Tag: Keeper

Gear Review: Patagonia Stealth Chest Pack

Patagonia’s newest 3L (3-liter) Stealth Chest Pack is a tiny, tough, light, stowable and highly versatile bag designed for minimalist anglers. This pack is packed with features: features a main zippered compartment that contains a security pocket along with a large organizational stretch mesh pocket. A molded, drop-down front panel (secondary compartment...

Book Excerpt: "Keeper: A Life Amongst Fishes and Those Who Catch Them"

New on MidCurrent: Author Martin Donovan details his daily riverkeeping duties on the Whitchurch beat of the River Test in this excerpt from Keeper: A Life Amongst Fishes and Those Who Catch Them: “Maintaining a constant level is a continuous game of open this one, close that one, with the river levels changing all the while. It’s no so bad in fishing...

Keeper: The Dead Cow Department

THE BANKS OF a Hampshire chalkstream are a great place to meet unusual and eccentric people from all walks of life. Over past few years I’ve had opportunity to fish with all manner of humankind: the rich and the famous, captains of industry, sportsmen, politicians, and plenty of so-called celebrities. The great majority of them were very nice; even some...