The most common mistake I’ve performed throughout my years fly fishing resulted from my uncontrollable will to step foot in the water.  My fishing never officially began until I was submerged waist [ ... ]

The first patterns many today consider as Classic Salmon Flies were introduced in the late 1700's. The flies were called the Peacock Fly and the Dragon Fly. In the nineteenth century what we today cal [ ... ]

Often times as adults, we want to share our hobbies and pastimes with our children. However, it can be difficult to decide when that pastime is appropriate. Children have shorter attention spans that  [ ... ]

A Swordfish on deck. It’s all about fishing. The dark side gladiator of the ocean. The swordfish. Have you ever tried landing a big swordfish on deck? After a 5-6 hours fight with a 1000 pound sword [ ... ]

The world carp record has been broken by Paul Meredith with the capture of a colossal 89lb mirror from Luke Moffatt’s Les Graviers Lake in the Cote d’Or region of France. The Birmingham-b [ ... ]

This is the biggest and best known of the British upwinged flies, and its appearance accounts for great excitement among trout and trout fishers alike. The main hatch usually begins somewhere between  [ ... ]

Making boilies is not as difficult as some anglers would have you believe. Although ready-made or shelf life boilies are extremely effective and do catch a great number of carp, making boilies will im [ ... ]

Maggots in their uncoloured, unflavoured form are often highly successful but a bright, enticingly flavoured bait will sometimes give you the edge.

It's Obviously important when fishing that the fi [ ... ]

If you have some fishy friends in your email contacts and would like to invite them along here to FishKeep, you can now use our powerful invite system to invite them all with just a few clicks. We sup [ ... ]

We have now added a review feature to the site. Our users and members can now review the waters they fish! Currently we only support UK venues but this will change in time. If you would like to add a [ ... ]

We are currently looking for members that wish to submit that little bit more to the community and work with us at providing a more informative visit and pleasent stay to our visitors. This is your ch [ ... ]

FishKeepNet is a social networking site that offers fishermen from all over the world a place to gather, Our members can share their photos as well as their knowledge of their favourite sport.  Membe [ ... ]