Before I start let me just say this blog may differ a little from my regular blog, more of a travelogue perhaps, but things will probably be back to normal next time.
I made my first trip to the Derbyshire Derwent in two years and it was easy to recall why I like this river so much. Small enough t...
What a hectic time of year this is! Since returning from Cyprus I’ve appeared on Tight Lines, spent five days in the Wye Valley, miraculously met five magazine and newspaper article deadlines, dealt with a mountain of visitor emails to the site and as I write I’m making arrangements to v...
You see, to me, a canal is a stillwater, even though it does actually flow at times thanks to the openingof locks and the toppingup from compensation reservoirs. However you can fish canals in the closed season. They do not flood in the same way a river might and they only exist because of boats....
Here are my thoughts about some of the books I’ve managed to find the time to finish…
Carp Along The Way – Volume Two
Rod Hutchinson
Insights range from one extreme, where we learn how he was driven to chase carp all over the UK and beyond, to the other where he develops his...
On an average day this web site probably generates two or three emails from visitors seeking advice on some topic or other. In the past I have answered them privately but the sheer scale and time involved is beginning to mount up and to be honest, time spent answering emails is time that could be ...
The number of angling blogs appears to grow daily. Some are good, some are lousy, while some are a disgrace and appear to exist only so that the blogger can castigate and denigrate whoever he dislikes most this week. There’s no doubting they’re very popular right now and each attracts it...
I’ll be brief. You’ve had four blogs already this month. Five’s just showing off!
Back in my Trent match days August was frequently a dour month with very little getting caught unless you were a wasp grub man. The grubbers bagged up whatever the weather or river conditions were. C...
Welcome back to part deux of what must be the longest angling blog in the world. Mind you, no-one’s exactly complaining, are they? Well, that’s not exactly true. There is the occasional knob head who’s presumably fuelled by jealousy but I rather like that. Shows I’m doing som...
You see, to me, a canal is a stillwater, even though it does actually flow at times thanks to the openingof locks and the toppingup from compensation reservoirs. However you can fish canals in the closed season. They do not flood in the same way a river might and they only exist because of boats....
Here are my thoughts about some of the books I’ve managed to find the time to finish… Carp Along The Way – Volume Two Rod Hutchinson Insights range from one extreme, where we learn how he was driven to chase carp all over the UK and beyond, to the other where he develops his...
The number of angling blogs appears to grow daily. Some are good, some are lousy, while some are a disgrace and appear to exist only so that the blogger can castigate and denigrate whoever he dislikes most this week. There’s no doubting they’re very popular right now and each attracts it...
I’ll be brief. You’ve had four blogs already this month. Five’s just showing off! Back in my Trent match days August was frequently a dour month with very little getting caught unless you were a wasp grub man. The grubbers bagged up whatever the weather or river conditions were. C...
Welcome back to part deux of what must be the longest angling blog in the world. Mind you, no-one’s exactly complaining, are they? Well, that’s not exactly true. There is the occasional knob head who’s presumably fuelled by jealousy but I rather like that. Shows I’m doing som...
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