River Angler

After a fairly significant break from angling, I’m glad to say the bug is well and truly back. For now, it’s just great to be getting out an...

Six months since I last looked on this blog, with available time and fishing motivation failing me somewhat. I have been fishing, but often ...

Up early this morning in search for tench, arriving at the syndicate, not long past dawn I had a wander over to a nice bay with a number of...

Starting off earlier in the week, I managed to get out for a couple of hours one night in search of chub. The river is very low at present, ...

Its been a while! I haven't kept up to date with my blogging, but new year, new start I guess. I suppose the best way to catch up would ...

Been a bit quiet of late, I’ve had a few trips out with the carp gear on the syndicate water without any success. I had a few hours spare th...

The rivers have been really up and down since the turn of the year, snow melt, floodwater, extreme low with frost. It's proven a real ch...

After two weekends on the bounce of blanking whilst chasing after pike on a gravel pit, I had a small window of opportunity mid week to get ...

Up early on sunday morning and taking the dogs for a walk noticed there had been a hard frost. That couple with clear skies and high pressur...

After a blank on the swale whilst targeting pike (something that I get really bothered about!), I managed to sneak an hour fishing in midwee...

Having been too busy to get out midweek due to work, I was very keen to get some fishing in this weekend. Temps were up and I had in mind to...

After some chub success on my first trip to the river wear last week, I got out this afternoon in search of something bigger. What a contras...

Got out this morning for my first attempt at wear chub (other than one or two half hearted attempts a year or two ago). Walked downstream f...

So I had my winter campaign planned out. Having successfully had six pound chub from the river Swale previously, one of my prime targets was...

I was fortunate (very fortunate!) enough to enter and win a drennan competition with the prize being a drennan acolyte 13ft distance feeder ...

The pike rods have been dusted off, new reels purchased (shimano 8000d's), rigs tied up and I was up and on the river tees for daybreak ...

I managed to squeeze in a couple of hours fishing tonight, arriving shortly before dark. The River Tees is really on its arse - desperately...