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Chalkstream fishing on the River Test and River Dever: 'You have to be as surreptitious and precise as a sniper'
Our fishing correspondent David Profumo ventures to England for a series of forays on venerable chalkstreams, where he bags a few brown trout and a lot of nostalgia.
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Teal: The tiny ducks that can’t walk straight, but can corkscrew through the air at 50mph
David Profumo takes a look at the teal, the mighty duck that's as devastatingly impressive soaring through the air as it is hilariously ungainly when waddling on dry land.
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In Focus: Fergus Granville, the driftwood sculptor inspired by North Uist
Fashioned from driftwood, barbed wire, sea urchins and barnacle-encrusted plastic mannequins, Earl Granville’s eclectic sculptures are inspired by the Hebridean island of North Uist’s wild weather and terrain, discovers David Profumo.
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Golden Eagles: The aristocrats of the air — magnificent, haughty and deadly
David Profumo admires the golden eagle, the aristocrat of the air.
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David Profumo's Fantasy League of angling fishing guests
David Profumo imagines who might attend his own dream angling dinner party.
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What's the perfect time to teach your children how to fish?
Our resident fisherman turns his tackle over to his three-year-old grandson. Knowing when to introduce children to the joys of fishing is a conundrum, but youth often means confidence – and success.
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Fishing in Iceland: The joy of tussling with 20lb salmon in the wake of David Beckham
David Profumo takes a fishing trip to Iceland, where he deploys a Balmoral Special to bag a grilse on Sheep, the number-one pool on the fabled river Haffjarðará.
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Sporting Life: Catching the skittish bonefish with peanut butter, jam and a single fly
Our correspondent goes through the necessary rituals to pursue ‘the little white foxfish’ in the West Indies.
