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Heskin Hall Farm

The lure of catching a Silver Bream led me to visit Heskin Hall Farm near Chorley. Over the years I’ve caught all sorts of fish, but Silver Bream which generally inhabit Eastern England are a species which have always eluded me. Their website http://www.heskinoldhallfarm.co.uk/states that Silver Bream are found in two of their lakes, so […]

Lanky

No not a post about my body shape, but a post about a day out fishing the River Hodder in Lancashire. The Hodder is one of the main tributaries of the Ribble and flows through some of the most beautiful scenery in the county. We fished a beat in its higher reaches, the river being […]

Deep Pit

On Saturday Matthew and I spent the last few hours together on our local river using both trotted worm and later on some nymphs fished down and across to no effect. Last year we would have expected to catch a few fish, get lots of bites and see fish rising. This season, we have been […]

Inactivity?

Inactivity? You must be joking.Thursday was Big Daves birthday so a few of us drove up to Pendle View to have a few hours catching the fish stocked into their new specimen trout ditch. Not classic angling by any stretch of the imagination, but really good fun in pleasant company. The fish are BIG and […]