Now that the rugby season has ended, my son Matthew decided he would like to have a carp fishing trip. Over the years, he’s become quite proficient in the use of a pole and its his ambition to catch a twenty pounder on his margin pole. With this in mind we took another trip to […]
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Given the choice of a few hours gardening, or a quickie on the river there was only going to be one winner. So after finishing work this evening I grabbed my fly gear and had a drive up to my favourite section of my local river. Recent rains have added a little more colour and […]
Have found a new blogger also called Mike who fishes my local waters.Take a look at http://mancspurs.blogspot.com/ should be an interesting read once he adds some more content. manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
The lure of catching a Silver Bream led me to visit Heskin Hall Farm near Chorley. Over the years I’ve caught all sorts of fish, but Silver Bream which generally inhabit Eastern England are a species which have always eluded me. Their website http://www.heskinoldhallfarm.co.uk/states that Silver Bream are found in two of their lakes, so […]
No not a post about my body shape, but a post about a day out fishing the River Hodder in Lancashire. The Hodder is one of the main tributaries of the Ribble and flows through some of the most beautiful scenery in the county. We fished a beat in its higher reaches, the river being […]
Due to various domestic commitments my only opportunity go fishing on Saturday was by getting up at the crack of dawn and fishing til mid morning. So after discovering the delights of Deep Pit last week it was an easy decision to make a return visit. Choosing a different swim from my previous visit, I […]
As the evenings lengthen its now fairly easy to finish work, eat supper and then have a few hours on the river. I’m lucky enough to live by the river, so later in the year when the coarse season re-opens I can walk out of my back door, walk through the park and be fishing […]
On Saturday Matthew and I spent the last few hours together on our local river using both trotted worm and later on some nymphs fished down and across to no effect. Last year we would have expected to catch a few fish, get lots of bites and see fish rising. This season, we have been […]
Inactivity? You must be joking.Thursday was Big Daves birthday so a few of us drove up to Pendle View to have a few hours catching the fish stocked into their new specimen trout ditch. Not classic angling by any stretch of the imagination, but really good fun in pleasant company. The fish are BIG and […]
I made yet another visit to Salford Quays this weekend. So far there seem to be far fewer fish making their way into the shallower basins this year, no doubt the flocks of cormorants which live in this area are the cause of this. The gin clear water of the quays make fish spotting easy, […]