Author Archives: Mike Duddy

My First Coarse Fish On The Fly

After spending the weekend gardening I was itching for some sort of fishing related activity [...]

Pollution Of The River Irk

I wonder how many years it will take for the River Irk to recover from [...]

Clevely Bridge Fishery

I spent the best part of the day at Clevely Bridge Fishery near Lancaster. It [...]

Square Lodge

Tony and I fished Square Lodge in Hindley this afternoon, and caught some lovely fish. [...]

The Sun Shines On Phil-K

The sun was shining and I’d arranged a few hours on the river with Phil [...]

Early Season On A Local Stream

As its still early in the season and the trees are still bare, I took [...]

Baptism

Just like everyone else, there are events which we look forward to, plan for, and [...]

Home Made Lures

After spending a large part of last season chasing trout on my local streams and [...]

Mel Sykes On A Gondola?

I have spent my last three outings on the lower Irwell close to the city [...]

Are You Looking At Me (part 2)

After spending a tough day on the Irwell I was in the mind to put [...]