Adventures Of A Traveling Angler...

My first overseas angling adventure took place back in the eighties when I went carp fishing to lac de St Cassein in France. In those days, as I was reminded most recently by a so-called friend, I still had black hair, Adam had just left the Ants and Kylie Minogue was appearing in Neighbours. Back then, a carp fishing trip to France was real pioneering stuff and when, just a couple of years later, I loaded up a small trailer with enough carp fishing gear to stock a small angling shop, destination Spain, I might as well have announced to my mates that I was heading to the moon. Imagine how I felt, on a recent carp trip to France with Angling Direct Holidays when I was collected in an air-conditioned people carrier by my guide, allowed to sit and watch DVD’s all the way to the lake and, when I got there, instead of having to pitch camp, found a bivvy and bed chair already sitting and waiting in a pre-baited swim!

Many years on, as I sit here penning this piece with once raven locks now streaked with what I like to call ’distinguished grey,’ I envy those of you who may be considering your first trip overseas, perhaps to France for carp or Spain for catfish because I know that you are about to embark on the first leg of a fantastic journey that will take you to many exciting places in years to come. I know also that the days and weeks leading up to that first trip are almost as exciting as the holiday: planning the holiday, buying the tackle and talking long into the small hours with your mates about how things are going to be - magic stuff!. And all too soon the whole thing will be over and you will be planning your next trip. Carp and catfish may go on the backburner to be replaced by a trip to Egypt for Nile Perch, to Canada for sturgeon or maybe the Florida Keys for tarpon. With each new destination and species your hunger to experience it all will grow, not diminish. Before you know it you will be planning trips to Costa Rica for sailfish, Cuba for bonefish, Belize for permit or Alaska for salmon. Make no mistake, your ride won’t be cheap but on the other hand, what price can you put on treasured memories?

Thanks to companies like Angling Direct Holidays not only are fishing dreams possible and affordable, they are also accessible. The company boasts a hugely impressive portfolio of angling destinations and represents the cream of worldwide fishing. And, best of all, having paid your money, all you have to do is turn up and enjoy yourself. Angling Direct Holidays exist to take the hassle out of travel and to allow you to visit places that once may have been beyond your wildest dreams. Go there safe in the knowledge that someone from the company will have visited the destination and tried to anticipate what you the customer will want. As a director of the company you have my word that whether you are a recent recruit to the world of adventure angling or a seasoned veteran, at Angling Direct our driving force is to ensure that your trip, whether it is your first or one hundred and first, whether you have spent five hundred or five thousand pounds is as good as it possibly can be.

Why not contact us and request your brochure where dreams become reality!

Matt Hayes

The Matt Hayes escorted fishing holidays listed on the right are all hand picked and fully checked just waiting for you to enjoy.