 31 Alan Parfitt

This week Ceri chats with Alan Parfitt. He talks about his passion for wild trout in the remote wild mountain lakes of Wales. He often walks for hours to get to his locations and has caught in over 50 waters hidden up in the hills from the South Wales valleys to the dramatic mountain ranges of Snowdonia. He also talks about his love of flyfishing for seatrout on the beaches of Hoy at Orkney, Scotland.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 30 John Buckley

This week Ceri chats with John Buckley, from Killarney, Ireland. John has fished the lakes and rivers around his home since a small boy. He talks of Lough Leane and Upper Lake while fishing for trout and salmon, plus the sea trout of Lough Currane. He has fly-fished competitively all over the world but he tells of his love and passion of fishing in County Kerry.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 29 John Horsey

This week Ceri chats with John Horsey. John is the highest English International fly-fishing capped angler in both Rivers and Loughstyle. He is a full time guide and instructor at Chew Valley Lake for both Trout and Pike. He talks about his competition successes and passion for big pike and also his fears and uncertain future of Bristol Reservoirs.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 27 Dean Kibble (New Zealand)

This weeks guest has been one of the countries most successful competition anglers, both in rivers and lough style. Has been top Lexus Individual as well as representing Wales at International level gaining no fewer than 19 caps. In 2016 he gave up his UK competition scene and moved to New Zealand to start a new life with his wife Lisa, who is also a Welsh fly-fishing international. Ceri calls him at his South Island home where Dean tells us about his new experiences and what New Zealand has to offer.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 25 Illtyd Griffiths

This episode Ceri chats with Illtyd Griffiths, one of the biggest names in the sea trout fishing world. He chats about his love for his local River Dyfi, plus his overseas trips to Kola and Argentina which he has fly-fished for the last 20 years. He is a mine of information and shares some of his knowledge including sea trout behavior and tactics as well as stories of some impressive catches from over the years.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 24 Stephen Gale (Stormy)

This episode Ceri chats with Stephen Gale, he talks about his involvement and love for Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir, the oldest running fly-fishing venue in the country. Steve is also a great story teller and he tells some funny stories and events while fishing with Ceri over the years. Rutland, Hanningfield, Llandegfedd and Ireland to name a few. If you are looking for a laugh, some of these stories will deffnitely put a smile on your face.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 23 Jamie Miller, Garnffrwd

This episode Ceri chats with Jamie Miller, of Garnffrwd, one of the countries most successful and oldest Trout Fisheries. He tells us how it all started and come about, what goes on behind the scenes to also rearing of the trout at the onsite fish farm. He is also manager of the Welsh International Bank Fly-fishing team.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 21 Gwilym Hughes

This week Ceri chats with Gwilym Hughes, who has achieved so much in his long fishing career. Top rod champion in both lough style and rivers Internationals, captained his country, produced a collection of fly fishing videos as well as an angling writer. He also played a big part in setting up the police fly-fishing association.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 20 Andy Taylor

This week Ceri chats with Andy Taylor, editor of the UK’s leading Trout Fishing magazine ‘Today’s Flyfisher’. He has represented England at both the International Loughstyle and Bank fly-fishing teams.. He talks about growing up and fishing at his parents fishery in Cheshire and also working for the Angling trust promoting competition fishing in England.