Casting with Ceri Jones

This weeks episode I meet up Mike Bunn at a bar in Sligo. Mike has been a professional photographer for 60 years. He lives on the shores of Lough Arrow, County Sligo. He talks of the early days on Lough Sheelin and Arrow going back to the 70s, and of his love for dry fly fishing with some fascinating stories.... a great listen. Enjoy!

This week I chat with Phillippa Hake. Based in Halifax, West Yorkshire she talks about her local River Calder which is only a short walk from her home and also her love for grayling and a recent trip to Bosnia. Her tying skills have not gone unnoticed as she now works full time for Semperfli running the social media side of the business.

This week I meet up with another patron to the channel, Andy Barton. We spend a morning together on the lough and had great success, then recorded this chat at his house beside the lake. He tells us how his love for the Corrib started from a very young age on family holidays. A very modest angler and top guy!

This week's guest I chat with Colin Dodd who lives on the shores of Lough Arrow, County Sligo. He recently invited me to join him for the day. He didn’t need to ask twice and as I was over in Ireland I headed up to Sligo last week to join him. He has fished Arrow all his life and so did his father before him and also the family run a boat hire business for visiting anglers. He talks of Arrow's hat...

This week’s episode I chat with passionate competition angler, Denis Goulding. He is currently coach or the Irish Youth Team which recently had gold at the International at Llyn Clywedog. He talks about how the team won and tactics which brought them success. He goes on to tell us of his Brown Bowl achievement at the Senior International at Lough Melvin last year, plus his love for Lough Conn and...

This week’s episode I chat with one of Ireland’s most successful Ladies International anglers, Linda Straghan. She has 11 caps and 2 Brown Bowls to her name. She tells us how she started fishing and gives advice to women wanting to get into the sport and her top flies which has brought her so much success on the competition scene. She also goes on to say how fly-fishing has helped her through canc...

This week I head to Garnffrwd Fishery, Carmarthenshire and chat with owner Jamie Miller. I chat with him at the lodge veranda at the lakeside to shelter from the rain. He tells us how the season has been, his retirement from being Manager of the Welsh Bank Team,, C&R and his expectations for the coming months, plus his new addition for anglers wanting to stay over, the bell tent.

This week's episode I travel to West Wales to meet Cyril Fox. Cyril recently retired from being the Ghillie at Abercothi Estate. I have had numerous requests to get him on my podcast, so this week I joined him at the fishing lodge where, even though he's retired he still visits every day. He tells how it all started for him and stories while he has been working at this famous Welsh sea trout venue...

In this week's episode I meet up once more with Tony Davies. He was one of my first guests back on episode 3, so decided to head back down to Pembrokeshire to chat with him on the bank of his local water. We talk all things trout from wild brownies to sewin and lakes from Bugeilyn to Talyllyn.

The podcast is now 3 years old and to celebrate this episode I have put together just a small selection of some of the most popular and my favourite funny stories. With over 140 episodes and 125 guests its been quite a time and loved every minute of it and made a lot of new friends. I want to thank all my guests, listeners and especially to my Patrons for your support in keeping it going.

This week’s episode join Ceri as he fishes Talybont reservoir into the dark. Brown trout, ghosts and beasts. To get full audio effect listen with headphones. ASMR.

This week’s episode I chat once more with Welsh Rivers International, Terry Bromwell. He has had great success on the competition circuit over the years and last week gained another gold medal with Wales winning the Rivers Home International on the Afon Ebbw. I talk to him about the event and tactics which brought them gold. His recent achievements have not gone unnoticed and is now sponsored by T...

This week’s episode I chat with one of Ireland’s most talented fly tyers and dyers. He has been guest of mine on the podcast previously, this episode he tells us how is season has been including some fantastic fish on the spent plus his guiding on the loughs around his home. I chat with him about Lough Arrow in County Sligo and talks of what to expect in the next few months from this special water...

This week’s guest I chat with Anglian Water Ranger at Rutland, Nigel Savage. He has caught both big rainbows and browns mostly by fishing his preferred and most successful method of fishing the floating fry and other roach and perch imitations. He also talks of what to expect the next few weeks including the pin fry and gives his choice of flies to bring success.

This week’s episode Ceri travels down to North Devon to meet Lewis Hendrie. They fish an evening for the bass only walking distance from Lewis’s home. He has been in the competition scene for many years since he was a teenager. He is now taking time out and enjoying his pleasure fishing again. He chats about his bass fishing and his recent pb brown trout, nearly 6lb from a South Wales river while...

In this week’s podcast I talk of my recent trip to Lough Corrib, a very special place for me. Even though the fishing was tough at times, she was again kind to me taking good trout to dry mayflies most days and a magnificent 14lb Ferox.

This week’s episode I chat with Lough Corrib expert Ted Wherry. I meet up with him for a few hours as he takes me out on his boat. The fishing was tough with only a few Mayfly coming off but managed to get a few fish. We fish around Ballynanty Bay and surrounding islands and talks of the drifts, the ECA and some funny stories thrown in.

This week’s episode I chat with the leading expert on catching carp on the fly. I’ve chatted with him before on my podcast, episode 9 and he also appears in the issue of the Flyfishing Journal. He holds the record for a fly caught carp tipping the scales at 39lb. He gives advice and tips for anyone wanting to try their hand at carp on the fly this summer.

This week’s guest I chat with GAIA’s Head of Assessors Alun Rees. He tells of how he became a casting instructor plus advice on anyone who is interested in becoming an instructor and coach. Plus, in the second part of this episode he gives advice to anyone wanting to give sea trout a try this season, and shares his top 3 flies which has brought him success.

This weeks episode I chat with former Wales International and Captain, Mark Thomas. I meet up with him on the bank of his local water Talybont. He tells of his love of Lough Corrib and especially buzzer fishing and the Campto. Plus his huge brown he had last season of 13.5lb from Chew Valley.

This weeks episode I head to the hills and visit Llyn Clywedog one of the leading trout waters in the UK. If Clywedog was a football team it would be in the Champions League for sure. Not only is it a well run water it is set in the most majestic surroundings in the Cambrian Mountains. I fished it this week and in this podcast I talk of how we did, successful methods, plus areas to try. Some big f...

This week’s guest I chat with Ann Kitchener a familiar face across social media and at fly-fishing shows around the world. Together with her husband Andy they created Semperfli, one of the most successful UK based businesses making and supplying innovative synthetic materials for fly tying. She tells of how it all started and her passion for the business and plans for the future.

This weeks episode I take a break from my day fishing at Talybont to record this podcast. I had one of my better days there catching 7 stunning wild browns. I chat about my mornings sport plus go on to talk of the many signs at Springtime that will help you when fishing the next few weeks to get you success.

This week's guest is Scottish International, Ken Kennedy from Orkney. I have wanted to fish Orkney for sometime and decided to give Ken a call to find out more. He tells us how to get there, best time of the year to fish, flies to use and which Lochs are best, such as Harray and Swanney. Enjoy!

This week I chat with Lucinda Ewin, and after picking up a fly rod only 6 years ago is now an accomplished salmon fly angler. Although coming from Durham she regularly travels across the border to fish the Tweed and Tay in Scotland. Even though she fishes for trout and grayling also it’s easy to tell just by listening to our chat her passion lies with salmon. She has already caught a couple of spr...