MARCH: WINTER REMAINS First trip early March and it still felt like winter when I arrived at Birch Lake, which... Read More
POWERHOUSE SWIMS Staythorpe power station at Farndon is a significant landmark on the River Trent in the Newark area, only... Read More
TIME FOR A CHANGE Pellet feeders have been around for a long time, but like many anglers I have drifted... Read More
BALMY DAYS Summer has departed and memories of enjoyable days spent by picturesque lakes, pleasantly dotted with canopies of lilies,... Read More
BY THE WALL I had been working for Hardy and Greys for several years, the only problem being they are... Read More
HALFWAY CANAL First outing was an exploratory session on the Half Mile section of the Grantham Canal at Woolsthorpe. This... Read More
IN THE SHADE Weather forecasters were predicting bright sunshine and temperatures well into the seventies, so Willow Lakes at Foston... Read More
POPULAR PLACE I’d arranged to fish with a couple of mates at Staunton Harold Reservoir. Chris was already set up... Read More
WEEDY SURPRISE Matches were due to start next month on the Fossdyke Canal, so I took a run up there... 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
GOING SHALLOW I began the month with a few sessions on the Specimen Lake at Woodland Waters, where the huge... Read More
PURE DYNAMITE Dynamite is famous for its Frenzied range, which is built around ready-cooked hemp supplied in tins, along with... Read More
WORKING EVERYWHERE I got into fishing shallow with the pole down South on the regular sweepstakes Mick Toomer used to... Read More