River Angler

I fancied a change from pike fishing (I find this keeps my fishing fresh!). There's a long stretch of river that I keep going back to ye...

After attending a recent PAC talk by Eric Edwards, I was very interested in his way of fishing his local spate rivers with big lures, jerk b...

As previous blog, I'd decided to get the pike gear out. After a grueller of a roving session last sunday which resulted in a blank (4 mi...

I've decided on an early start to the river piking this year, rather than traditional 1st October, i'll be out on 1st September. Alt...

I had a nice trip to the river this morning. Conditions were low and I was fishing during the day, so wading, centrepin and casters were the...

Well the last two trips to the bank have resulted in very little. I managed to try my new camera and lense though which I'm enjoying r...

I've been looking on in envy over recent weeks as others have landed a X barbel. I came very close to picking the right swim on opening ...

I'm making a concerted effort this season to try new bits of water rather than sticking with the known, with the hope that I can locate ...

After recently acquiring a Drennan Acolyte Plus rod in 14ft, I decided a morning on the stick float was in order. I have the Acolyte ultra w...

I had a few hours spare this evening, so got to the river about 9pm with the idea of fishing until dark. After putting 10 droppers of hemp a...

My opening day plans were changed but I did manage to get a few late evening hours. On turning up, and walking 20 mins to my chosen peg to f...

Went for the bass this morning, conditions just weren't right though, a bit too choppy with the wind coming at me making it hard to pres...

Had a few hours spare yesterday evening, and with the clear skies and warmer weather i decided to try for tench. I've been fishing a new...

I've been a bit quiet of late, mainly because of lack of fish! I've decided, whilst the rivers are shut, to tackle a couple of wate...

After blanking a couple of times at a difficult venue, I decided that a run was in order so a change in scenery saw me at a lake with a bett...

I fished a new lake yesterday evening. Up to my eyeballs in coursework, I decided the best place to do it was sat by a lake in the evening s...

A short session on the river this morning. Tactics were a couple of pints of maggots (white), 3lb Drennan supplex to a size 20 Kamasan anim...

I've kept it no secret that I've been targeting a 6lb chub for a while now, and I've put a fair amount of effort in, sometimes ...

I've just managed 3 hours fishing on the river. Tactics were a medium feeder to the middle of the river, nothing complicated, night lig...