From the lack of blogging activity you might think that I’d not done much fishing this month – but then you’d be wrong.I’ve fished a couple of Salford Friendly fundraising matches winning one match in a howling gale on the Rochdale canal with a single skimmer bream on a match that was abandoned after only 2 hours […]
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Instead of driving into town, or to my office I often walk or ride my bike alongside the River Irwell which is a much more pleasant vista than the A56 corridor. It is rare though to see any sort of fishy activity – as the trout never seem to actively feed at the surface on […]
With the evenings getting longer, its now possible to work til 5 and then get a couple of hours fishing.I visited a local tench pit (the one behind Blackley Sainsburys) for the last two hours this evening, and fished soft hooker pellets hard up against the central reeds to catch a couple of small tench, […]
I had high hopes for catching my first BIG ray, during a week away in Tenerife. I’ve managed to pick up on the location and method that regularly produces Butterfly and Sting Rays to over 200lbs from a local shore mark. But as ever, taking fishing time for granted during a family holiday isn’t always […]
I don’t often recommend peoples products, books or businesses – but having recently bought this book I’m going to make an exception to the rule. BUY THIS BOOK. Heres the Foreword written by Charles Rangely Wilson. “I’ve thought alot about why fishing for wild trout in a city should be so compelling. On one level there […]
While I was raking out a swim on the lake behind my house yesterday evening I came across this beast. Have you ever seen a caddis this big?I also found this little fella manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
These photos were taken in Stoneclough this afternoon behind the Grapes Pub.If you ever see anything like this please report it to: Environment Agency Emergency Hotline on 0800 80 70 60 FFS things like this are just not on anymore.No reports of any dead fish (yet) manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
At the back end of 2011, myself Nick and Paul had a day on camera with the BBC. Trying to catch fish on the Manchester Ship Canal outside their new Media City offices. You can see how we got on herehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/courses/manchester-ship-canal/lessons/manchester-ship-canal we are on for 5 minutes at 1.27.30 or part 18 if you click […]
There always a wag insn’t there – but this one did provoke a wry smile manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout
Its difficult to keep up with everyones blogs – these days everyones seems to be at it. Naturally theres the good, bad and indifferent. I like to think that the blogs I follow represent a good cross section of the better fly / match / specimen / pleasure anglers in the Northwest. A coarse/pleasure blog […]