Author Archives: Mike Duddy

Master Class On The River Dee

Rays net of Roach – about 20lb by lunchtime. Salmon Parr? Brrrrr minus 6.5c I [...]

Double Blank

Bought a new trotting rod on Wednesday, so i went fishing before work on Thursday [...]

Phillips Park

The lure of sun on my face in February made me leave the office early [...]

A Suprise Visitor

I woke up one morning just before Christmas and discovered a visitor at end of [...]

Perfect Day (nearly)

Big smiles after a great afternoons fishing from Dave and Matt. We spent the afternoon [...]

Freezing Cold

Started at lunchtime and fished til dusk at 5pm. Caught nothing, no takes, no follows [...]

River Irwell Early Start

I woke early and saw the sun shining, i just had to go fishing for [...]

Winter Piking on the River Irwell

I decided to try the River Irwell for the first time this year as the [...]

First Fish Of The Year !

As the Irwell was well up and the colour of hot chocolate, we fished a [...]

Irwell Trout

My son Matt with his first trout from the River Irwell April 2007. Caught on [...]