Casting with Ceri Jones

This week Ceri chats with Welsh Sea Trout specialist, Illtyd Griffiths. He talks of his passion for sea trout and the River Dyfi and shares his knowledge taken from over 60 years experience. He also tells us his methods and tactics for catching in both day and night plus his concerns for the decline of stocks coming into the Welsh rivers in recent years.

This week Ceri visits Llyn Fawr reservoir, his local water in South Wales. He fishes for the quality rainbows at evening time and sets up with dries to catch them as they come into the shallows to feed at last light. Ceri talks through his tactics plus goes on to tell of the history of this picturesque lake which dates back to the iron age.

This week Ceri chats with Stuart Foxall, who is without doubt one of the leading flytyers in the country and has recently made his passion into a full time profession. His Salmon flies are in high demand from anglers worldwide. He also guides and gives double handed tuition in British Columbia where he has fished for over 14 years. He talks of his trips to Scotland and Alaska and his passion for A...

This week Ceri tells of his passion for the Ferox trout of Lough Corrib, County Galway. How it all started, and the journey leading up to his record catch. He talks of his dedication and the hours, weeks, months and years he has spent on the lough fishing, learning and understanding the behavior and feeding habits of the ferox. He also goes on to talk about taxidermy and the cased fish in the bars...

This week Ceri chats with John Horsey, England’s most capped International fly-fishing angler.. I meet up with him at his local water, Chew Valley where he has been a full time guide and instructor for over 29 years. He talks of the changes in fly hatches during that time and what to expect this season. He also chats about his involvement in the competition scene as both competitor and organiser,...

This week Ceri chats with Paul Slaney. Paul is an extremely talented fly tyer from South Wales and held in high regard by anglers worldwide. He talks of how he got into tying, shows, and more recent his online Zoom demonstrations. He has a degree in design and his creative side comes across in his tying. He also talks of his love for fly fishing his local river, the Usk and tells of his many trave...

This week Ceri chats with Fish Scientist, James Barry. Living in Waterford, Ireland it is no surprise he has a love for fishing for Bass and Salmon, and talks about the Copper Coast and both River Suir and Slaney. He has a phd in fish behavior and tells us of how the moon setting and rising can affect fish catches, plus studies of Ferox Trout and chats about his recent trip up to Lough Sheelin.

This week Ceri chats with Welsh fly fishing international and Brown Bowl winner, David Hoppe. As well as talking about his fly fishing he tells us about his passion for catching large Zander from Rutland Water, plus fishing from his kayak on the Welsh coast for Tope. This guy got balls!!!

This week Ceri chats with passionate competition angler, Sean Jones. He has many Welsh international fly fishing caps and captaincies under his belt and currently captain of Team Fasna. He is equaly at home fishing lakes and rivers but loves fishing his local waters of Penderyn and Ystradfellte for his pleasure fishing. He gives us an insight of what’s in his box and talks about barbless hooks and...

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 se...

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...

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 Pontypri...

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...

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...

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 and a professional guide he is also vice president of the Wild Trout Tr...

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...

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’s 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, Sco...

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 experiece, 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...