A Winter’s Tale – February 2017 Blog

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 →

Weekend Sport Column – 7th February

Going For Gold With most of the UK’s rivers running high and carrying torrents of swirling brown water I’m starting to get pretty fed up. January was the wettest month Continue Reading →

Weekend Sport Column – 20th October

An Impossible Dream? By the time I was thirteen I’d read every single angling book on the shelves of my local library. We didn’t have an Internet back then, there Continue Reading →

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 Continue Reading →

2010 – Mid-November Blog

Autumn is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, according to Keats. And this year has been quite special, hasn’t it? Driving through the leafy lanes of Norfolk last week was Continue Reading →

2010 – Mid September Blog

The Trent beckons tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll be heading above Nottingham and fishing for roach but can’t say for certain just yet as it has bucketed down in these parts over the Continue Reading →