So this afternoon saw me continuing in my attempts to catch one of those ever so elusive Irwell barbel.As I only had a few hours free this afternoon I decided to fish new swim a bit nearer to home. There is a deep pot of a swim behind the old Chloride Battery works which I’ve […]
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Salmon fishing in Manchester could become a reality by 2015 provided the Secretary Of State for the Environment approves the document below. Whilst skimming through the latest EA River Basin Management Plans for the North West Region I came across these important lines. “Mersey Life is an ambitious project that aims to realise the ecological […]
Whilst I’ve been sitting waiting for bites which havent materialised during my recent quest my mind has been working overtime as to how i can improve my chances. Other than tipping a couple of thousand fish in the river, my options are limited to improving my rig so as to optomise my chances of hooking […]
I woke this morning with a headache and a really big dose of the blues. I considered going to work for a minute or two, then rolled over, determined not to surface till 11am.After getting up and downing a variety of different pain relievers (which had no effect) I was still grumpy. The sun was […]
Another few hours on the river after work, and I was joined this time by “lucky” Phil-K. My first cast was about 6.30pm and I had a sharp pluck within 30seconds of my bait settling in the swim – then nothing for the rest of the evening. Phil K showed up at about 7.15 and […]
Mine went 12.5lbs and was my biggest carp in ages. All of the fish were caught on pellet waggler. manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
As the weather was fine, and the river fining down after recent heavy rains, I took the opportunity to spend a couple of hours after work fishing a deep gully on the river.Fishing a straight lead to a banded 10mm halibut pellet i didn’t get a touch between 5.30 and 8pm.Just as it was going […]
The heavy rain we’ve been experiencing these last few days has knocked river fishing on the head for the time being – so as Matthew has yet to break the double figure barrier for carp we decided to make a return to Bradshaw Hall in Bolton.It was chucking it down when we arrived, and for […]
Again, please accept my apologies for the lack of photos to accompany this post – i keep forgetting to take my camera with me, I can only download photos from my mobile phone onto my laptop – which has recently packed up. Once i get my laptop working again – i shall share some of […]
After being given information about a 200yd stretch of the river where 2 barbel have been reputed to have been caught already this season I spent an evening searching water with a few pints of maggots and my trotting gear.Despite being subjected to an all out assault by the rivers minnow population i have found […]