A freshwater biologist by training I drifted into angling journalism and most recently held the position of Farlows Group marketing manager, but I have now retired. A hopelessly inadequate fly angler (the team are hoping to put that right.) I have fished all over the world and am now most at home fishing for River Test grayling, River Ebro catfish, Indian mahseer, or battling giant freshwater stingray on the Thai rivers. Away from my rod I do a bit of shooting and a lot of fruit and vegetable growing!
2020 didn‘t exactly pan out as any of us expected but the Farlows team was at least able to get out and enjoy some marvellous fishing, here are some of their highlights...
Ian Welch is back in the Farlows kitchen taking a look at one of the finest of all game meats, venison. He includes a brilliant and highly topical recipe for a ‘substantial‘ venison Scotch egg as well as a few Christmas recipe suggestions...
Halloween may be going virtual this year but you should still make the most of your pumpkins! Ian Welch is back in the Farlows kitchen to show you how, with both sweet and savoury delights...
Lockdown baking became a 'thing' - or at least it did if you could source some flour, now everyone is baking and ‘proper‘ bread is back on the nation‘s menu. ‘Thank goodness for that‘ says Farlows' marketing manager (and regular cook), Ian ...
For the next in our series of lockdown cookery masterclasses our resident cook, Annie Assheton, passes the culinary baton to Farlows‘ Marketing Manager, Ian Welch...
Awarded annually to the captor of the largest fly–caught salmon from an English or Welsh river, it is one of the greatest trophies in modern salmon fishing – and the 2019 winner is...
2018 was a tough year for salmon fishers in the UK but on those all–too–rare occasions when conditions were perfect, there were some excellent fish caught and returned....