River Angler

I was out bright and early this morning (up at 4.30am) en-route to the river. It was a bit windy for the fly, but i was determined to give i...

Got myself out on the river today The first swim looked very pikey, so a float fished smelt was dropped in. 30 mins later, a slow take devel...

I was on the road, and knew i'd be passing one or two rivers en route, so packed my gear just in case! Anyway, decided what the hell, i...

A year or so ago i decided to put a more determined effort into my barbel fishing, however with money being tight, I sought to purchase a su...

An interesting day on the river! Got there first thing and the state of the river put the sh@ts up me. I've never been comfortable fis...

Dragged myself out of bed this morning at 5.45am, took the dog out for a quick walk and noticed we'd had a good blanket of snow, but giv...

Well that was the sort of morning I love, really hard going but with a couple of fish. The river was cold, low and clear, so I knew it wou...

It was a but of a frosty night, which had nearly lifted by the time I left. I was wandering the banks of the river tees, probably about two ...

Just had my first trip out to the river in over a month. Decided on a change, conditions seemed ideal after the recent floods and i had a pa...

I've not been out much of late, having been out of the country. What I have done has been at the beach, albeit in the mouth of my belove...

A delayed report this one. It took a while to get the fish in a feeding mood because of the overnight frost. I started off on 2lb line strai...

I've had a couple of sessions for grayling recently, with relative success. The first was on the river, grayling were obliging on the st...

I went for an enjoyable day trotting a float down a nice glide of the river today. It was a thoroughly enjoyable day, not something i've...

I've been exploring more of the river this autumn, marking up OS maps for stretches i can fish etc. After chatting with a mate last nigh...

I've started my piking season off now, beginning with a morning session on the river. Despite trying a couple of different stretches, an...