Torrecilla beach and area…

A lot of people fishing down on Torrecilla beach this afternoon and I just happened to have my camera in my hand when one of them actually caught something! Quite a few people milling around in Plaza Fabrica de los Cangrejos, many enjoying a drink or a meal on the terraces.

Fishing tournament

The first Torneo Infantil y Juvenil de Pesca (Child and Youth Fishing Tournament) takes place on Sunday June 28th at El Playazo beach.

Monsters of the deep…

A lovely day yesterday, so off to the beach to see if I could catch a fish. Credit crunches and all that, I decided rather than buy bait, I’d use either what I could find in the house or rely on locating something suitable at the beach. Half the time you spend more on bait than the fish, if you …

Stunning stuff…

Lovely day, so I though I’d spend an hour down at the beach with a fishing rod, nice and relaxing. It was. Didn’t catch anything, but almost stunned one! Hurling this great, brick-like weight on the end of my line towards the distant horizon, it hit the water and a group (well, three) of startled flying fish suddenly appeared and …