2012 – Early January Blog
Crikey, where does the time go? You blink and another month flies past. Anyway, I’m back. Happy New Year. I hope you all had a great ‘winter festival’ and behaved in a wholesome politically correct way, making sure at each opportunity not to upset any of our fellow countrymen with our harmless religious and pagan [...]
2011 – Late October Blog
Only a brief blog this time, for which I trust you’ll be eternally greatful. There simply doesn’t appear to be enough time at the moment to fit everything in and fishing has to take priority when time is tight. I promised you more of Mole’s paintings so what better way to kick off. Here’s the [...]
2011 – Early October Blog
Well, the weather has finally broken. Thank the Lord for that. It’s nice to get a sun tan in October but I’m not sure it does the fishing any good. Too early for pike, barbel all lethargic and reluctant to come out in daylight, in fact most species did a bit of a nocturnal thing. [...]
Fishing In Ireland 2011
Lough Derg, Ireland, 2011 “What would it take to tempt you to come over and fish Lough Derg?” Said the email. “I suppose an invitation would be a good starting point!” Was my reply. Lorraine Tully rents out three fabulous properties on the shores of Lough Derg, near Whitegates, in Ireland’s Shannon Region, a location [...]
A Little Bit Of Lee Swords Madness!
I’ve long been a fan of Lee Swords’ writing because he dares to be different. With most writers you know exactly what you’re going to get before you read the first line. With Lee, I suspect even he doesn’t know what he’s going when he starts. With an imagination like his an article is prone [...]
Angling Essays – Graham Marsden
Graham Marsden is one of angling’s gentlemen. He’s also a bloody good angler and great company. Can’t say I understand his love of both Stoke City AND Manchester United but I guess it takes all sorts. There are those who swing both ways in this life and we must be thankful for diversity, but even [...]
2011 – Mid June Blog
As I write there are just 10 days to go before the river season opens and I’ve so much to pack in before then. As always I’m running rather late in sending off my ticket renewals and one or two may not come back in time, but hey-ho. It won’t be a real problem. I [...]
2011 – Mid-April Blog
Time for a blog update, methinks. Bit of an irreverant tour de force this one, characters galore and rambling through topics far and wide, but mostly all are fishing related. Do enjoy! My little ride round last week woke an urge to return and have a play on the Alderfen match lake. It’s a cracking lake [...]
The One That Got Away…
Settle down, make yourself comfortable and prepare to be filled with disbelief, for the tale I am about to tell will be doubted far and wide but I swear to you, every word is true. I haven’t been taking mind altering drugs or even hitting the whisky bottle, this is simply an account of the [...]
2010 – Mid October Blog
Apparently, those who fish rivers on a regular basis will have had their prayers answered this week. After weeks of drought the heavens opened and suddenly the rivers were rising like the clappers. Eighty locations were put on flood watch but within 24 hours it was down to a handful. The water we get these days [...]
