My fishing sessions seem to be coming in short sharp bursts at the moment – a stolen hour or sneaky afternoon out of the office. Today was my mate Petes birthday – and he wanted a bit of company – how could I not oblige…….. and to create a bit of extra birthday fun,,,,, I […]
It was far too nice a day to remain stuck in the office, so when the phone rang with the offer of a couple of hours on the bank I jumped at the chance. The venue chosen was Bradshaw Hall Fishery in Bolton – not my normal sort of venue – but ideal for a […]
Its been a while, but today I caught a few fish. A quick early morning whirl around 3 local park lakes saw me land 3 fish (2 perch and a pike) caught using the fishing rod I received for Christmas 2015 – which had been out on numerous occasions in 2016 but never christened. Using […]
Back in October I wrote a post moaning about my inability to christen a drop shotting rod which I bought in January 2016 see A Bit Rubbish This rod is called a Shakespeare Agility – I’m going to rename it the Shakespeare Inability I have just returned from yet another short fruitless session which has […]
Happy New Year ! My 2017 species hunt has begun In 2010 I managed to catch 24 species of freshwater fish in a calendar year, in 2012 I managed 31. 2 young children have put a serious dent in my fishing time for the last few years, but I have been blessed with a 4 […]
