Welcome to Issue 72 | Eat, Sleep, Fish

Welcome to the latest edition of ESF and I am really pleased (and just a little bit proud!) to say we are six years old today.

It has been hard but hugely enjoyable work and despite some testing obstacles I’ve managed to get each monthly edition out on time.

It is on these anniversaries that I reinforce my mission statement that has remained the same since issue one. We’ll be not-for-profit, we’ll be free and I still believe everyone should have the opportunity to contribute to ESF. The last statement has been a really pleasing one as I have seen so many wonderful pieces from anglers who wanted to share a story about their day on the water.

It fits in with the very ethos of ESF and why I put it together - to share our love of fly fishing.

As ever, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to ESF over the last six years especially regular writers Kris Kent and Nick Thomas.

Most of all though, to my wife, Emma. She proofreads each issue to ensure it is correct and although it is hard work she does every one without fail. Over the life of ESF I have been lucky enough to watch her become a wonderful salmon angler. It is often the case she’ll drag me to the water in search of silver.

So what for the future? I hope more of the same. I want to try and spend a little more time with ESF to make it a little more polished. I may change the layout a little but was strongly advised about going to a flip page layout as it doesn’t load as well and doesn’t work so well on phones either so the format will remain similar.

If you’re reading this then I’m pleased you’ve found ESF and I hope you enjoy it and you can grab a slice of the virtual birthday cake I’ve baked.

I hope you have a Cool Yule and look forward to 2018 as much as me.

Huge thanks to George Kavanagh for our birthday cover

Pete Tyjas is a fishing guide based in Devon, UK visit his site here