I am an experienced and enthusiastic home chef with a love for cooking good food, especially fish as well being a fisheries biologist.  My web site name is inspired by my love of fish and in particular the Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) that is not only one of my favourite fish to eat, it evokes fond memories of my childhood and reminds me of how I became so fascinated by fish.  I have a naturally curious mind and have tried many things but I always return, somehow, to the sea or rivers and fish related interests. 

I guess I fell in love with fish related subjects through fishing and I recall fishing for Tench (Tinca tinca), Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Roach (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), Rudd(Rutilus rutilus), Perch (Perca fluviatilis) and Pike(Esox lucius) in Central Park in my home town of Chelmsford, Esssex, UK. I learnt to fly fish in Scotland where I lived for 10 years studying Salmon and Trout, specialising in juvenile salmonid population dynamics in the River Annan.  I also pioneered some early work on micro radio tagging of migratory and rare fish using radio tags, commonly used at that time for tracking birds.  Fly fishing gave me a whole new perspective on fishing and now I often saltwater fly fishing from my small boat for Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) as well as more conventional fly fishing for trout.

I cannot finish without speaking of Cornwall where I seem to spend every holiday and spare moment.  I have been going to Cornwall for fish and holidays for as long as can remember.  I may live there one day, but for now it remains a special place that I can go to relax, unwind and most importantly, go fishing!