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The lure of sun on my face in February made me leave the office early this afternoon and get in a couple of hours bit bashing in Phillips Park.I am not at my best fishing then pole but wanted to catch some small fish to use as deadbaits this weekend.I bumped off more fish than […]

I woke up one morning just before Christmas and discovered a visitor at end of the garden. As i live less than 3 miles from the city centre of Manchester i was stunned at the sight of this deer. My sister still doesnt believe it and thinks i have set this photo up with a […]

Big smiles after a great afternoons fishing from Dave and Matt. We spent the afternoon on a stretch of the river we have never tried before near the centre of Manchester. It was a HUGE shock to us to see other people fishing on the Irwell – at one point there were six fishermen in […]

Started at lunchtime and fished til dusk at 5pm. Caught nothing, no takes, no follows nothing. Freezing cold, blue hands, lost 3 spinners and the will to live. Maybe i should know better by now than to fish the river the day after half an inch of snow has melted. Next weekend i am going […]

I woke early and saw the sun shining, i just had to go fishing for an hour before work. So i decided to try out a new stretch of the river where i had previously walked the banks but never fished. This stretch consists of lots of shallow broken riffles but also 3 deep pools. […]

I decided to try the River Irwell for the first time this year as the river levels were slowly returning to normal after the recent heavy rains. The water clarity wasnt great but was no longer dirty brown. As there are so many snags in the river (cars,tyres,motorbikes shopping trolleys etc) i use very cheap […]

As the Irwell was well up and the colour of hot chocolate, we fished a lodge in Prestwich Country Park for a couple of hours. This particular water has a reputation for great Piking and Matt wanted to catch his first Pike. His clueless dad forgot to bring deadbaits, so we set out to catch […]

My son Matt with his first trout from the River Irwell April 2007. Caught on worm and bubble float. His ambition for 2008 is to learn to fly fish and catch more trout ! manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout