As the Irwell was well up and the colour of hot chocolate, we fished a lodge in Prestwich Country Park for a couple of hours. This particular water has a reputation for great Piking and Matt wanted to catch his first Pike. His clueless dad forgot to bring deadbaits, so we set out to catch […]
My son Matt with his first trout from the River Irwell April 2007. Caught on worm and bubble float. His ambition for 2008 is to learn to fly fish and catch more trout ! manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Welcome to my blog. Living in north Manchester i have access to some fantastic fishing. Within an hour and a half driving radius i can fish the rivers and lakes of North Wales, The Peak District, and Lake District. I have the much improved and rarely fished River Irwell within 5 minutes walk of my […]