2010 – Mid September Blog

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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 past couple of days. Fingers crossed it’s been isolated heavy showers rather than persistent downpours over a wide area. Saying that the EA River Line [...]

2009 – Mid-September Blog

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Bream Record Smashed By The UK’s First ‘Twenty’ Looks like Mark McKenna has broken the British Rod Caught Bream Record with a spectacular fish of 22lb 9oz from Ferry Lagoon, Cambridgeshire. Weighed on three sets of scales, Mark settled for the lowest weight but it simply obliterates the previous record, a fish of 19lb 10oz [...]

Big River Perch Fishing In Autumn

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The perch is an enigmatic species. Bold, aggressive, yet exquisitely beautiful. In clear water the colouration of a perch is a delight to behold. You’ll never mistake it for any other species with its rich greens, broad black vertical bars and a creamy belly tipped with bright vermilion fins, but beware the armour plating. Sharp [...]

Angling Now & Then – Part 1

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Angling Now And Then Well, the tail end of another river season approaches but have you seen many anglers on the bank? Okay, you’ll find a few diehards grinding away in the well known hot spots and there will always be plenty who talk a good session on the Internet, but if you listen carefully [...]