Haaf netting on the Lune: 'Fighting a big fish really gets the adrenaline going'

Sunderland Point, Lancaster At the river's edge, retinues of curlew, lapwing and redshank assembled and lifted again, landing in each other's wakeEven as Margaret Owen pulled on her fishing "yallers", we knew there was little chance of a salmon. I had been waiting for weeks to see Margaret in action, but the salmon simply haven't returned to the river Lune this year, and the season was about to end. Continue reading...