Firstly Happy New Year to everyone and may 2017 bring all you wish and more! Last time I wrote, I gave you an insight into how I prepare and fish using bread when river conditions are low and clear. Well, after having a couple of sessions on the
For me at the minute, my chub-fishing-head is firmly screwed on. I've got four stretches which I'm concentrating on at this time of year and they could all do me a 7lb chub, which is my winter target, and I've got four stretches just to get a picture
The weather always has a huge effect on our fishing; it’s often too hot, too cold, too bright, too wet, and we use the weather more than anything as an excuse why we haven't had a good catch. Truth is, we have to adapt more to the conditions, as it
With a heavy schedule managing the new Angling Direct Reading store lately, the invite of a day fishing on the river Itchen with friends was certainly welcomed! I'm not a die hard river enthusiast, preferring to spend the majority of my recent years
Dabbling with dabsWhilst we all wait for the cod to arrive another species has turned up in abundance, that is the humble dab.These sweet tasty little flatfish are giving our anglers great sport on light tackle and are close in which gives our
For this next blog I'm staying local to me in Norfolk and visiting Catch 22 – a water normally associated with carp – for some pleasure fishing for coarse fish. It was a last minute decision as a 24 hour window arose on the Friday night, so a
Since my last blog my attentions have turned away from zander fishing and my pike gear has come out to play. I've had the urge to go pike fishing since the beginning of the autumn but I try to hold back until the weather cools off for the sake of the
Here’s a little background into recent events and why what follows will always mean far more to me than just the capture of another big fish.It’s been a difficult few weeks since I lost my mum, Thelma, very suddenly last month. Mum was always
We have had some shocking weather here in Whitby and the past month and a half has been very touch and go. However, when the boats have got out to sea they have had some belting days! In general, we’ve been seeing fish between 3lb and 8lb, which
Since I last wrote in August, I have been managing a take or two most weeks, with 10 carp landed ranging from 25lbs to just over 30lb. The pick of the captures for me was a dark 27lb mirror, caught off the surface when we had the last of the warm