I had disgraced myself by casting a spoon into the rigging of one of these aquatic spacecraft and Jeff had gotten a little panic stricken as a result. He’d snuck aboard, freed the lure then swiftly bundled me into his truck and shot off home before we were spotted, and he was recognised. Once home,…
This year a lot of anglers will be going abroad to try for that first big catfish. The fact that continental cats are so much easier to catch than our UK ones is one reason and another is that they grow so much bigger! And big cats draw anglers like Leonardo Decaprio attracts women.The UK…
On the Bristol Reservoirs this has generally meant in April over the last few years, whereas beforehand the fish didnt used to show signs of surface feeding until May. I will start your dry fly collection with a basic “Bobs Bits” which is a great all round fly that will catch fish in any conditions….
British Disabled Angling Association officials put their call for a more inclusive and fraud free concessionary licence for disabled people to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Elliot Morley MP., at a specially arranged meeting at Whitehall. With the backing of the Environment Agency, the British Disabled Angling Association (BDAA) delegation of Director…
River Wye Ross-on-Wye to Symonds Yat, river very low and clear, lots of small fish making the use of bread baits difficult as dozens of small fish quickly descend on the bait. A few barbel averaging about 6lbs caught on meat and pellet baits. A person (poacher) fishing a private water near Symonds Yat under…
This competition is always held at this prime time of the year and great catches are generally assured. The club boasts a huge proportion of International fishermen and any win or even placing in the club events is a hard won honour. Chew had been fishing well leading up to Sunday. My friend Tony Baldwin…
A weekend up on L. Alice was, therefore, planned. Initially, Belinda, patient companion on many obscure fishing trips, had decided that this was to be a solo affair. She did not think that the best place to be reading the latest thousand page novel was in some high, remote, spot, reminiscent of Scotland in the…
The main event at Rutland Water last week was the autumn pairs held on Saturday. Fishery Manager Jon Marshall said “It was an excellent competition with plenty of fish in perfect condition, 36 anglers caught 111 trout. Rutland Water warden Nigel Savage took five fish for 15lb 4?oz, the two best fish (rainbows) weighed 3lb…
On Friday 13th September 2002 it will be fifty years since the late Richard Walker caught his record common carp carp weighing 44lbs from Bernithan Court near Ross-on-Wye. Its now known as Redmire Pool. To celebrate the occasion I will be broadcasting an interview with the late Richard Walker describing the capture of his record…
I guess this is mainly because most angling writers who discuss grayling fishing only fish for them occasionally, and then when conditions are far from favourable. You see, a trap that I have been just as guilty of falling into in the past as other anglers, is to believe that grayling fishing is at its…