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With the thermometer in the car nudging -5Celsius this morning, i cried off my pre-arranged trip up to the Ribble with Tony and Pete. I just couldn’t face wading knee deep in the freezing cold river water and having to constantly remove the ice from the top few rings of my rod. So as all […]

And againPike 0Lures Lost 2 manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout

So I had a couple of hours this afternoon on my local park lake.Pike OLures lost 2But at least the weather was pleasant. manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout

Sunday afternoon – again on the Bridgewater Canal near Old Trafford. Pike – noneLures – lost 4Fingers – numb (i dropped my neoprene gloves somewhere)Mood – bad manchester fishing Irwell Ribble Trout

Our day on the canal started off in bright sunshine – great for two of us but not so good for the hungover member of our trio. We parked the car amongst the old warehouses of Ancoats and made our way to the Rochdale Canal, where we tackled up with lures and traces. Leapfrogging our […]

Tomorrow is the last day of the Salmon season and I’ve not had one so far this year so today I decided to have a final fling with a few lures. With time being limited, I could only manage a couple of hours on the Mersey rather than taking time to drive up to the […]

I’ve been so busy at work recently that fishing has had to take a back seat. Even during the odd occasisions when things have slowed down, I’ve felt a little guilty when thinking about sneaking off to go down the river. A riverside walk with the family last Sunday the afternoon had to be the […]

Theres been a lack of blogging recently but definitely not a lack of fishing.I spent an afternoon plugging for pike in the city centre at Castlefield but didnt get a sniff of a fish. A lovely place to spend a few hours though I was at my desk on the last day of the trout […]

Sunday Afternoon saw me back on the banks of one of the Wigan Flashes in what I have been assured is a good Ruffe peg. After 3 hours of fishing at different depths, styles, going down to a 22’s hook with a 0.08mm hooklength my float finaly dipped. In my stupor/inertia/trance i didnt react just […]

I had a free pass on Saturday – no work, no gardening/decorating/cleaning/shopping etc. Fantastic…. i thought. I could fish a couple of venues and with a little luck, knock a few species of the list. First port of call was at one of the flashes near Wigan where i was reliably informed that Ruffe literally […]