Ceri Jones is a passionate fly-fisherman, professional photographer and holder of the Lough Corrib Ferox Trout Record [23lb 12oz].
The Casting with Ceri Jones podcast is the story of Ceri’s career, the days, weeks and years spent casting from boats and riverbanks. Tales of the catches, the tackle, the lakes, the rivers, the ones that were landed and the ones that got away.
Interviews on location and in the studio, with fellow fishermen, gillies, boatmen, friends, champions and fisheries managers. There will be tackle reviews, venue guides and even the winding yarn of the Big Corrib Catch.
So pull up a chair, settle back, relax and enjoy an uninterrupted hour of fishing talk. Because as Ceri always says “The next best thing to being out fishing … is talking about it”
This week Ceri chats with Denis Cronin. Denis has fly-fished at the highest level and represented his country many times for both Lough Style and Rivers. He has been captain, coach and manager for the Irish Teams. Nowadays he tells us of his love of pleasure fishing for wild brown trout at the loughs around his home of Cork and Kerry.
This week Ceri catches up with Mark Roberts. He shares with us his journey as a fly-fisherman from fishing the rivers in Northern Ireland, while in the army, lough style competition fishing, to being a qualified casting instructor, and onto his love for the River Usk. He talks of Dry fly fishing and interpreting a trout’s rise and some fascinating fly-tying stories.
In this weeks episode Ceri tells his story of his 19lb Lough Corrib Ferox Trout. Even tho he has been a fly-fisherman all his life, the last 15 years has seen him having a passion and could be called an obsession for large Brown Trout known as Ferox. This is quite a story, sit back and enjoy.
In this weeks bonus episode Ceri visits Garnffrwd Trout Fishery in Carmarthenshire.. He gives information and background to this premier water and what to expect if you thinking of paying a visit for the first time. He also gives his experience of his recent day’s fishing and tips to fishing dries.
This week’s episode takes us to Nevada, USA. Ceri’s guest has fished worldwide for many species and filmed his adventures for his TV show, ‘Wild Fish in Wild Places’. Pyramid Lake, widely acclaimed as North America’s most beautiful desert lake is his local water which is home to the Lahontan Cutthroat trout which grow on to specimens up to 20lb, and double figure fish are commonplace. He also talks about catching trophy Rainbows on his visits to Jurassic Lake in Argentina. Welcome to Ceri’s chat with Denis Isbister.
(This podcast was recorded by telephone)
This weeks guest is Welsh International fly-fishing Bank Team Captain. As well as telling us about his involvement in the competition scene he talks about his fly-fishing YouTube channel. How it came about, what goes on behind the scenes in making his videos and his goals for it in the future. He also goes on to tell us of his new found passion fishing for bass and the story of his 10lb specimen he caught earlier this summer. Welcome to my chat with Rhys Wadley.
This week Ceri’s guest needs no introduction, you could go as far as to say fly-fishing royalty. An angling writer for over 50 years and during that time his watercolour paintings of game fish have adorned the pages of many of the worlds angling publications. He also talks about his charity ‘Fishing for Schools’ which he set up 12 years ago. Welcome to my Ceri’s chat with Charles Jardine.
This week Ceri chats with Carp on the fly specialist, Jason Williams. He tells us of his transition from fishing international lough style competitions to his new passion of catching large carp at his local venue, Canada Lake in South Wales. He talks about his tackle and methods he uses and gives advice on how to catch these specimens.
In this weeks short bonus episode Ceri visits Elan Valley Reservoirs in Mid Wales. He gives all the information you will need to fish these waters and gives hints and tips how to fly-fish for wild reservoir brownies.
David Miller is one of the countries leading fish artists. He tells us stories of his experiences of diving in the rivers and along the coastline of Wales studying and photographing fish, to get a better understanding first hand of his subject. His work is highly sought after by anglers from Sea, Coarse and Game.
Ceri Thomas likes nothing better than to search out some of the most remote mountain lakes to be found across Wales in search for native wild brown trout. He also shares his knowledge and passion for catching pike on the fly, plus tells us about his new role as Marketing Manager for ‘Fishing in Wales’.
Following on from episode 4, fly-fishing guide Vaughan Thomas takes Ceri to one of his favourite saltwater lagoons to try their luck for mullet and bass. This short bonus episode Ceri tells the story of the morning and gives tips and advice for fishing for Lagoon Bass.
Vaughan Thomas shares his knowledge of fly-fishing the West Wales coastline from the Gower Peninsular to Cardigan Bay. His understanding of tides and swells stems from his lifelong love of surfing, and his 40 years of saltwater fly-fishing for Bass, Mullet and Pollock.
This week Ceri catches up with keen fisherman Tony Davies. Committed to protecting and restoring wild salmon and sea trout stocks across the rivers of Wales, Tony also played a big part in transforming reservoir trout fishing. With over 60 years fly-fishing, and in later years guiding, the chat with Tony meanders through his long fly-fishing career, the future of the sport and his extensive river and fish knowledge.
This week Ceri catches up with Alun Rees, one of Wales’ leading sea trout anglers. Alun shares his knowledge and experience spanning almost 40 years fishing for these enigmatic silver tourists. He talks tactics, stories and how he designed one of today’s widely fished fly patterns, the American Express.
