2012 – Early February Blog
Sometimes I wonder where the time goes. Is it me getting older and slowing down? Or is it true what older folks say, that time speeds up with every birthday? Or maybe it could be that I’m filling my life with amazing things and living it to the full… 300 Not Out! Then again, this [...]
Wye Coaching 2012 – Sold Out
I’m afraid it’s bad news if you were considering joining up with me and Steve Pope on the Wye this summer and you’ve not already booked. It’s already a sell out! Despite running two courses instead of one, thus doubling the number of available places, every single one has been snapped up! I am running a waiting [...]
Only One Place Left!
Apologies if this sounds like I’m pushing hard but there is just one place left to fill on my Wye Valley courses this coming summer and it would be nice to tidy up the loose ends. The first week is already a complete sell-out with a waiting list should anyone drop out. The [...]
2012 – Mid December Blog
Welcome dear reader. Let me begin this epic blog with a question; are you an optimist? Do you genuinely believe you’re going to catch whatever the weather, time of year, species you target and so on? Or are you, like me, a fatalist, fully believing that if things can go wrong, they probably will. Even [...]
River Wye Coaching – 2012
The Wye Valley Experience How would you fancy a fantastic coarse fishing break , staying in a Grade II listed country house hotel (where you can actually fish for salmon, trout and grayling in the grounds, free of charge) and then take on the mighty River Wye’s chub and barbel shoals with a bunch of 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. [...]
Smoke and Mirrors – Lee Swords
Oh well, I guess we’ve not had a rant from old Swordsey in a while so grab the tin hat and fasten your seat belts because you’re in for a rocky ride…! Smoke and Mirrors By Lee Swords The start of the river season has been ok for the most part, as I type this I [...]
2011 – Another Early July Blog
I fished my little river again yesterday. And blanked. That might seem to you like I had a tough day but I had anything but. I had a fascinating day and had I really wanted to I could have caught fish from certain swims, but I didn’t really want to. Does that sound a bit [...]
2011 – Late June Blog
Let’s kick off the river season in style with a bumper blog that’s rammed with all manner of fishing issues, great catches and a bit of fun. There’s a serious message or two plus a few images that capture the very essence of why we bother to go fishing at all. It’s a proper old [...]
From Carbology to Zangling – Lee Swords
I love fishing the Trent; it is a passion of mine that has never waned but often wandered, sometimes far off the beaten track of accepted wisdom and common practice. For as long as I can remember I have always kept an open mind in regards to the species of fish I am supposed to [...]
