Mindful Casting in London: Learning to Fly Fish Along the Thames
On a chilly December morning, a novice angler steps onto the muddy banks of the River Thames near Syon Park, armed with a 9‑foot rod and a desire for calm. To the casual observer, the scene may seem anachronistic—fly fishing in the shadow of London’s Heathrow flight path?—but the city’s waterways offer surprisingly good training grounds. Under
