Meeting Stephen Fry was the highlight of Matthews holiday. The highlight of mine was visiting Tsavo East, Tsavo West & Amboseli National Parks I made a list of the animals and more notable birds we saw : Dik Dik, Zebra, Impala,Water Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Leopard, Chameleon, Lesser Kudu, Squirrel, Termites,Fresh Water Tortoise, Water Buck, Wart […]
Author Archives: Mike Duddy
Buffalo and Hippos in Amboseli National Park – with Kilmanjaro in the background. I’ve just returned from a Christmas & New Year family holiday spent on the coast of Kenya about 30kms north of Mombasa.I’m not going to bore you with the details, other than to say that the weather, hotels and game parks were […]
As the floods have subsided, I’ve been looking forwards to getting out on the Ribble and having a try for a Grayling or two.Saturday morning saw me donning my waders, and braving the icey cold water of a favourite stretch of river, which I know holds some lovely fish.After 10 minutes or so of feeding […]
Due to upheavals on the work front I’ve been unable to spend time updating my blog. Time on the bank has been restricted to only one Sunday afternoon out fishing the www.maggotdrowning.com annual Christmas Fur & Feather match at Pool Bridge Farm near York. As I only ever fish this one match per year, its […]
I had wanted to go fishing with my Dad ever since I was old enough to realise he was out doing something enjoyable and that I was going to be left stuck at home with my mum. Memories of my father going out every evening to catch trout from hill lochs in Donegal during family […]
I first visited Twin Lakes at Croston with my dad about 20 years ago when it was a purely fly only trout venue. Since then its become a mixed fishery, with the north lake having a great head of roach. I’ve been back a few times over the years with my most recent visit being […]
My fishing time has been severely restricted these last few weeks, due to work, bad weather and making arrangements for my rapidly approaching wedding. Most of this weekend was again up with domestic duties but I did manage to sneak down to the river for the last two hours of daylight – when I took […]
I had intended to spend every morning of the last week of the Salmon season spinning for Salmon on the Ribble. However, upheavals at work meant that I only managed to get out on the Friday morning for a few hours accompanied by Phil-K. I arrived at first light and was encouraged by seeing fish […]
I spent the last few hours of daylight fishing the River Irwell behind Granada Studios on the old match length. There used to be a weekly open match held on this length of river for quite a few years, until the owners of the Hotel opposite became fed up with anglers peeing in the bushes […]
After suffering so many blanks over the last month or two I’d really been looking forwards to Big Daves annual trip to his mates farm pond. Tucked deep away in rural Shropshire its a hell of a venue. A lovely setting, good company and a lake stuffed with big, hard fighting Rainbow Trout. After an […]