It is early April and I am on the Derbyshire Wye with riverkeeper of the Peacock Fishing Club, Jan Hobot.

I learn about the ethos of the club and his minimal rules approach to running it along with the history of the river and it being the only place in the UK with a self-sustaining population of wild rainbow trout.

We make some casts, talk and have a great day on the water.

I have a new rod and hat to christen, do I get lucky?

Jan is excellent company, knows the river intimately and we discover that our backgrounds are very, very similar.

This episode is recorded in front of a live audience at Mallon and Green in Bakewell.

I speak with some fishing experts who share some great advice and information as well as looking at the state of fly fishing.

We had beer and pizza, shared fishing stories and talked about flies before starting the podcast that had no script or re-takes and as ever, the conversation just took the direction it flowed in.

Mallon and Green has become a hub for local fly anglers to gather, share information and to browse some cool gear too.

Visit www.mallonandgreen.co.uk to see more!

I'm pleased to welcome Hans van Klinken to the podcast.

I am sure many of you have used the flies he has developed and I get a look inside the process of how they were developed and how he has used them.

The Klinkhammer Special is now 40 years old and the release of his book - The Klink coincides with this anniversary and I learn about the work that went into it.

This episode becomes more than just a conversation about flies and fishing though as we talk about health, the things he has done publicly and not so publicly to promote fly fishing and his work in the army and the things he saw while serving.

It is a slightly longer episode than normal but it is all the better for being so.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

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