After a tough day mulling over financial spreadsheets I wanted nothing more than a few hours of peace and quiet on the river after work. A quick trip to the tackle shop turned into a slog through the traffic, and a swift in and out at home turned into a chat with the wife and […]
Just like the rest of you…. I’ve been in love with fish, fishing, and all things fishy for longer than I care to remember. To say fishing has been a major factor in my life is something of an understatement. It’s 10 years since my pal Tony Peet took these two photos of me….. its […]
Its Parklife weekend in North Manchester – a huge weekend long outdoor music festival that people 30 years younger than me find enjoyable. Now that I am a curmudgeonly 50+years old – I just get grumpy at the traffic, the noise and the litter (though the views are not too bad). So – instead of […]
I’ve just put a bit of new kit together for my daughter who turns 4 years old next month…. she’s as keen as mustard. Pink 6ft 2 weight, matching pink line and reel….. so now I need some flies to match We’re lucky to have lots of small streams that are stacked with trout in […]
I’ve been out today on my fishing clubs annual Christmas Pike Social. Always good fun on the Old River Irwell (a still water created by the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal) in Irlam, which has a tremendous head of small to medium size pike max upper doubles. I was a late arrival at 8am […]
Its been a while since I’ve written anything about Barbel Fishing on my local River Irwell. Which is very remiss of me really, as being a local angling club committee member I have been very much involved in recent re-stockings of the river with fish. Here’s two videos of the latest restocking which took place […]
Look at these lovely flecks of gold….. like brush strokes from a classical artists palette. I will never tire of being surprised by the beauty of fish…. each one a unique Faberge Egg, a priceless gift from nature. I was having a trawl through some old photos – and thought that this deserved sharing again. […]
Agecroft Pond is a bit of an enigma – it screams fish but it contains very few. The local angling club stocked 200 8″ carp in 2016, and as yet no one has ever caught one. I’ve fished this lake a handful of times, and never had much success other than a few small roach […]
I have a self imposed two hour rule when I got out pleasure fishing. Very simply if I don’t get a bite within two hours – I move swim or move venue. I’m out fishing for fun and whilst being outdoors and on the bank is important — so is catching a few fish. This […]
Here are the observations of a North Manchester Angler written in 2009 – it gives a great insight as to the impact Cormorants have made on my local River Irwell. (and I’ve added a few observations of my own to conclude) “I’ve run Wickenhall bottom lake in Newhey for around 8 years now. It […]
