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”
This week Ceri chats with talented and inovating Irish fly tyer, Neil Darling. He is Pro Tyer and ambassador for Ahrex Hooks and Vicuna Dubbing. As well as chatting about his fly tying background and notably his creative scud patterns, he tells us about his passion for encouraging children into fishing. He also talks about his love of fishing Scotland, bling spiders and sea trout fishing in the sea.
This week Ceri chats with Welsh Sea Trout specialist Alun Rees. Alun returns to give some guidance, hints and tips for newcomers to sea trout fishing at night. He talks of the rivers of South and West Wales, tackle, methods, flies and the changing tactics throughout the season.
This week Ceri chats with Flyfishing & Flytying magazine editor, Mark Bowler. Originally from Rutland but now lives north of the border in Scotland near the River Tay. He talks about his passion for float tubing, especially on Loch Tay and tells us the story of one unexpected fish he caught while out on his tube, while on a feature shoot, some catch! He also chats about his flyfishing travels and his hosted bonefish trips.
This week Ceri chats with Loughstyle Welsh International Marco Orsi. He has fished at the highest level gaining 10 caps and has also been captain. He also has a passion for rivers, predominantly at his home river, The Usk, and tells us of the story of his magnificent 38lb salmon catch. He also goes on to talk about his love for Talybont, Lough Corrib, Harray and his days playing rugby for Pontypridd and his Italian Heritage.
This week Ceri chats with professional fly tyer John Ferguson. He especially has a love for tying traditional wet flies and likes nothing more than to fish for wild brownies around his home in East Ayrshire. He comes from a flyfishing family so it comes as no surprise where he gets his passion from. He also talks about his recently launched body dubbing material, Bug Fluff, plus a few laughs along the way.
This week Ceri chats with Sue Shaw. She has represented her country at International level many times, gaining 14 England Ladies Fly fishing caps. As well as being captain she has also been International President on two occations. She also talked about her part in 'Casting for Recovery' a fly fishing charity which helped ladies recover from breast cancer. A real joy chatting with some hillarious stories, sure to put a smile on your face.
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 Mark Roberts. He talks of the entomology and insects which the trout feed on in rivers. He runs through the categories, life cycles, which months hatches occur, identifly rise forms as well as how to catch with immitative patterns. Knowledge and experiences over the years from fishing his local River Usk.
This week’s bonus episode Ceri gives advice, hints and tips on early season bank tactics. How to tackle large reservoirs and methods he will be fishing to catch overwintered rainbows and browns as well as fresh fish. He also talks of the different stages and ways of catching buzzer feeding fish as the weeks get warmer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
