The Irwell is down to its bones at the moment, so it gave me the rare opportunity to fish the lower river and keep my feet dry at the same time. Walking out with your fly gear on the foundations of old slum dwellings certainly draws a few funny looks. Unfortunately I didnt see sort […]
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A quick heads up for anyone whos interested in fishing any of the Manchester rivers such as the Irwell, Medlock, Irk and Croal. The next meeting of the Salford Friendly Anglers Society is being held next Tuesday the 19th April at 7.30pm at the Kings Arms, Bloom St, Salford, M3 6AN. If you’ve never heard […]
I spent the afternoon at Kingfisher lodges enjoying the lovely spring sunshine. There were lots of fish topping when I arrived, so I set up to fish up in the water and used a top 2 + 2 sections of pole. I’ve had a few people tell me that they’ve struggled on Kingfisher in the […]
I love fishing Salford Quays in Spring. The Pike have been spawning, and the bream and tench making their annual migration out of the deeper docks into the three shallower docks in preparation for spawning in a couple of months time. Its the time of year when fishing the Quays is at its best – […]
Stalking Carp – sounds difficult? Well sometimes its easy. Fishing with Paul this afternoon on a local public park lake we were both blanking using pole fished maggots, hemp and caster, until Paul got up for a walk round, and suddenly saw this “beacon of hope.” Some free lined bread did the trick and a […]
Hi everyone,Will you please take a look at the following link, http://www.ourrivers.org.uk/Please complete the letter to Richard Benyon, the minister in charge of Defra and tell him what you think. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete.If you have a blog, would you also copy and paste this and post in on you blog.ThanksMike […]
The blogs been quiet of late – a wet wet holiday in Portugal the reason. No sea fishing – too rough for boats to go out, too rough to fish from the rocks, rivers bursting banks, and the lake i had in mind rose nearly 8 feet over the 8 days we were there. A […]
Sunday afternoon saw me on the lower Ribble with Tony and Pete. I lucked out by picking a swim that was a bit of a wind tunnel, and by the time I packed up for the day I was really feeling the cold despite the multi layers and neoprene mitts. So thats the moaning over […]
I’ve had a few sessions recently on Drinkwater Park Lake, which is the closest fishing venue to my home. Mostly its been lots of jack pike falling to spinners, but i had this lovely net of roach on hemp and caster. Many people think that hemp and caster is a summer combination, but I’ve found […]
I’ve bought a few bits of new tackle this week from ebay (bargains!) so was keen to get out for a few hours this afternoon, and give them an airing one of the lakes behind my house. A new pole was the first new item to be test driven, light as a feather and lovely […]