‘Lord Moyola’, a fly-fishing aristocrat with a forensic knowledge

I once read that the average American big-game fisherman spends $10,000 before he hooks his first marlin, writes Paddy Heaney.

I hooked a marlin with my first cast. Not only that, but I hooked the 12-foot beast with a fly rod. The odds of that happening are astronomical.

I wasn’t overly surprised, though. The man who taught me how to cast a dry fly was an absolute master. I learned from the very best. My mentor was called Alex Woods.