Took another trip up to Pendle View with Phil-K this afternoon. We braved a strong northerly wind, and squally showers again, but caught 20 fish between us. By the time our session was over my fingers were so numb i couldnt feel the pen i was using to record our session in the catch return […]
Author Archives: Mike Duddy
I promised my girlfriend Lucia a get away from it weekend in Wales. Of course this turned into a reconnaissance weekend for possible future fishing venues under the guise of romantic walks around a lake. I think the penny dropped for her when i kept stopping to put on a pair of polaroid glasses and […]
Today was the last day of the season for fishing the river Irwell. I sat twitching at my desk till about 2pm, then packed things in for the day, went home to change and pick up a rod and was making my first cast by 3. The river was pretty high and chocolate coloured after […]
Due to the current appaling weather conditions i decided to have another day at Bradshaws rather than fish a more difficult, exposed venue. If i was going to sit out in a howling gale then at least i would catch some fish rather than struggle for bites on a different venue. I arrived early with […]
As the new game season is about to begin, i have been weighing up my options as to which rivers i am going to concentrate my efforts. My local river was once heavily polluted but now its tributaries support healthy populations of brown trout in their upper reaches, and as most of these waters are […]
I met up with fellow bloggers Phil and Tony on Saturday for my first outing fly fishing for over two years. I have thrashed many a reservoir with a fly line and lure over the years with no more than limited success. However armed with some home tied flies courtesy of Big Dave and a […]
Mitchell Match I was chatting to Dave a few weeks ago about the fishing tackle i had stolen from my parents house about 10 years ago. Of all the tackle I lost, the item I missed the most was a Mitchell 440a commonly known as a Mitchell Match.Last Friday Dave called me at work and […]
A typical local stream After blanking on the River Irwell on my last four outings i was determined to catch fish today. I decided the night before that despite the river being in fishable condition i was going to go for a bagging session at Bradshaw Hall near Bolton. AND BAG UP I DID! I […]
Three hours trotting red maggots over hemp, not a bite. Used a float that took 7 grams to cock, but still couldn’t hold back against the flow effectively.Its difficult to fish this river in the winter as the fish seem to want the bait held back hard which is difficult when you consider the strength […]
Am having a torrid time on the river this February.I went down to the river this afternoon for an hour after work to see if i could put into practice what i had learnt earlier in the week.However overnight rain resulted in an extra 3 feet of water and the river was running through hard. […]