The purpose of guiding is not only to help people to catch fish but ultimately to better enable them to catch fish themselves through relating an understanding of exactly why the fish are caught in terms of technique and presentation for the circumstances. To teach and fine tune fishing techniques such as for instance Irish Lough style short line wet fly fishing for trout or salmon, or furrowing mini tubes, or pulsating Irish shrimp flies while retrieving line on a salmon river.

There is a long term learning curve involved in wild game fish angling, as there is in Fly-Casting and experience counts greatly. The greatest way to shorten the learning curve is to learn from the already experienced. Game Angling is also a country sport with an associated sporting tradition and etiquette.

For me the Atlantic salmon is the most perfect fish for the Game Angler. Atlantic salmon are heavily influenced by prevailing water and weather conditions and their physical surroundings. In Atlantic Salmon angling understanding the influence of water and weather conditions and other factors such as riverbed topography and currents on the fish, and on methods and techniques is often critical to success.

I am an all methods salmon angler.