May 3

May 3 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 178 Matthew Fletcher, Chatsworth

This week's podcast I travelled up to fish the River Derwent at Chatsworth and met up with River Keeper Mattew Fletcher. He tells us what goes into running and maintaining this quality, historical water with some great stories to boot. The Mayfly hatch is due in June, later than most rivers, so still plenty of time to book a trip. On my visit I had lovely browns and rainbows up to 6lb. Great Fishing!

I stayed at the Cavendish Hotel, Baslow, and guests can book a day's fishing if staying here.

Enjoy!

Apr 28

Apr 28 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 177 Martha Leeming

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This week’s episode I chat with Martha Leeming. Born in Colombia, lived in England and now lives in Alberta, Canada. She is a passionate competition angler with many English caps and achievements to her name. While in England she worked for Orvis and was also involved with Casting for Recovery. She is a very skilful and experienced angler but very modest with it. She now enjoys competing on the international scene representing the Canadian Women’s World Team.
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Apr 12

Apr 12 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 176 My Guide to Chew Valley

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This week I take you around the bays and drifts at Chew Valley lake and the areas which have brought me success over the years. Hatches to look out for this spring plus methods and flies which have been my go to choices. For years this top water has great facilities and quality fish. Even though it gets most of its publicity nowadays with its huge pike it still is one of the leading trout lakes in the country.
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Apr 5

Apr 5 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 175 Marina Gibson

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This week I chat with Marina Gibson. She needs no introduction as she is one of the biggest names in our sport. Anyone who knows her will tell you she lives and breathes flyfishing. She is often seen across social media catching many species of exotic fish but it’s fishing for salmon which is her true passion.

Last year she realised one of her pipe dreams and together with her husband Stefan took over the lease of the salmon beat at Bywell on the river Tyne. She talks of her love of Spey casting and along with the positives, the negatives that come with social media.

This week is also an exciting time for her as it’s the launch of her new book Cast, Catch, Release.

Also especially for Patron members she is giving away a signed copy of her book for this week’s competition prize.

Enjoy!

Mar 23

Mar 23 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 174 Anthony McCann

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This week I chat with Irish angler Anthony McCann. He has a passion for Fly-tying and only started just over 4 years ago. He has such a talent and has a large following across social media. He specialises in salmon flies and more recently classic patterns. A few years ago he had a brain hemorrhage and he tells how fly-fishing and tying helped in his recovery. He recently has set up an online shop selling Raidzap and Largaton products. He has also donated a £50 voucher to spend on his site as a competition prize for patrons, which I will draw later in the week.

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Mar 15

Mar 15 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 173 Ferox Red Letter Day

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Hi guys, I've had a few requests lately from new patrons of the channel asking for more ferox content. So this week's episode I tell the story of a special day back in 2006 where I get 5 ferox in one day up to 12lb while fishing Corrib. Plus at the end of the day as nightime came I had an unexpected take. Day's like this don't come around that often.

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Mar 8

Mar 8 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 172 Glenda Powell

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This week's episode I chat with Irish angler Glenda Powell. Originally from Northern Ireland but now lives in Waterford and is a guide on the River Blackwater. She also runs hosted trips to Iceland, Greenland and Patagonia. She is a qualified APGAI Ireland casting instructor and is often seen demonstrating he skills at Fly-fishing Shows around the world. She has an amazing story of how she got into making a living from her passion of fly-fishing.

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Feb 24

Feb 24 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 171 Alun Rees

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This week’s episode I chat once more with Alun Rees. Alun is no stranger to my podcast as he has been on 3 other occasions chatting about his passion for sea trout.

I rarely fish for salmon but have caught many while fishing on a lough in Ireland very few on a river.

So this episode thought I’d chat about the different fly styles while fishing for salmon including Tubes, Waddingtons and Intruders. When to fish them and why chose one over the other at different conditions.

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Feb 16

Feb 16 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 170 James Cosmo MBE

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This week I had the privilege to travel to meet James Cosmo at his home in Surrey to record our chat. He is a proud Scotsman and been a professional actor spanning 60 years. As well as an extensive television career he has appeared in over 130 Hollywood films. He has a love of fishing, especially trout, so whenever he has a chance he likes nothing more than to cast a fly on the river. We also chat about his new venture, 'Storyman' his very own blend of whisky.

Feb 9

Feb 9 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 169 Craig Barr

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This week I chat with Craig Barr. He talks of his plans for the coming season and of his recent appointment with Greys. In this episode he tells everything you need to know when fishing Rutland Water early season and into spring. Places to fish, flies to use and methods which will bring you success. The Ultimate Guide you could say from an angler who has fished it for over 40 years.

Feb 2

Feb 2 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 168 Tim Small

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This week I travelled up to the Cotswolds to chat with Tim Small at Lechlade and Bushyleaze. Tim opened its doors to the public over 50 years ago and today Lechlade is known as one of the leading big fish waters in the country. He talks of how it all started back in the mid 70s and tells of what goes on behind the scenes and how things have changed, especially the fishing season due to global warming.

In his own words 'it's not all moonlight and daisies'.

Enjoy!

Jan 19

Jan 19 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 167 Nick Warren

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Hi Guys, this week I chat with Nick Warren. He has a passion for the large sea trout of the Rio Grande, Argentina. He has fished there for the last 18 years with his biggest to date topping the scales at 28lb. He is from Bristol but travels with his work all over the world as an international DJ and Producer. Some of you will know him from the dance music scene of the 90's when together with Jody Wisternoff formed Way Out West. He talks of how music and fishing play a big part in his life even as a young boy fishing small rivers at his home in Dorset and spending all his spare money on records.

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Jan 13

Jan 13 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 166 Dan O'Neill

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This week I chat with Dan O'Neill, ghillie at the Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny. He talks about the River Nore and the story behind getting the job at only the age of 14. He is also a qualified APGAI single handed casting instructor and gives demonstrations around the country at various shows. An interesting guy to chat with a few stories to tell including, James Bond and Denim Blue.

Jan 5

Jan 5 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 165 Winter Tactics

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Hi Guys, for this week’s podcast episode and the first one of 2024 I talk about winter tactics on the Stillwater scene. Both fishery and reservoir hints and tips to help get you success out of these cold and short winter sessions. What to look for, areas, patterns and methods, plus I tell of my experiences which can turn those difficult days into ones to remember catching double figure rainbows and feisty tigers.

Dec 29

Dec 29 Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 164 Christmas Special (Part 2)

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Hi guys, I hope you all had a great Christmas and enjoyed listening to Part 1 of my Christmas Podcast. There were so many guests and episodes in the last 12 months, I had to split it into two. I had a blast recording each and every one of them and made new friends along the way and hope you enjoyed listening as much as I enjoyed making them? So once more sit back and relax and listen to my chats with guests of 2023.

Happy New Year!

Ceri

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