Well here we go the first Tench trip of the season
As most of you know I prefer to spend my tench fishing on Horseshoe lake at Leachlade. I will be spending sometime there again this year. Now for those of you who don't know last year they had a terrible fish kill (carp) on the water. All sorts of experts were call in to find the source of the problem →
Vince Williams and a great week in fishing
I first met Vince and his lad Dan when fishing at Newlands lake near Oxford for tench about 3 years ago. Both are very good anglers and have caught some good fish. Well Vince has just had a very good weeks fishing. First I was with him on Monday last week when he caught a pb rudd of 2lbs 11oz. Then he told →
Willow Pool March 19th and 20th
The pool had been fishing very well over the previous few days with a few of those big roach showing. Still not in the numbers of last year. Rob, Mike, Vince and myself had been keeping each other informed on catches, times and swims etc. It still wasn't easy fishing. On getting up at 4.30am on Monday morning saw me driving up →
12th and 13th March Willow pool and 3lbs 3oz roach
There are 3 days left to fish running water before the season ends. I've looked back through my last two diaries and noticed that on each occasion I've tried to fish Throop and found it very difficult. It's no the conditions but the number of people who descend on the fishery. People are queuing to get to swims early in →
7th and 8th March D.Stour and H.Avon and a few chub
Well after the rain on Sunday I decided to fish the Stour and H.Avon on Weds and Thursday hoping that the water level would lower plus the colour drop out. A call to Brian the bailiff the day before concluded that there was still plenty of colour on the river and not much being caught. I still decided to fish the Stour →
Monday 4th March Bristol Avon
After the rain of Sunday where we had a welcomed 12mm but no where near enough to help us out for the spring and summer. I looked at the river after the rain on Sunday and it hadn't risen much and was quite clear. So I was shocked to find a very coloured river when arriving for a short afternoon session. →
Thursday March 1st Bristol Avon and plenty of chub
Having just returned from a holiday in Mexico where the temperatures were 28c it wasn't so bad to go fishing today at a warm and pleasant 13c. A trip to Keynsham Angling centre and two pints of red maggots I was ready for a short afternoon session on the river. We had no appreciable rain over the last two weeks →