I’ve had a couple of sessions recently at a new venue for me – the Gynn Wall in Blackpool. Phil and I fancied a change of location, our enthusiasm for fishing at 5 Bar Gate near Cleveleys having waned somewhat recently after a few blank trips. I blame the weather lol…. it appears as though […]
I Smelt a record but let it go — and that’s what truly happened. A family weekend in Anglesey we stayed over on a cheap deal at the Caernarfon Travel Lodge. I knew that this was a family first trip, and that I would’t get much opportunity to wet a line, but considering the hotels […]
Despite the recent bad weather I’ve taken every opportunity I can to get out fishing again. My species hunt is progressing quite well, and I’ve been going out on a few sea fishing trips with Phil, and a couple of freshwater trips with the kids has seen me racking up quite a few more species. […]
I’m relatively new to this sea fishing malarkey, and even fresher round the gills when fishing afloat. After weeks and weeks of stable high pressure over the UK the wind has turned westerly and the previously pancake flat sea turned decidedly lumpy. I had a quick trip over to the Fylde coast again, only to […]
I’m lucky enough to live close to a number of ponds that are manged by our fishing club. They were all terribly neglected for a number of years until the club took them on. Fish stocks were low, and anti social behaviour was rife (and still is to a slightly lesser degree) One of the […]
Now that we are enjoying nice long evenings I made the most of it and visited Pollys Flash (aka Kingsdown Flash) in Abram, Lancashire in search of a Bitterling to add to my species tally for the year. I set up nearest to the car park (lazyness) but then the wind was right in my […]
Out on the ocean wave — SIB Fishing — well not really, being a bit on the cautious side of things I waited for a nice calm day and there was hardly a wave worth talking about. There was however plenty of fishing and other goings on that are worth talking about. I’ve taken a […]
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid day sun, and only anglers take their kids with them fishing in it. Ha Ha. Still off work on furlough and in charge of entertainment and education of my two poor kids. So… yesterday looked like a great opportunity to spend some time on the […]
After lock down I finally got out with a rod in hand last week – Back In The Saddle so to speak. With kids in tow (I’m furloughed whilst my wife if doing double shifts for the NHS) I took the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone – a long scooter ride along […]
Ha Ha – silly me – Did I really go to bed last night thinking that I was going to have a great opening day but as so often happens pre fishing trip excitement often turns into post trip disappointment. Whilst I was asleep – the heavens opened and local rivers were unfishable by the […]
