Trip #33 – Riverside – Shooting fish in a Barrel.
It’s amazing how catching a few fish after a long break gives you the bug again and after the catching bream from Hendre and the improvements I was showing whilst taking my medicinal...
Category: Coarse Fishing
Trip #32 – Hendre Lake Trip 2 – Bream Bash(ish)
After last Monday’s trip down to Hendre lake (and my first fishing trip in well over a year) I was very enthusiastic about getting back out there and catching some more fish! Hendre Lake...
Trip #31 – Hendre Park Lake
After not wetting a line in over a year, the idea of going fishing to a new venue was an exciting one, but one which also made me feel a bit nervous. The dexterity...
Trip #30 – Carp on the Fly
This was a trip that I went on whilst home in South Wales in the autumn of 2012. I have been talking to my brother recently about his most recent fishing trips and he...
Trip #28 – Hillcrest Farm/Needless fishery
After being contacted recently by a local angler who told me that Hillcrest Farm/Needless Fishery was throwing out huge bags of carp I decided to get down there and give it a try for...
Crayfish Questionaire
I’ve been asked by an academic from the University of Leeds to help get anglers to answer a questionnaire about how Crayfish can and have affected angling venues. Please read the below information and...
Trip #22 – An afternoon in the Freezer!
I should have realised when my bottle of squash began to freeze that today was going to be a tough and disparaging day. But I was happy to be on the bank and warm...
Trip #21 – Third times a Trout!
I was once told that fishing well in winter sorts the wheat from the chaff, and can sometimes require a more refined approach to that of the tactics used in the summer. Having altered...
Trip #20 – Highbury Pond
This session was going to be my first experience of fishing on a Leeds ASA water. I have walked around the pond previously, hoping to see some features, some fish moving or even some...
The recent flooding and it’s cost
Moving steadily on the from a balmy autumn to a (until recently) mild winter has left the water levels in many of the UK rivers and Lakes precariously low. So the recent storms offered...
Recent Comments