River Angler

I had a great morning on monday, not because of amount of fish caught, but just walking lightly over a completely new stretch to me and inv...

Well that was good fun. I decided to try a 'small overgrown river', where I'd heard of one or two surprises in the shape of perc...

I didn't need a new rod. But when I picked up the new drennan acolyte ultra 13ft it was one of those moments; like when Harry potter pic...

Decided to fish with stick float and caster (two pints of them) this morning. Got to a stretch at 5am to find the gate closed (how dare the...

Well I decided on a dawn raid on our brilliant yorkshire coastline for a change today, as the rivers are a struggle at present. I was up by ...

I tried a new stretch today, that involved a good 45 minute walk from the nearest parking spot. I started on the float, flicking maggots ...

Well that was a great morning. I got to the river for 4.30am, the idea being that I would struggle once the sun got up properly. In my ...

Had half an hour on the river rolling meat today on my way home from work (sort of ;) ). River was low and clear so I found a really ...

I was travelling north after a morning spent working in West Yorkshire, and decided to park up at a spot to eat my lunch and spot some fish...

I Decided to start my challenge for this year, hunting down a barbel on the upper river river. This high up, im told, you got one barbel fo...

I left home today without a destination in mind, but finally decided on a stretch of the river. I knew it was low and clear, but i have my ...

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...