In 2003 The Little Egret Press published a limited hardback edition of The Life and Times of Bill Quinlan by Bob Buteux. The book sold out very quickly and has Continue Reading →
Please note: Contrary to the report in this week’s Angling Times I am not running the perch fishing days at Blithfield Reservoir. Apologies to those who have been requesting further Continue Reading →
The views expressed in this article are intentionally tongue in cheek, X-rated and contain adult themes. If you are under-18, of a timid nature or support the current closed season Continue Reading →
Daiwa Club Match Angler Championship Semi Final One, Hayton Lakes The richest club match competition in the UK reached its semi finals stage last weekend as 70 qualifiers lined up Continue Reading →
Natural Frustrations Demand Patience Away from the commercial fisheries where the high density of stocking levels pretty much guarantee good sport specialist anglers are finding the going a little tough. Continue Reading →
By the time you’re reading this diary the river season will pretty much be over and done with and all I can say is good riddance. This is one winter Continue Reading →
Each year I keep in touch with the vast grass roots match fishing community in South Yorkshire and the North Midlands by organising a Club Match Angler Championship through the Continue Reading →
Early April is a one of the trickiest times of year for the coarse angler. The rivers are closed, and that’s a farce I shall return to, while sport on Continue Reading →
Time flies. It’s a fact that we all need to remember. Knowing time flies is just about the only thing that keeping me going when the fishing’s as challenging as Continue Reading →
Angling has witnessed a huge shift in recent times towards fishing rather than catching and if that sounds a bit potty, let me explain. To many, fishing is about catching Continue Reading →
How does the song go again? That’s it, ‘Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful…’ Hmmm, Let It Snow indeed. At least we were spared Continue Reading →
The prow of the boat lurches skywards. For a second it seems we have defied gravity, then reality kicks in. What goes up surely has to come down and it Continue Reading →
By the time you’re reading this the curtain will have come down on another river season. Honestly, it steals up on us so quickly. We seem to spend an eternity Continue Reading →
With the coarse fishing river season now over and done with it’s time to find a new targets and what better challenge than catch a big carp. You may be Continue Reading →
Another month flies by and I have a dilemma – not so much what to include in this column but what to leave out. It’s been such a busy time. Continue Reading →