Rod resolutions

THERE aren’t as many chimneys these days but Happy New Year and Lang May Your Lum Reek!

- LOUIS FEROX

Hogmanay will have been a bit different for most, but as it’s all about seeing in the new then a street party isn’t really a necessity and I’ll be a bit less bleary when I sit down to think of keeping that resolution to eat healthily and not start the year off with a fry up.

Fishing resolutions, though, they’re less like a chore...

Species list

Every year I like to have a target list: catching something for the first time, learning a technique, picking a water I’d love to fish or chasing a specific achievement keeps me keen. There’s been a 6lb+ Scottish tench in my sights for a long time I might never get there but I’ll make sure I attempt it each season.