Since the abolition of the close season on stillwaters and canals coarse anglers appear to have adopted their own three month lay-off between December and April. Yet, I think that this has more to do with the comfort of the anglers than the quality of the sport that can be had. Fair play to you…

The river has just burst its banks again after torrential rain over the last few days. This morning it looked like my garage was going to be flooded again but the levels are dropping now and we can see the road again! It’s really frustrating right now. I moved to Bewdley to get nearer to…

The only way had to be with waders and I thought there just might be a couple of swims from where this may be possible. The first session I had planned during the week was a false start because despite the lake being flooded, we had experienced the first sharp frosts of the winter and…

Nice idea! When I arrived at the lake it was higher than ever. From the gate I could see the water was far higher than when I had left just a week before. As I drove in to the back of my usual swim where the water was usually a full three feet below the…

Floods obviously curtailed my angling activities somewhat and I’ve been really busy with our company trade shows over the last three weeks. We’ve got a week off now before the last one in London so I’m going to make the most of it and get out fishing every day if I can! On Monday I’m…

Novembers can be very mild though. We are prone here in the South-east to get long periods of what the weathermen sometimes call anti-cyclonic gloom. These are periods when a high pressure system covers the country but for one reason or another, instead of clear skies and frost, we get a blanket of cloud that…

We certainly have had plenty of rain down here in the South East, the Sussex Ouse and the Medway suffering most but the Colne and Thames have had an influx of cold winter water as well. The lake often floods in winter but with these being the worst floods since 1968 I should not have…

Whilst the conditions might be poor, the fish will still be feeding to some extent and are thus catchable. I suppose it is no wonder that the fish are left alone in winter. I found the same when working in fisheries science, virtually all work had been carried out in the warmer months and next…

I’ve been lucky really as my living quarters are above my garage area and as a consequence I’ve not had any water in my house. Yes it’s been inconvenient as I’ve needed waders to get out of my home but spare a thought for those poor soles that have had their homes flooded throughout. Many…

Iíve done time on pasty bashing waters, lakes with an abundance of doubles, twenties waters, and the occasional Ďcircuití water. Apart from Linford Lakes that I fished for most of last year, the rest have all offered no chance of a thirty. The year before last was spent on a small syndicate lake in a…