During the programme some footage from the next Barbel Days and Ways DVD was shown and before anyone goes, ‘Oh, hello. He’s plugging the new release…’ let me say that it isn’t going to be available for quite a while yet, certainly not this side of Christmas and probably not before ...

Folks - the wait is over…!   Barbel Days and Ways Volume Two is now on sale. To purchase a copy simply click the link below: BARBEL DAYS & WAYS VOLUME TWO Country UK £14.99Outside UK £15.99 Those who prefer to pay by cheque or other means can email Kat...

Release Date: 25th April, 2009 Existing customers can pre-order from 15th March, 2009, and be the first to watch it. More details will follow soon. TO PURCHASE BARBEL DAYS & WAYS VOLUME TWO: Country UK £14.99Outside UK £15.99 OR… TO PURCHASE BARBEL DAYS &am...

Cor, time flies when you’re having fun, eh? I must have had loads of fun in the first three weeks of the new season because the time has literally flown by. I mentioned in my last blog that I was making a series of DVDs with Stu Walker and this has taken up every spare moment of our time so far. ...

As you will see from the free DVD clips, Barbel Days and Ways provides a unique insight into the life and feeding habits of the barbel. Using state of the art technology, the cameras get closer than ever before to barbel as they feed, and then bolt as they feel the steel. Add to this an informative...

Earlier this summer Matt Brown and I agreed we really fancied spending a few hours on the Dove. We only had about half a day to spare as I needed to be home by early evening. That meant we would miss both key feeding times – dawn and dusk – but that didn’t bother us in the slightest. It’s j...

Anyone who is a relative newcomer to fishing and reads the papers avidly will be labouring under the impression that seven pounds chub are pretty common and that sixes are merely run-of the-mill captures. If only that were true. The truth is that the headlines are dominated by a relatively small num...

I don’t know how I would cope without television weather forecasts, especially the Sunday farming bulletin. I tend to tape that one because it gives me a pretty accurate idea of what the week ahead will bring. If, like me, you are in full-time employment and have no choice but to fish at weekends,...

Big perch are nomadic in summer, as eager to swim in the fastest current as haunt the deepest eddy as they seek out shoals of prey fish. In winter they will invariably be found in quieter water and this means swim choice is much easier. If you can find an area of steady water below a bend with feat...