Only One Place Left!
Apologies if this sounds like I’m pushing hard but there is just one place left to fill on my Wye Valley courses this coming summer and it would be nice to tidy up the loose ends. The first week is already a complete sell-out with a waiting list should anyone drop out. The [...]
2012 – Mid December Blog
Welcome dear reader. Let me begin this epic blog with a question; are you an optimist? Do you genuinely believe you’re going to catch whatever the weather, time of year, species you target and so on? Or are you, like me, a fatalist, fully believing that if things can go wrong, they probably will. Even [...]
River Wye Coaching – 2012
The Wye Valley Experience How would you fancy a fantastic coarse fishing break , staying in a Grade II listed country house hotel (where you can actually fish for salmon, trout and grayling in the grounds, free of charge) and then take on the mighty River Wye’s chub and barbel shoals with a bunch of the [...]
Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 14
The saga continues with just a few of my experiences with the Bewdley Brawler himself, Mr Des Taylor… Days With Des – “Are You A Whiteface Then?” At Christine’s funeral Des Taylor asked if I’d like to have a crack at his pool. He had the rights to a small water that held chub to 7 [...]
Wye Coaching – It’s Another Sell-Out!
The Wye Valley Experience – 2011 Wow! It was my intention to announce the dates of this year’s coaching session on the Wye today but there’s no point – it’s a complete sell-out! A tentative announcement was released two weeks ago but no dates or prices were set. However, for those people who got in touch to say they [...]
2010 – Early December Blog
I dropped in on the River Don today at Sprotborough, just with a lure rod plus a bunch of rubber lures and spinner baits. The river above the weir is controlled by Rotherham UAF and it is stuffed with fish. The drawback is it’s deep, probably averaging 15 feet or more, but the bottom is littered [...]
Coaching – Summer 2011
The Wye Valley Experience – 2011 Do you dream of fishing wild waters in an unspoiled anglers paradise? Imagine catching pristine barbel and chub that may never have seen a hook, never mind been caught before. The majestic Wye Valley offers you a chance to indulge your fishing fantasies. Last year Peter Smith and I [...]
2010 – Late May Blog
Greetings and welcome to the Late May blog. Might I suggest you make yourself comfortable, perhaps with a drink. It’s a bumper blog edition and you could be here a while. First things first though. You’ve probably seen on the front page of the site that I’m running two angling courses this summer on the [...]
2010 – Early April Blog
Early April Blog Greetings everyone! I struggled to get out on the bank for most of this week needing to catch up on a backlog of writing. Anyway, I’m back on top on that score at least. Friday saw me heading down to Lakeside Fisheries, near Ranskill. The owners have been good friends for at least 15 years [...]
Angling Courses In The Wye Valley
Wonder Of The Wye Breaks – 2010 Peter Smith and I will be running two very special angling courses on the River Wye during 2010. Each will last 5 days (4 nights) and be limited to just 8 anglers. Staying at the historic Caer Beris Manor Hotel at Builth Wells, we will explore the river together [...]
