Drop shotting with worms is always a productive method no matter what time of year or weather conditions What fish can resist a worm dangling in front I had a couple of hours in Manchester City Centre with my friend Phil – watch the video below to see how we got on. Up soon, a […]
I caught some lovely small roach from a local canal recently as I’d promised to “bang out” half a dozen live baits for a pike session later that afternoon with a mate. There hadn’t been a hard frost the night before, but the weather was typical winter Manchester, cold hard and grey. Conditions that a […]
Life sometimes takes over, and I don’t have as much time or inclination to write about my fishing trips as much I used to… that doesn’t mean to say I’m not going fishing anymore… I most certainly am … just in a slightly different manner than I used to before. Most of my fishing over […]
I’ve been out today on my fishing clubs annual Christmas Pike Social. Always good fun on the Old River Irwell (a still water created by the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal) in Irlam, which has a tremendous head of small to medium size pike max upper doubles. I was a late arrival at 8am […]
Look at these lovely flecks of gold….. like brush strokes from a classical artists palette. I will never tire of being surprised by the beauty of fish…. each one a unique Faberge Egg, a priceless gift from nature. I was having a trawl through some old photos – and thought that this deserved sharing again. […]
Agecroft Pond is a bit of an enigma – it screams fish but it contains very few. The local angling club stocked 200 8″ carp in 2016, and as yet no one has ever caught one. I’ve fished this lake a handful of times, and never had much success other than a few small roach […]
As I’ve said in my last few posts….. I’ve been doing a lot more fishing than blogging this year so I thought I’d share a bit more about how I’m getting on. Work and family commitments have put an end to the long undisturbed sessions of the past, and I’ve been having to take my […]
I recently turned 50 – ouch So instead of allowing my family to inflict a birthday party on me – I organised a pre-emptive strike and booked a couple of weeks away in the sun…Tenerife this time. I usually take lots of fishing tackle away with me – but with a baby just beginning to […]
Hi Everyone – Happy Christmas Have you ever wondered about getting out fishing on Christmas Day? Some people get out there every year without fail, some never I have lucky friends who can get out on the bank every 25th December. From cod fishing on the beach at Rossall Point, Fleetwood; to fishing a match […]
