I’m enjoying this series of challenges and once again I’ve managed to delve into the archives and come up with a post for each day of the month, hopefully things Continue Reading →
How did your river season end? Tough out there, wasn’t it? I cleared the decks as best I could in the final fortnight of the river season so that I Continue Reading →
As we neared the end of a recent season I sat down with three of my fellow Don Valley Specimen Group (DVSG) mates and discussed prospects and tactics for the Continue Reading →
A purpose design spod rod and big pit reel will allow you to throw a fully loaded, full size spod very far indeed and with great accuracy after surprisingly little Continue Reading →
Every couple of months or so I take a couple of days of work and venture south in the hope of catching a really big fish or two. I see these Continue Reading →
Over the last couple of years I’ve been doing quite a bit of perch fishing, mainly using lobworms. One of the problems with perch and fishing with lobworms is that you Continue Reading →
Not so much a blog this time as practically an entire magazine’s worth of ramblings. This is the longest blog I’ve ever written but you’ve got to admit, says he smugly, Continue Reading →
Low water conditions have had an impact on the fishing but that hasn’t stopped Bob giving his chief detractor both barrels. Batten down the hatches as the insults fly! Continue Reading →
Sywell Spectacular An article describing how Matt Brown and I tackled the spectacular tench shoals of Sywell Reservoir in Northamptonshire. First published in Coarse Fisherman, you can see the full Continue Reading →
Welcome to the June angling blog. If you’re a new visitor then I hope you enjoy it. I try to tell it as I see it and occasionally inject a little bit of Continue Reading →
As the days lengthen and the thermometer rises I find I’m buzzing around like a blue a***d fly. There’s so much to do and I haven’t even renewed a single Continue Reading →
Well, the curtain has fallen on another river season but could it be the final curtain? Well, some seem to think so. Personally I don’t think so but we’ll have Continue Reading →
A thread on the Fishing Magic forum has made reference to an article I wrote a little while ago so I thought it might help if I published it again. Continue Reading →
The River Don Catchment – A New Kid On The Barbel Block The River Don doesn’t exactly leap to mind when folk start talking about ‘great’ barbel rivers or even Continue Reading →
August Blog Where does the time go? I thought that retiring from my full-time job would leave me with loads of time to do everything I want to do but Continue Reading →