2010 – Late November Blog
With the Trent still high and carrying colour there was only one place to be and one species to target. Barbel. Unfortunately the river dropped a full four feet in two days during which gales had swept over the country depositing millions of leaves in the river. A week ago the hedgerows had been bathed in yellows, [...]
Effective Barbel Rigs – Part One
Since appearing on Sky TV’s Tight Lines programme with Keith Arthur a few weeks ago I’ve received a huge number of enquiries asking me to explain in detail my barbel rigs and bait presentations. It certainly appears the programme made a lot of barbel anglers sit up and think. During the programme some footage [...]
Carbology Explained (Part Two) by Lee Swords
Making sense of it all… In Part One I said that I would talk about triggers and by that I mean the events that trigger a reaction from our quarry, the magnificent Barbel. Triggers are stimuli that are picked up and reacted upon in either a positive or negative way. Triggers are many and varied, [...]
2009 – August Blog
The summer is flying by and apart from a short period at the beginning of last month we’ve seen precious little in the way of sunshine but the damp weather has seen river catches holding up really well. The Trent in particular has been on fire and if anyone’s failing to catch on that particular [...]
Fisky’s Fantastic Feeders
Since last Friday’s appearance on Sky TV’s Tight Lines show I have been inundated with requests for information about Fisky’s Fantastic Feeders. These feeders are without any shadow of a doubt the best heavy duty feeders for use on big rivers that money can buy. The drawback is that everyone is hand made personally by [...]
2009 – Late June Blog
At last the ’real’ fishing season is in full swing again so here’s a bumper edition of the blog for all who love their fishing… I forget to mention in recent blogs that I’ve been enjoying some brisk sport on a local canal where the bream have been quite obliging. The only trouble is I was pig headed [...]
