It must be the end of the trout season because my mind has been straying, catching up on those thoughts and ideas that I have squirrelled away for just this moment.  During the year as I criss cross the counties of southern England there are constant reminders of how much fishing history is crammed into so little land mass: Frank Sawyer's home, Halford's Oakley Hut and Izaak Walton's tomb to randomly pick three that fall within a 15 mile radius. 

And they are just a few of the fishing famous, rather than the famous who went fishing. For instance legend has it that General Eisenhower took time out from the D-Day preparations to fish the Mayfly hatch in 1944. But does anyone know where? Did Ernest Hemingway ever fish the chalkstreams? Where do our Royals, sportsmen, film stars and politicians fish?  Do any of the uber-rich own rivers, if so which ones? How about fishing feats - record fish, remarkable catches or extraordinary events. I, for instance, have no idea where the largest recorded river brown trout was caught.

So in an attempt gather as many locations around the British Isles I am throwing down a challenge to anyone who has any nugget of information that we can add to the Google map I have started. There are no rules as to what can or can't go in, but I feel in the spirit of what I do it should be either related to the game fish of trout, salmon, sea trout and grayling and fly fishing. 

I have started the Google map with a few locations that sprang to mind. Feel free to add whatever you know directly via Google or if you prefer send me the information with the location and a few lines so I may add it. 

 WHERE THE FAMOUS FISHED