River Angler

I felt there was a chance of a barbel at the weekend. I couldn't get out until Sunday after so decided a session into dark might offer m...

It's been a while since I update the blog, mainly because the rivers have been very difficult to fish the last 6 weeks or so. The river ...

With freezing overnight temperatures and the River Tees fining down after last weeks flood, conditions seemed ideal for a spot of grayling f...

Just got back in from a mornings fishing in difficult conditions. There was a good few foot of water in, leaves thundering through and wind...

Well that was an eventful evening. River was up a fair few feet after the rain of the last few days, and temps into double figures, so it ha...

Now this is something I am intrigued about, for various reasons.  I've been using closed face reels on and off for years, since the old ...

I started my main winter campaign earlier this week, which is to try for a big pike from the river Swale. I've had a few over the magic ...

There was a lot of water in the rivers earlier this week, and one in particular was just fining down nicely but carrying a little water and ...

I had intended to go bass fishing this morning, however things changed and I ended up having a few spare night time hours by the river. With...

Now that Autumn is upon us, I thought I would list my autumn / winter targets (my favourite fishing season), mainly for my own benefit and t...

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...