Author Archives: Mike Duddy

Childs Play

After last weeks visit to the lake when i was lucky enough to get one bite in 5 hours, I opted for a change of tactics.Ditching the heavy feeder rod and pellets, I instead used my 6metre margin pole fitted with 14s elastic.I plumbed up at about 5ft and to begin with fed the swim […]

Tench Heaven

I spent the late afternoon and evening with Phil-K at one of our club waters which is renowned for its large head of tench. Neither of us had fished this venue previously and despite being given a few pointers by friends as to which pegs to fish and tactics to use we both struggled to […]

Fishing In Wroxham

When someone suggested a family holiday on the Norfolk Broads – i had to pinch myself to check that i wasn’t dreaming. An anglers delight. Oh and when i say family holiday i don’t just mean Lucia, Matt and myself – all my brothers, sisters and their families, together with some of my cousins and […]

Irwell Roach

Sunday evening saw me on the banks of the River Irwell in Lower Broughton. Not the most scenic of fisheries but the fishing can be terrific when the river conditions are right. In certain swims its sometimes possible to catch a fish every swim through, though this session only saw me catch a fish every […]