John Snow was right. Winter was coming and it arrived with a ‘double vortex arctic blast’ according to the Express. The Mail got pretty excited, too. And I loved the Continue Reading →
I began drafting this monologue exactly a week before the Ides of March. How fitting. Means I’ll still be able to squeeze a bit of river fishing into the next blog. 😉 Continue Reading →
The damp and dank weather has final broken and we’re seeing rivers gradually falling back to normal winter levels. About time, too. I can’t believe it has taken until the Continue Reading →
Scratching the Surface I first met Paul in 1996 at Great Linford Lakes, ironically the same place I had been introduced to Matt Hayes a several years previously. Paul was Continue Reading →
What a washout this winter has been. I’ve never known the rivers to be out of sorts for so long and just when the monsoon begins to subside the Environment Continue Reading →
It’s Time To Get Organised Happy new year folks! Anyone been wetting a line? Thought not. Just prior to Christmas the UK took a bit of a battering from gale Continue Reading →
The weather outside was frightful but that didn’t stop Bob Roberts from going fishing. Here’s how he described his exploits in the January issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing, 2011… One Continue Reading →
Hot on the heels of Part One, here’s Part Two for your delectation… Fisky Zeds Had a nice message from Nick Marlow showing he’s been catching a few nice zander Continue Reading →
Welcome to what has turned out to be a mammoth blog. 8,000 words!!!! So many that I’ve decided to split it up into 3 instalments. That’s right, this is merely Continue Reading →
You know, I’m getting rather lazy. Either that or I’m getting too busy. Finding time to blog is difficult at the moment as I’ve been dashing here, there and everywhere. Continue Reading →
Outside of Hampshire and Dorset very few anglers have ever seen a truly big grayling. They really are quite rare. Even a two-pounder is rare outside of the Southern chalk Continue Reading →
Well there’s no mistaking it’s the pantomime season, is there? (Oh, yes there is…) But enough of Mr B for now! Welcome to the ice age folks. With a bit Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
Is anyone sick of reading about global warming yet? Apparently motor cars are the spawn of the devil and we’re all doomed. The Government and the tree huggers have united Continue Reading →