Things are slowly warming up now… and sport can be red-hot

Thanks to preparation, I wouldn’t be caught napping when warm floods put barbel on the feed – but the river was a hazardous place

After a quiet month in James Raymond waits for the arrival of the smolt-scoffing spurdogs, but only after his long-awaited trip to Norway

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With just four weeks left until the rivers close, I’m hoping that conditions improve, and if they do – here’s what I’ll be fishing for!