I arranged to meet Paul at 11am on Kingfisher Lodge and by the time I arrived he had very kindly made a hole in the ice just big enough for two. Fishing a short flick tip whip, a size 22 hook, 0.08mm hooklength and a dotted down float i set about winkling out a few […]
Author Archives: Mike Duddy
With the snow beginning to melt, and most of the local still waters frozen solid I was hard pushed to find somewhere to fish today, and when I did find some clear water only fished half heartedly. I’ve found fishing in melt water is rarely productive, but as always I enjoy getting about and about […]
With the thermometer in the car nudging -5Celsius this morning, i cried off my pre-arranged trip up to the Ribble with Tony and Pete. I just couldn’t face wading knee deep in the freezing cold river water and having to constantly remove the ice from the top few rings of my rod. So as all […]
And againPike 0Lures Lost 2 manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
So I had a couple of hours this afternoon on my local park lake.Pike OLures lost 2But at least the weather was pleasant. manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Sunday afternoon – again on the Bridgewater Canal near Old Trafford. Pike – noneLures – lost 4Fingers – numb (i dropped my neoprene gloves somewhere)Mood – bad manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Our day on the canal started off in bright sunshine – great for two of us but not so good for the hungover member of our trio. We parked the car amongst the old warehouses of Ancoats and made our way to the Rochdale Canal, where we tackled up with lures and traces. Leapfrogging our […]
Tomorrow is the last day of the Salmon season and I’ve not had one so far this year so today I decided to have a final fling with a few lures. With time being limited, I could only manage a couple of hours on the Mersey rather than taking time to drive up to the […]
I’ve been so busy at work recently that fishing has had to take a back seat. Even during the odd occasisions when things have slowed down, I’ve felt a little guilty when thinking about sneaking off to go down the river. A riverside walk with the family last Sunday the afternoon had to be the […]
Theres been a lack of blogging recently but definitely not a lack of fishing.I spent an afternoon plugging for pike in the city centre at Castlefield but didnt get a sniff of a fish. A lovely place to spend a few hours though I was at my desk on the last day of the trout […]