CHASING SHADOWS Since moving to the Midlands I have discovered a wealth of lakes that hold chub. However, this species... Read More
MINI BEADS Small beads are ideal for slider fishing. I always thread one on the reel line between the float... Read More
EXPLORING NEW GROUND Renovation work on my local Grantham Canal continues, with yet another lock brought back to life. I... 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
In 1981, I rented a three mile stretch of the upper Bure around the village of Saxthorpe in North Norfolk.... Read More
So, Monday, I caught trout, but a fraction of the basket I would have expected back in 1981 when I... Read More
At my age, it takes a bit of nerve or stupidity to uproot your life and relocate 250 miles West.... 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
MEETING THE ENIGMA I was told there was an angler who regularly caught big bream from a local reservoir, but... 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
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
Monday, my first day back on the three mile beat of upper Bure that I rented forty years ago. It... Read More
It’s a cold, dank day, with a vicious Northerly wind blowing down the valley. Hardly what I’d expect for the... Read More
OLD SCHOOL Many of my favourite old feeders suddenly look dated, but I can’t bring myself to throw them away... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... 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
GETTING ORGANISED A big mistake I see people making is not getting their gear properly laid out when they set... 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
IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... Read More
Another bleak day in Norfolk, and hard to believe this is the start of July – though of old I... Read More
When I wrote about the grayling in the Lugg adjoining the Leominster B&Q car park, a couple of you wrote... Read More