River Angler

I knew that this morning was my window of opportunity, the one I've been waiting for since I finished work for Xmas. The rivers are up ...

After last weekends success with grayling, I decided to try the same tactics on a different river. Chris had a similar idea, and we had soo...

I was on my way back from the lakes going over the pennines and I drove passed the river Greta and the upper tees, and saw signs to the upp...

It was really challenging this morning on the river. The river was still up, chocolate coloured and the leaves flying through. I opted to t...

Had a nice morning on the river. Fished cheesepaste for the chub, first cast under a tree resulted in an instant bite. I spent a minute or ...

Night time fishing rivers is a new experience for me, so to roll up to the river at 8pm when all was dark was certainly a different game! Fo...

Driving in the dark and misty country lanes this morning, I nearly got lost it was so thick. Eventually I rolled up to the spot at 6am and ...

I've just knocked up a batch of cheespaste for the winter chubbing. Absolutely stinks! Should work a treat...   People do it differ...

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 ...