Tony OwenFishing · Gogledd Cymru

Gallery

Days on the water

Guests, first fish, families, catches, competition days and the coastline itself. Exact marks are never revealed in captions or image data.

A young angler with a bass caught from the rocks, the North Wales coast behind him — First Fish
A young angler with a bass caught from the rocks, the North Wales coast behind him

A guest celebrating her first flounder on a sheltered estuary mark — Guests
A guest celebrating her first flounder on a sheltered estuary mark

A colourful wrasse taken from a summer rock mark — First Fish
A colourful wrasse taken from a summer rock mark

Two fish in one short session on the rocks — Guests
Two fish in one short session on the rocks

A morning's fishing shared along the beach — Guests
A morning's fishing shared along the beach

A small fish carefully unhooked before going straight back — Catches
A small fish carefully unhooked before going straight back

Summer garfish — brilliant fun on light tackle — Catches
Summer garfish — brilliant fun on light tackle

Black bream taken on a small, neatly presented bait — Catches
Black bream taken on a small, neatly presented bait

A lesser spotted dogfish at last light — Catches
A lesser spotted dogfish at last light

Dogfish handled with a wet hand and returned quickly — Catches
Dogfish handled with a wet hand and returned quickly

Supporting a dogfish properly before release — Catches
Supporting a dogfish properly before release

A productive evening on a North Wales beach — Catches
A productive evening on a North Wales beach

A fish from a shingle beach as the sun drops — Catches
A fish from a shingle beach as the sun drops

A shore-caught tope — a serious fish that demands preparation — Catches
A shore-caught tope — a serious fish that demands preparation

Tope resting on an unhooking mat before a quick release — Catches
Tope resting on an unhooking mat before a quick release

A fine bass at sunset — Catches
A fine bass at sunset

A specimen bass on wet sand, measured and released — Catches
A specimen bass on wet sand, measured and released

A fine thornback ray from the beach — Catches
A fine thornback ray from the beach

A good shark from a North Wales beach — Catches
A good shark from a North Wales beach

A smoothhound taken during a boat coaching session — Catches
A smoothhound taken during a boat coaching session

Team Wales at a World Championship opening ceremony — Team Wales
Team Wales at a World Championship opening ceremony

The Welsh squad and the flag before competition — Team Wales
The Welsh squad and the flag before competition

Wales — País de Gales — at the World Championship of Shore Angling — Team Wales
Wales — País de Gales — at the World Championship of Shore Angling

Angling Cymru shirts on the morning of the draw — Team Wales
Angling Cymru shirts on the morning of the draw

Tony on peg A7 representing Wales — Competitions
Tony on peg A7 representing Wales

Competition day — peg board in hand — Competitions
Competition day — peg board in hand

A competition fish, measured beside the peg — Competitions
A competition fish, measured beside the peg

A line of anglers strung out along the beach — Competitions
A line of anglers strung out along the beach

Last light over a North Wales estuary — North Wales
Last light over a North Wales estuary

The reason people keep coming back to the coast — North Wales
The reason people keep coming back to the coast

Rods out on an open Welsh beach — Beaches
Rods out on an open Welsh beach

Fishing a steep shingle beach — Beaches
Fishing a steep shingle beach

Rugged coastline and a patient gull — Rock Marks
Rugged coastline and a patient gull

Fishing tight to the rock on a settled summer day — Rock Marks
Fishing tight to the rock on a settled summer day

Bait presentation makes more difference than most people expect — Behind The Scenes
Bait presentation makes more difference than most people expect

A simple, well-organised beach setup — Behind The Scenes
A simple, well-organised beach setup

A big conger eel taken from a deep-water rock mark — Catches
A big conger eel taken from a deep-water rock mark

Conger fishing means heavy tackle and careful handling — Catches
Conger fishing means heavy tackle and careful handling

Another conger from the rocks on a settled summer evening — Catches
Another conger from the rocks on a settled summer evening

A bull huss from the rocks, held and returned quickly — Catches
A bull huss from the rocks, held and returned quickly

A tope landed from a rock mark — the fish of many anglers' careers — Catches
A tope landed from a rock mark — the fish of many anglers' careers

A tope taken from a harbour wall mark — Catches
A tope taken from a harbour wall mark

A tope from a boat coaching day off the North Wales coast — Catches
A tope from a boat coaching day off the North Wales coast

A smoothhound from a harbour wall on a flooding tide — Catches
A smoothhound from a harbour wall on a flooding tide

An estuary smoothhound taken over clean sand — Catches
An estuary smoothhound taken over clean sand

A smoothhound from a steep shingle beach — Catches
A smoothhound from a steep shingle beach

Smoothhound are one of the hardest-fighting summer species — Catches
Smoothhound are one of the hardest-fighting summer species

A thornback ray from a sea wall mark — Catches
A thornback ray from a sea wall mark

A night-caught thornback ray, ready to be slipped back — Catches
A night-caught thornback ray, ready to be slipped back

A thornback ray taken during a boat session — Catches
A thornback ray taken during a boat session

A winter cod — the reward for fishing in filthy weather — Catches
A winter cod — the reward for fishing in filthy weather

A codling taken on light gear from a shingle shore — Catches
A codling taken on light gear from a shingle shore

A cuckoo wrasse in full summer colour — Catches
A cuckoo wrasse in full summer colour

Measured on the mat and straight back — every fish counts — Catches
Measured on the mat and straight back — every fish counts

A dogfish from a rock mark on a bright day — Catches
A dogfish from a rock mark on a bright day

A double shot of dogfish on one rig — Catches
A double shot of dogfish on one rig

A black bream from a shingle beach — Catches
A black bream from a shingle beach

A bream taken on a small, well-presented bait — Catches
A bream taken on a small, well-presented bait

A bass held in the shallows before swimming off strongly — Catches
A bass held in the shallows before swimming off strongly

Three fish on one rig — a good drop on a summer beach — Catches
Three fish on one rig — a good drop on a summer beach

A busy tide on a North Wales beach — Catches
A busy tide on a North Wales beach

A silver fish from the surf line — Catches
A silver fish from the surf line

Flatfish come thick and fast on the right estuary tide — Catches
Flatfish come thick and fast on the right estuary tide

Wet weather rarely stops the fishing — Catches
Wet weather rarely stops the fishing

Team Wales on stage at the FIPS-M World Championship — Team Wales
Team Wales on stage at the FIPS-M World Championship

Silverware for the Welsh squad — Team Wales
Silverware for the Welsh squad

Medals and blazers after an international — Team Wales
Medals and blazers after an international

The Welsh team in full international blazers — Team Wales
The Welsh team in full international blazers

The Wales squad before an international match — Team Wales
The Wales squad before an international match

The squad at the marina on the eve of a championship — Team Wales
The squad at the marina on the eve of a championship

Flying the flag away from home — Team Wales
Flying the flag away from home

Angling Cymru colours on a world championship trip — Team Wales
Angling Cymru colours on a world championship trip

Angling Cymru in the host town square — Team Wales
Angling Cymru in the host town square

Celebrating a championship result — Team Wales
Celebrating a championship result

Tony in the Wales international blazer — Team Wales
Tony in the Wales international blazer

Representing Wales — cap, tie and blazer — Team Wales
Representing Wales — cap, tie and blazer

Peg B-13 — competition day at the World Championship — Competitions
Peg B-13 — competition day at the World Championship

Tony in the early days with a cracking plaice — Behind The Scenes
Tony in the early days with a cracking plaice

Where it started — a young Tony and a plaice from home — Behind The Scenes
Where it started — a young Tony and a plaice from home

Fancy being in the next batch of photographs?

Most of these photographs started with somebody sending a message and saying they fancied a day beside the sea. Tell Tony what you would like from the day and he will do the rest.