Ceri Jones is a passionate fly-fisherman, professional photographer and holder of the Lough Corrib Ferox Trout Record [23lb 12oz].
The Casting with Ceri Jones podcast is the story of Ceri’s career, the days, weeks and years spent casting from boats and riverbanks. Tales of the catches, the tackle, the lakes, the rivers, the ones that were landed and the ones that got away.
Interviews on location and in the studio, with fellow fishermen, gillies, boatmen, friends, champions and fisheries managers. There will be tackle reviews, venue guides and even the winding yarn of the Big Corrib Catch.
So pull up a chair, settle back, relax and enjoy an uninterrupted hour of fishing talk. Because as Ceri always says “The next best thing to being out fishing … is talking about it”
All tagged wild fishing
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 week I chat with Irish Bank Team Manager, Campbell Baird. Last month Ireland took gold in this years home international at Garnffrwd, Wales. Campbell tells us of the methods, tactics and flies which brought Ireland success. He has over 40 years experience as a competition angler at National and International level and he also runs Woodford Fly Fishery, Carrickfergus..
This week I chat with Yorkshire angler, Melvyn Wood. A talented fly tyer with a passion for traditional wet flies and enjoys nothing more than drifting on a lough or lake fishing for wild browns. He chats about his trips to Orkney and Ireland including, Corrib, Arrow, the lakes of Donegal and Currane plus his local water Malham Tarn where he tells us the story of a magnificent brown he caught over 9lb earlier this year.
This week Ceri chats with Cumbria flyfisher, Paul Procter. Paul has a passion for wild brown trout which has taken him around the world in search of his quarry. In this episode he talks of his regular trips to New Zealand and Iceland, which includes some funny stories. As well as being an angling journalist for over 20 years, professional guide and rod designer with Mackenzie Fly Fishing, he is also vice president of the Wild Trout Trust and Salmon and Trout Conservation.
This week Ceri chats with Galway angler Mark Regan. He has fished the Corrib since a small boy, and has a wealth of knowledge and experience, which he shares. He talks of his passion for Lough Corrib, early season fishing and duckfly holes as well as summer caenis. A great listen to wet your appetite for the coming season.
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.
