floating bread, with a lead running bomb.
It was a day of bright sunshine and blue sky with a temperature about 80°f, perhaps even higher. A day when animals, birds and sensible anglers sought out a cool shady place to rest or fish. I chose the spreading branches of an oak tree that conveniently leaned out over the river, I couldn’t have…
I woke early yesterday; bright July sun struck my eyes and urged me to get out of bed. Without thought I showered and dressed myself. Today was going to be a good day, so I even had a shave. Well, when the weather is paying you compliments it’s only fair to respond in kind and…
In one way I am very pleased that it is one less lad left on the street corners; bored and directionless but I do have this selfish nemesis within me crying out, pleading that I’ve tied enough hooks for others and answered enough questions already to put adequate numbers on the slippery slope of fishing…
With this in mind I had planned during autumn to return to the river Churnet which, being close to my home, can be fished as and when conditions are favourable for the ever challenging roach. The recovery of this river over recent years has been fantastic, after continuous pollution incidents during the 1980s and early…
Wednesdays midweek Bewdley open saw me draw peg 31, a peg known to locals as “The feeder gobbler” and now I know why having lost eight swimfeeders and around fifteen hooks throughout the match! In between losing tackle I did manage to catch 14.4.0 of small barbel to win the section. On Saturday I had…
There are places, and plenty of them, where you can catch as many carp in an afternoon as people used to catch in a season. These aren’t small fish either – I’ve only today heard of an angler who caught nine 20 pounders in a 24 hour session. Tackle has improved, and so has rig…