Author Archives: Mike Duddy

The Friendly Anglers Fund

I rarely reference the angling club that I chair, or the other fishing administration stuff [...]

Dace Fishing On The Irwell

After a tough day mulling over financial spreadsheets I wanted  nothing more than a few [...]

Happy Times

Just like the rest of you…. I’ve been in love with fish, fishing, and all [...]

Parklife Fishing

Its Parklife weekend in North Manchester – a huge weekend long outdoor music festival that [...]

New Kit

I’ve just put a bit of new kit together for my daughter who turns 4 [...]

A Little Perspective – Pike

I’ve been out today on my fishing clubs annual Christmas Pike Social. Always good fun [...]

Irwell Barbel Quest – Part 12 – Utter Frustration

Its been a while since I’ve written anything about Barbel Fishing on my local River [...]

An Artists Palette

Look at these lovely flecks of gold….. like brush strokes from a classical artists palette. [...]

Hungry Pike

Agecroft Pond is a bit of an enigma – it screams fish but it contains [...]

The 2 Hour Rule

I have a self imposed two hour rule when I got out pleasure fishing. Very [...]