Words and moving pictures !! After Saturday morning dance classes for little girls, Saturday morning football for little boys, and with an early evening dinner birthday meal with my eldest (who can tolerate us between 5 and 7pm) to come, I only had a short afternoon window of opportunity to slot in a bit of […]
To be geographically accurate, I was actually fishing Birkenhead Docks. But everything down the western end of the M62 is classed as Liverpool to me. My wife has been asked to do a few weekend shifts recently which has resulted in me taking the kids out fishing with me a bit more. They can usually […]
Those of you who have been regular long term readers of my blog will know that I just love stumbling across unusual links, information and quirky facts about my favourite River Irwell. Over the years I’ve become quite the art connoisseur – especially when I can link other people art, to the places where I […]
Have a look at the video, have a read below. Please subscribe to the Fishing Fiend video channel and give me a thumbs up! It’s been on my mind now that after 7 consecutive blanks I need to catch a fish or two. The words “Mick the blanker” have been posted on my facebook page […]
No, I’m not referring to the temperature, I’m having a bad run of blank sessions just like I did in February. 7 trips. No fish. I’ve had a couple more sessions experimenting with rigs on Drinkwater Park (that didn’t go well – but at least I’ve learnt what doesn’t work) I then managed to fit […]
After a few recent visits to my local Drinkwater Park Lake, I decided to have a try for the lakes larger residents. So the maggots were left at home, and the pellets and pop-ups were brought out from the depths of my fishing shed. I’m not that much of a carper – as evidenced by […]
Here’s the latest write up from my fishing adventures : video and written I recently spent an evening with my mate Phil fishing Drinkwater Park Lake, one of our club waters, conveniently located 100 yards behind my house. The lake has a good head of recently stocked small carp, plenty of tench and bream, and […]
A long overdue two week break saw us loading up the car and heading off down the M6 and M5 to Cornwall for a fortnights family holiday in Cornwall. I of course loaded up the car with fishing tackle, inflatable boat and outboard engine before my wife got a chance to fill up boot space […]
All anglers love a bit of free parking, and I’ve been meaning to have a few hours on the fishing on the Ashton Canal with lovely free parking for ages now. Wedged in between Man Citys ground and the National Cycling Centre is the Ashton Canal – and a lovely big Asda car park offering […]
A Good Read ? Blogs have been shutting down faster than video rental stores. When I started writing the Fishing Fiend Blog back in January 2008 blogging was a fashionable activity. Dozens of anglers were sharing their fishy activity with an eager readership, and popular blogs were getting over a quarter a million hits a […]
