Yet another Manchester River suffering a pollution incident. See link to BBC website for details. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/10307127.stm And theres still no news yet from the EA about a prosecution for last years devastating pollution incident on the River Irk. manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Author Archives: Mike Duddy
Now the rugby season is over, Matthew now has the energy to spend a few hours on the river with his old fella on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Armed with fishing gear, wine gums and a can of Irn Bru we spent a happy couple of hours catching small brownies from the river. Fishing doesnt […]
Nothing for months then two in a day ! I had no bait in the shed, and only 4 slices of bread in the cupboard – so three slices went in the blender and one into a bag for hookbait.Left the house at 8.30pm. Strapped 5m whip to my pushbike, and was fishing on Kingfisher […]
There been so much going on in my non fishing life over the last 9 months, that fishing and blogging have had to take a back seat.Luckily, fishing is like a favourite old jumper, it always fits, can be picked up or discarded at will but always feels right while your wearing it. The same […]
The lovely photo which forms the background to the title of my blog was taken by Tom Blackwell. Over the last few years he has taken some amazing pictures of urban Manchester, and has a number of portfolios which can be found on the photo sharing website flickr. As a fan of Toms work, I […]
What a pleasure it was to pull up in the car park, adjacent to one of my favourite trout fishing swims and see a HUGE lunker of a trout gently sipping flies off the surface. I havent seen any decent fish for ages on the river, and have been very worried that they had been […]
For the last few years I’ve been an avid reader and poster on the angling forum www.maggotdrowning.com The site is a mine of information, with contributions by both top match anglers and enthusiastic amateurs like myself. Unlike other angling forums, it is very welcoming to anglers of all abilities, there is little bitching between members, […]
Looks like Phil & Tony have both been badly bitten by the list. Phil and Tony have now both caught 8 species of fish each this season, to my 6 – a fact which they have suddenly become keen to remind me about. I’m not worried, the year is still young and I’m sure both […]
Phil and I decided to take a day off work and visit Partridge Lakes. Despite it being only half and hours drive from home, its a commercial I’ve never visited before. They have various lakes and canals, including two lakes Holbar one and two which are supposedly stuffed with decent carp. Now I know its […]
Today was the spring equinox – the frogs spawned in my garden pond yesterday, the chicks are just about to hatch in my incubator, and I caught my first tench of the year. After a bright sunny start to the day watching Matt play rugby, I was itching to get on the bank – yesterdays […]