Matthew has recently been moaning that i seem to have most of my best sessions on rivers, and that he wants a pair of waders of his own to enable him to join in. As hes is now approaching 14 hes strong enough to be able to stand in the flow of a river without […]
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I decided to take advantage of the long evenings by having a few hours on the Irwell this evening. I fished the swims shown in the photo below, for the first time ever and was pleasantly surprised to catch nearly a fish a chuck for the entire evening. The majority of the fish were small […]
For daft anglers such as myself, I have to admit to looking forwards moreto June the 16th than I do Christmas day. Christmas is a family affair, expensive, noisy and frequently stressful. For purely selfish reasons i prefer the 16th of June – the first day during the summer that I can go coarse fishing […]
Heres the response from the EA to the email I sent them a week ago regarding the recent pollution of the River Irk. “Dear Mr Duddy, PUBLIC REGISTER AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REQUESTRiver Irk, Manchester Thank you for your enquiry. Please find below response from one of our officers. This is an ongoing case. The source […]
I have unashamedly stolen this snippet of information from an angling board which i read. “At the start of the coarse fishing season, a new poll commissioned by the Countryside Alliance has revealed that more people have participated in angling (38%) than in organised football (36%) or birdwatching (22%).In addition, a further boost to angling, […]
I had the last hour of daylight on the river near the city cente. A cold wind meant that there were few fish rising, but i still caught a perch on a copper headed nymph and a small chub on a black Klinkhammer.It seems as though trout are scarce this far downstream so am going […]
Having spent most of the last few months fishing venues all over the North West, I took the opportunity to return to my roots this evening. Throughout the winter, I found the usually prolific fishing in the city centre to be terrible, however during the recent spell of hot weather i saw some terrific shoals […]
I am still smarting about the pollution incident on the River Irk. There seems to be no sort of news flow from the EA, and no updates in the local press. I hope that this incident is not going to be another which is swept under the carpet of a smoke filled room, so have […]
Now that the rugby season has ended, my son Matthew decided he would like to have a carp fishing trip. Over the years, he’s become quite proficient in the use of a pole and its his ambition to catch a twenty pounder on his margin pole. With this in mind we took another trip to […]
Given the choice of a few hours gardening, or a quickie on the river there was only going to be one winner. So after finishing work this evening I grabbed my fly gear and had a drive up to my favourite section of my local river. Recent rains have added a little more colour and […]