IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... Read More
In 1981, I rented a three mile stretch of the upper Bure around the village of Saxthorpe in North Norfolk.... Read More
A Start to the Season June 16th came, and for the first time in years I didn’t fish! The 17th... Read More
GETTING ORGANISED A big mistake I see people making is not getting their gear properly laid out when they set... Read More
EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... Read More
BACK ON THE CUT Canals didn’t figure in my fishing for a whole decade as they were too far away,... Read More
MINI BEADS Small beads are ideal for slider fishing. I always thread one on the reel line between the float... Read More
A Day on the Derwent I found myself heading to the Midlands for a day’s work. Travelling to that region,... Read More
Tommy Makinson is a god. I don’t care if you are into Rugby League or not (and I wasn’t), Google... Read More
QUIVERTIP SCIENCE I like to have the top eye of a quivertip almost dimpling the surface when it’s calm, setting... Read More
A Clearing Coastline A new day, fresh tide, and gorgeous weather. We are back on track this year, aside from... Read More
Magical Mayfly MASS HATCH OPPORTUNITY Finally, the wind has turned a 180°, temperatures have soared, and the flood water’s receding.... Read More
Carp on the Fly and Start to the Bass STARTING THE WEEK WITH CARP ON THE FLY With the tide... Read More
Lure fishing for Trout: Day 2 THE LURE DAY In last week’s blog I wrote about catching up with Rob... Read More
Monday, my first day back on the three mile beat of upper Bure that I rented forty years ago. It... Read More
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
Chub on Lures THE DAWN OF A NEW SEASON, GLORIOUS WEATHER, WHAT TO TARGET? For many years now my summers... Read More
I’m like very many anglers I speak to who agree that Fishing Breaks send the one and only newsletter that... Read More
Back to Bass TACKLING SOME VERY MURKY WATERS With the bass beginning to make an appearance, I decided to team... Read More
MEETING THE ENIGMA I was told there was an angler who regularly caught big bream from a local reservoir, but... Read More
I had a dream. Three years ago, I managed a 97 acre wetland site in mid-Norfolk. I called it ‘Snow... Read More