There was a stage at the end of last year when I was starting to wonder whether we’d ever get the chance to get back on the rivers again before the March 14th deadline. Three lots of extreme floods brought the Severn over the banks with a peak in November of around twenty feet above…

Add to that the fact that a lot of our waterways have been closed due to the dreadful foot and mouth situation and it’s been a frustrating end to the river season. I’ve been having some fabulous roach sport on the Severn before the enforced layoff and I’m already looking forward to June when I…

First match to report on this week was the Drennan Superleague fixture at Earlswood. My Starlets team were doing well going into this match and with four of our anglers nominated to fish the carp lake and four to fish the bream lake, we fancied our chances of pulling further ahead if we got the…

The Severn in particular has gone really patchy. Why? I’m not sure, but it must be something to do with the compensation water currently being let into the river. Okay there are a few big weights still coming out from a few of the noted swims but generally most anglers are struggling for a few…

Firstly I’d like some dry weather to bring the river levels down and give me a chance of running a float down before the season comes to an end! Secondly I’d like West Brom to get maximum points over the festive period to keep up our promotion challenge! On Saturday along with 4,000 other Albion…

In the summer months the brook is often just a mere trickle but with all the extra water we’ve had lately it has been transformed into a fish holding haven with all types of species seeking refuge from the main torrent that has been the Severn recently. I fished a swim just back from where…

Chub and big roach in particular have been putting a regular bend in the rod and a lot of these fish wouldn’t have been captured without the new floats, I am sure. So what’s so good about the new designs? Well, quite simply these designs take over where more traditional peacock, sarcandas reed or plastic…

Although the swim hasn’t really thrown up many big weights recently I fancied my chances. Unfortunately the turnout was the lowest we’ve had so far for a Bewdley open but I think this was largely due to the fact that most people were worried about the fuel crisis. I can’t believe how quickly this country…

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…

I paid my first visit of the New Year to the Lyttleton stretch at Stourport for the Marks Tackle midweeker and had a really interesting, hard winters match at peg 58. I switched between a twelve number four lignum stick set just overdepth in twelve feet of water and a straight lead to record a…