In my increasingly desperate chase for species, I had another trip to Secret Lake . I dropped off the Housekeeper in Leeds at 8am and made my first cast just after 9. A clear sky the previous night had led to a big drop in temps – so I wasn’t too optimistic about catching any […]
Category Archives: Uncategorised
I’ve been meaning to fish a certain Cumbrian Tarn all summer, but for one reason or another have never made it. So I decided it was do or die time, and that I would make the trip up there today no matter what the weather forecast predicted. My early start, long drive, long climb and […]
Have a look at this old news reel.http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=32966 The River Irwell comes in at 1.05 mins There is a longer version here http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=32967 but I cant seem to get any sound with this one. This is how I remember the river from my childhood – am I really that old!?! The factories and chimneys are […]
And so after a gap of 10 months, I decided to squander a few hours this evening on my futile search for a Barbel from the Irwell. I’d virtually given up on the idea of catching one from the Irwell until someone texted me whilst I was away on holiday that they’d taken one at […]
The blogs been quiet for the last couple of weeks – Ryan Airs measly 15kg luggage allowance meant that the housekeepers eyebrows were raised to the highest levels when i attempted to pack a travel rod and some odds and ends of tackle. I got back on Thursday so by the time I’d waded through […]
How often do we dream about the perfect fishing scenario? We have it all planned out in our heads, ideal weather, river levels, the best swims empty, loads of bait etc etc.Well yesterday saw me on the Ribble, with the benefit of perfect river levels, empty swims, loads of bait, lovely weather … the whole […]
I’ve had a couple of short evening sessions lure fishing on the River in the centre of town. Using a small Big S, a vibrax minnow and a small copper mepps spinner, action with perch and chub has been pretty good. No fish of any remarkable size though. Its surprised me that I havent had […]
Saturday afternoon Lucia asked me to drop her off in Manchester city centre so she could fulfill her female urges to shop. Rather than trail my lady wife around various ladies clothing emporiums i bid her adieu and took a 5 minute spin around the inner ring road and ended up in the car park […]
I’ve fished a particular swim on the lower Ribble twice in recent weeks and despite catching a fair few fish, the only good rod thumper I’ve managed to hook was a Chub of about 4lbs. Now this swim is a fast tongue of water over a gravel bottom, feeding into a big, long deep pool […]
Last Saturday Lucia and I went for a day out walking along the cliffs of Holy Island on Anglesey. As were were going to be passing one of the North Wests top mackerel marks, a travel rod and feathers were added to our daysack. For those of you who fancy giving this place a try […]