Today we held our second kick sampling training day on the Irwell with the Riverfly Partnership. Blessed with some autumnal sunshine 10 new samplers joined the ranks of the Salford Friendly Anglers Monitoring Initiative on the Irwell. We have now covered 13 sites on the Irwell between Rawtenstall and Manchester City Centre, 2 sites on […]
Author Archives: Mike Duddy
As you all know I am a big supporter of the Angling Trust – my view is that angling needs a unified voice to speak for us in a climate where so many people and groups seem to be bashing angling from all sides. Please take a look at www.anglingtrustnorthwest.netand also http://anglingtrustnorthwest.blogspot.com Lastly please add […]
I’ve just had a week in the North Of Ireland, touring round the Antrim coast and Donegal. An area with some fantastic scenery and equally excellent fishing.The holiday was meant to be a treat for my mother in laws 50th birthday so fishing was not at the top of everyones agenda. Despite packing a travel […]
I’ve recently been spending a fair amount of time fishing on the Rochdale Canal – a venue where I spent alot of time fishing with my father as a child. Back in the day, our quarry was the incredibly large roach which used to inhabit the canals crystal clear water. I have forgotten now how […]
Were going to hold another match on the Old River at Irlam on the 8th October – you’re welcome to join us.Draw 9am at the Boathouse Pub, Ferry Rd, Irlam M44 6DN.Fish from 10 til 3.Cost £10, £5 for juniors.(Top Hat optional)The EA are going to conduct a sonar survey of this water on Wednesday […]
I had 3 tench in 3 hours this evening from the local canal.5lb8oz, 4lb2oz and 4lb and I lost another cracker by trying to bully it to the net (idiot).All fish fell to a strawberry jellet fished dead depth over micro pellets.I’ve experimented a fair amount recently with hook patterns and baits and I’m nearly […]
After a couple of fruitless trips to various local venues, I decided to go to the capital of Bitterling fishing in North West – Pollys flash. The Bitterling (also known as the Pomerainian Bream) are a lovely looking fish, and it wasn’t too long before i bagged my first Pommie in over 30 years using […]
I dont fish many matches – its a form of angling that I’ve never really go into. However Salford Friendly Anglers Society are in the process of being granted the lease for the River Irwell Old Course in Irlam. Once a loop of the main river, now a still water after being chopped off by […]
I’ve spent a couple of days on the road with Pete, trying to catch my first ever bleak, zander, motherless minnow and pumpkinseed. We nabbed 3 out of the 4 with only the zander evading us.This takes me up to 30 species for the season – busting last years record of 24 – with four […]
A few snatched hours on the Rochdale Canal at Boarshaw was my reward for a tough week at work. I fished single maggot over a bed of micro pellets at the end of a bed of sedges and caught well for the first hour, a decent tench, a decent skimmer bream and some nice roach. […]