Early morning, sunlight has condensed a soft dew from the damp air, the glass is rising after days of rain. Gives promise of a fine day’s fishing on Heron’s Run, Llanstephan, Upper Wye.

Athene English inherited her great love of fishing from her grandfather, H.A. Gilbert, the famous fisherman and author of ‘The Tale of a Wye Fisherman’.

This life long passion is reflected in the creels, reels, and other fishing paraphernalia, including glass cased fish and old hand tied fishing flies, scattered around the shop in hay-on-wye.

This collection of antique piscatoria is catalogued for your perusal and includes rods and books on fishing, natural history and other related subjects.